Terrell Owens presser for TO's cereal

Ryan Fitzpatrick sucks

by Steve

Is this guy a worthy back up or what? Everyone and their mailman are saying since camp started last weekend that the Bills back up quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick blows big time. To be honest I have no idea how much credence to put in any of the reports especially since it is still the first week of practice and they've only had pads on for two days or so.

But still, for a strong contingent of prognosticators saying he looks terrible is disconcerting. One excuse is that it is a new team with a new system, another is the idea of a fast pace no huddle offense being new. I would assume we'll see a lot of Fitz during the Hall of Fame game. Either way i'll withhold judgment until at least the third preseason game. Gabran Hamdan anyone?

Bills sign Eric Wood, and other news

The Buffalo Bills agreed to terms with rookie OL Eric Wood, the No. 28 overall pick, on a multi-year contract

It's a five-year deal, or a four-year pact with an option for the fifth like Ziggy Hood's. Wood, a decorated center at Louisville, will begin his pro career at right guard. He's athletic and a technician in both run and passing games

Although there are rumors it hasn't technically been signed it should be done by the time everyone wakes up Wednesday

Here's a shocker, Parrish feels unfulfilled in the Bills offense. "If you go out there with a negative state of mind and your opportunity comes, you're not going to seize that moment," Parrish said. "I'll never let anybody break me. If this team doesn't use me, another team down the line one day will use me."


Also, a continuing spat of injuries. Including yet unsigned (but close to it) Jarius Byrd? "When (or if) rookie Safety Jairus Byrd signs his contract and reports to camp, I’ll be interested to check on his physical condition. The second round pick from Oregon may miss some time. I’m hearing rumblings that he suffered some sort of a sports hernia in the last few weeks that may set him back for awhile. Byrd was considered a possible starter at the FS spot. Once he signs, we’ll see if he’s ready to go."

and these injuries..

John McCargo’s injury status was updated by Dick Jauron after practice.

The Bills head coach said he twinged his hamstring just a little bit, similar to the way Marcus Stroud did and Stroud was back practicing after missing just two days.

Meanwhile P.K. Sam left practice with a strained quad. No word on how much time he could miss.

Buffalo Bills news and notes

by Steve

• Good to see a highly paid former high draft pick bust is motivated.. "All the naysayers and whatever, I want to show them that I am a football player, and I'm an athlete, and I didn't get picked where I did for no reason," McCargo said. "If you want to say I have a chip, sure, I do. But most of it just me. I put the pressure on myself."

Hey, maybe it isn't John McCargo's fault 100% but zero starts and only 2.5 sacks? Holy shit. Honestly though, I am seeing a major problem with former d-coach Bill Kollar. Seemingly everyone has taken a swipe at the dude since he left. The good news for McCargo is he doesn't have much competition behind him (David Linquist and Marcus Smith) who and who? Maybe the Bills were just trying to get over on the Colts and knew full well of his bad back. We can hope.

Whatever, reading that article just makes me hate Jauron even more..

"We all did what we thought was best for everybody last year," Jauron said. "The fact that he reverted back to us turns out to be a very positive thing.

"He's had a great attitude. We've always liked him. Now we're hoping to get out of him what we believe is there.""

• Drayton "lucky if i'm not cut" Florence wants the Bills to sign dog killer Vick AND wants Bills fans to take up the cause. I vaguely know who Florence is mostly because we gave him a lucrative contract (two years $6 mil). Is he that much better than Youboty, Reggie Corner or Byrd? The next six weeks should clear that up.

This does however bring up a much bigger question than our third, fourth and fifth DBs. Would Michael Vick a.) help the bills b.) be worth the negative press and circus that would ensue and c.) even be a minute possibility? By now we alllll know what Owens thinks about Vick but how about the front office?

Honestly, Vick was an underrated player when he was in his "prime" at least by some. Just look at his winning percentage and a signature win @Lambo. I just can't see the Bills rolling the dice twice in one offseason. He wouldn't start over Trent, he has to be rusty as hell and no one could imagine the Bills brain trust developing an offense to use Vick's talent and keep everyone else involved and happy. Let him back in to the league, they were only dogs, just hope he doesn't go to someone in the AFC East.

• Aaron Maybin is a one trick pony has no heart and is not competitive. At least according to some anonymous scout."The problem with (Jets OLB) Vernon Gholston is that he never made plays (at Ohio State). He was not tough. He was not competitive. He was stiff — the same as (Bills DE) Aaron Maybin. They are both one-trick ponies who won off the edge against bad competition. They could get away with it in college because the skill level is not very good. At this (NFL) level, one-trick ponies without any heart need to have a special trait to survive — special get-off (speed) or special competitiveness."

Ouuuuuuch. Wow Maybin just got ripped a new one. Put as much credence into that Profootballweekly post as you want but that is not a rosy picture of our first pick in the draft. I'm just hoping the mofo is in camp before the weekend.

• Jaws sucking off Trent "I think he sees the field with great clarity, he understands reading coverage and knows where to go with the football," Jaworski said. "He understands where his people are supposed to be.""I think he has the skill set that projects very well for this league," he said.

Did he watch the Browns game?

Andy Levitre signs with the Bills

Bills agreed to terms with rookie G Andy Levitre, the No. 51 overall pick, on a four-year contract.

Levitre played left tackle at Oregon State, but at 6'3/305 he's too small to stay there at this level. His most likely position in Buffalo is left guard, where Levitre will be replacing Derrick Dockery, opposite new RG Eric Wood.


Also in an unrelated note, people are paying $10+for TO's cereal on ebay

Buffalo Bills training camp preview Rookies

by Steve

Ok, training camp starts in two days and only three of our draft picks are signed? Not ideal. Granted this shit usually just ends minutes before camp starts, but the Bills having two first rounders and two second rounders to sign there is some pause for concern.

I'm not ready to jump out the window but after reading this article in the News today its something worth discussing..

The Bills typically have not set the market in recent years by signing players earlier than the other players taken around them. In 2006, Donte Whitner missed the first eight days of camp. In 2007, Marshawn Lynch signed the night before camp opened. Last year, Leodis McKelvin signed on the second day of camp, although he was one of the last first-rounders to finalize his deal. All of those camp openings, of course, came a week later on the NFL calendar than this year's camp.

Beside Maybin, the other unsigned Bills rookies are first-rounder Eric Wood, second-rounders Jairus Byrd and Andy Levitre and fourth-rounder Shawn Nelson.

The agent for Maybin is Joel Segal. Last year he had two No. 1 picks — Kansas City's Glenn Dorsey and Tennessee's Chris Johnson — and both of their deals got done at the "league-wide wire" — by the first day of their team's camps.

The challenge for the Bills this year is the league-wide wire is six or seven days into their training camp.

As mentioned there are only two first round picks signed and they are both quarterbacks. Odds are good there will be a flurry of signings in the next 48 hours. But if raw Maybin isn't there by Monday I'm gonna be pissed. If they really are discussing moving Maybin around in a 4-3 and 3-4 hybrid this dude needs as much time in camp as possible.

The need for AM to get as many reps as possible is elevated because of the lack of talent at the defensive end position on the Bills. Schobel might be shot, I have no idea why Kelsay is still on the team and Denney sucks. I barely even know who Chris Ellis. Mostly because he was such a nonfactor last year but there is still some hope he can step his game up and hopefully push Kennalsey not only out of the lineup but out of Buffalo.

Rapelisburger

by Steve

If only I was famous and I couldn't get chicks so I had to rape them when I pretended my television was fucked up.

Ben: Hey uhh my TV doesn't work can you look at it

Rape Victim: It looks like your TV just isn't plugged in..

Ben: Oh, really.. are you sure?

RV: Yeah, so can i leave now?

Ben: No, now we have to have sex whether you like it or not



Butttttttt hey finnnnnnnnnnnnnnallllllly ESPN started covering, three days later

The woman, a native of Canada who had worked at Harrah's Lake Tahoe hotel-casino since 2003, never went to outside authorities with her story, and it's unclear why she decided to file the lawsuit seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars a year after the alleged incident.

Her lawsuit says she didn't file a criminal complaint because she feared Harrah's would side with Roethlisberger -- a friend of the hotel-casino's regional president John Koster -- and she would be fired.

She said the security chief, Guy Hyder, told her she was "overreacting," that "most girls would feel lucky to get to have sex with someone like Ben Roethlisberger" and that "Koster would love you even more if he knew about this."

The lawsuit said she was treated between last August and December at five different hospitals for depression and anxiety stemming from the alleged assault, and returned to work each time after treatment.

She sought legal counsel in March after Harrah's officials told her Roethlisberger was invited to play in the 2009 celebrity golf tournament and ordered her to take a paid two-week leave during the event, the lawsuit said, "to accommodate her assailant." The tournament took place last week.

Cal Dunlap, the Reno lawyer who filed her lawsuit in Washoe County District Court on Friday, said neither he nor the woman will comment.

Dunlap is the former county district attorney who also represents Nevada first lady Dawn Gibbons in divorce proceedings against Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons. Dunlap refused to discuss the woman's whereabouts.

On Wednesday, she was not at the property where she has been living in rural Douglas County. The old dairy farm about 20 miles from Lake Tahoe has a main farm house and several outbuildings, some of which appear to be rented out as apartments.

In a statement earlier this week, Roethlisberger lawyer David Cornwell said: "Ben has never sexually assaulted anyone. The timing of the lawsuit and the absence of a criminal complaint and a criminal investigation are the most compelling evidence of the absence of any criminal conduct."

Harrah's officials said they do not comment on pending legal matters.

The lawsuit seeks a minimum of $440,000 in damages from the quarterback, at least $50,000 in damages from eight Harrah's officials and an unspecified amount of punitive damages "sufficient to deter" Roethlisberger and the others "from engaging in such conduct in the future."