If you missed our first installment of ‘Page Twenty-Six’ honoring the great Jerry Ostroski, former fantabulous Buffalo Bills offensive lineman and now suave podcaster, click here. When the spirit moves me, I’ll be posting my thoughts about some person, place or thing that deserves a shout out for whatever crazy reason tickles my deteriorating brain. … Read more
The Buffalo Bills are back at it bright and early on Monday at St. John Fisher for the last week of training camp. It seemed to fly by this year, but with a boatload of injuries along the way. Here’s hoping we can get through the rest of camp and the preseason without adding to … Read more
Temperatures were in the low 80s for this Sunday Brunch practice, with just enough Canadian wildfire smoke to keep the bleachers tolerable. Jacob Bayer was out early getting extra 1 on1 work; he’s working his tail off in the absence of Sedrick Van Pran Granger, and it is becoming noticeable in his reps with the … Read more
Happy 100th Birthday Marv Levy! Ed.note: THAT’S MY GUY, DEONE!!!! <3 Editor’s babble: Looks like a great way to end practice. Ugh the injuries. But I have a feeling they are sitting anyone with a stubbed toe and am good with that. We’ll fire it up again tomorrow. Have a great day and here’s another … Read more
It’s Fedora Joe’s birthday today, and I’m gifting him my 8 1/2″ x 11″ autographed Darrell Talley picture, one I have kept since 1990, the last glory days. Darryl came to our school for a motivaitonal speech and question-answer session, and he signed my photo of him afterwards. One of the questions the students asked … Read more
Three centers, plus Khalil Shakir, Codrington, and Keontae Jenkins, are the first players out at practice today. These players are taking turns receiving punts. Codrington juggles one, but eventually finds the handle. The DJ is playing “Might As Well Jump”, with the apt line, “you gotta roll with the punches”. With 13 injuries, it’s a … Read more
Heat and humidity took it’s toll today, along with another rash of injuries. But this is training camp, and this is what happens to all teams, every year. No doubt an abundance of caution is taking place and it’s a great opportunity for depth players, as Joe Reagan pointed out yesterday. All right, let’s get … Read more
We are used to the ever-present cameras, but we will have to wait at least one more day for the 2025 debut of Dawson Knox. A long list of workdays missed opened up some opportunities for the back third of the roster today, and there is a lot of talent to be found there. It … Read more
Looks like it’s going to be the first day of padded practice today. For those of us who love the trenches, it’s time to get a good look at both OL and DL. Let’s get rolling. Editor’s babble: Looks like that’s a wrap for today. Glad to see TJ Sandler was back on the field … Read more