Buffalo Bills Training Camp Report: 7/20/2014 (and photos)

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  • Michael82
    Registered User
    • Jul 2002
    • 82330

    Buffalo Bills Training Camp Report: 7/20/2014 (and photos)


    After another long offseason, Buffalo Bills 2014 training camp has finally begun. The team started camp off with a Sunday night practice in hopes that it would attract more people and that's exactly what it did. The stands were packed and the fans were loudly cheering their favorite players on. The weather helped too, it was in the upper 70's, low 80s with a nice cool breeze. The practice itself lasted about 2 and a half hours.

    To start the day off, Head Coach Doug Marrone had the players spend quite a bit of time working on fundamentals. The team was split into their individual units and worked on drills suited for their position. The individual drills went for about an hour with some special teams mixed in. During the individual drills, the Quarterbacks, Running backs and Wide Receivers went over to the grass field, while the linemen and defense stayed on the field at Growney Stadium. Following the individual drills, the Quarterbacks worked on passing drills with the receivers. I tried to keep up, but the QBs were flying thru the drills and it was very fast paced. I did take a few notes on plays that stood out. Right away, Leodis McKelvin had a nice pass breakup on Robert Woods. Stephen Gilmore displayed good coverage when he was out there covering the receivers several times. Mike Williams drew the most cheers when outleaped Brandon Smith on a 20 yard pass from Thad Lewis. On the negative side, all 4 quarterbacks overthrew their targets several times and looked a bit off. But EJ Manuel was the best of the bunch.

    Following the 1-on-1 drills, the team went to work on some 7-on-7 passing drills. EJ Manuel started it off with a 4-yard pass to Scott Chandler. Jeff Tuel then came in and threw a 17-yard pass to TJ Graham. EJ came back in and overthrew Tony Moeaki who seems a bit slow. Tuel returned and threw a pass to Caleb Holley, but Corey Graham drew a pass interference penalty. On the next play, EJ Manuel threw a screen to Bryce Brown for 5-yards. Thad Lewis then came in and threw screen to CJ Spiller for 6-yards. EJ Manuel returned and threw a 12-yard pass to Chris Hogan. On the next play, Tuel returned and underthrew Marcus Easley. EJ Manuel came back onto the field and threw a nice pass to Sammy Watkins for 30-yards.......... CLICK FOR MORE:
  • The King
    Without me it's just Awe so
    • Jun 2004
    • 42380

    #2
    Re: Buffalo Bills Training Camp Report: 7/20/2014 (and photos)

    Awesome Mikey!~
    I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
    "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
    You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
    It was all
    true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
    He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can
    mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.


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    • Michael82
      Registered User
      • Jul 2002
      • 82330

      #3
      Re: Buffalo Bills Training Camp Report: 7/20/2014 (and photos)

      Thanks Bedard!

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      • justasportsfan
        Registered User
        • Jul 2002
        • 71579

        #4
        Re: Buffalo Bills Training Camp Report: 7/20/2014 (and photos)

        Best camp report on the net. Thanks Mikey.
        sacrifice1
        https://theinterviewwithgod.com/video/

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        • mush69
          Registered User
          • Jan 2003
          • 4202

          #5
          Re: Buffalo Bills Training Camp Report: 7/20/2014 (and photos)

          Great Job as usual Mike!
          Don't Mistake Lack Of Talent For Genius

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          • MitchMurrayDowntown
            Skoobasaurus-Rex
            • Oct 2011
            • 22284

            #6
            Re: Buffalo Bills Training Camp Report: 7/20/2014 (and photos)

            Mikey, I felt like I was there. Thanks for doing this.

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            • stuckincincy
              Buffalo Bills Fan
              • Sep 2003
              • 15084

              #7
              Re: Buffalo Bills Training Camp Report: 7/20/2014 (and photos)

              Thanks!
              Fiat justitia ruat caelum. Noli timere. Laus Deo.

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              • Michael82
                Registered User
                • Jul 2002
                • 82330

                #8
                Re: Buffalo Bills Training Camp Report: 7/20/2014 (and photos)

                Thanks guys! I'm glad you enjoy them. I always enjoy doing them. I'm so happy Camp is back again.

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                • THRILLHO
                  This is great, and all I've done is enter my name!
                  • Feb 2009
                  • 1574

                  #9
                  Re: Buffalo Bills Training Camp Report: 7/20/2014 (and photos)

                  Mikey, I look forward to your reports every year and don't bother to read any others. Keep up the great work!
                  True fans want wins, not draft picks.

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                  • Buffalo Thriller
                    Registered User
                    • Sep 2010
                    • 1744

                    #10
                    Re: Buffalo Bills Training Camp Report: 7/20/2014 (and photos)

                    I wonder if EJ is going to wear the visor all year.
                    Originally posted by OpIv37
                    You guys, the solution is so simple. Find the crazy kids who are shooting up the schools and have them shoot people getting off planes from West Africa.

                    No more school shootings, no more Ebola.

                    Obama would have thought of this already if he wasn't a pinko commie Nazi queer-loving wetback-loving Kenyan Indonesian Muslim.

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                    • BuffaloRedleg
                      Registered User
                      • Aug 2013
                      • 1270

                      #11
                      Re: Buffalo Bills Training Camp Report: 7/20/2014 (and photos)

                      I feel like I haven't heard one good thing from an objective observer about EJ this offseason.

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                      • Michael82
                        Registered User
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 82330

                        #12
                        Re: Buffalo Bills Training Camp Report: 7/20/2014 (and photos)

                        Originally posted by THRILLHO View Post
                        Mikey, I look forward to your reports every year and don't bother to read any others. Keep up the great work!
                        Thanks! I'm glad you like them.

                        Originally posted by Buffalo Thriller View Post
                        I wonder if EJ is going to wear the visor all year.
                        That's a good question. I was surprised to see him wearing it.

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