PITTSFORD — The Bills' front office may not want Michael Vick, but the players have a different view.

"Man, when you look at him, he's a helluva talent, he's a helluva football player," wide

receiver Lee Evans said Tuesday. "Obviously if you look at him just as a player you would love

to have that kind of talent on the team."

Running back Fred Jackson agreed.

"Anytime you have an athlete like Michael Vick you want to see him on your team," Jackson

said. "Hopefully some things work out for him and he'll be in the league somewhere."

That team more than likely won't be the Bills.

Russ Brandon, the Bills' chief operating officer and general manager, said Tuesday morning

that the Bills aren't interested in bringing in the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback.

"We're comfortable with our roster as it stands right now," Brandon said.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell conditionally reinstated Vick on Monday. Free after

serving 18 months in prison for running a dogfighting ring, Vick could participate in

regular-season games as early as October.

Vick can immediately take part in preseason practices, and can play in the final two

preseason games, provided he finds a team willing to sign him

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Defensive tackle Marcus Stroud returned to practice Tuesday night at St. John Fisher after

missing time with a hamstring injury. Others who missed some time because of injuries were

John McCargo, P.K. Sam, Ventrell Jenkins and Shawn Nelson. ... Rookie guard Andy Levitre

worked with the first-team offense.

No-huddle

The Bills have used the no-huddle offense exclusively over the first three days of camp. Coach

Dick Jauron on not huddling:

"We just haven't been as good at it as we would have liked to in the past. We are spending

a great deal of time on it right now. The feeling is, it doesn't take a lot to huddle —

almost anybody can figure out how to huddle. To do it the other way on the line, it takes a

little more work, so because you're always in it in two-minute mode anyway, all this practice

is going to be good for us.

"It involves a lot more communication, which is another reason we're spending so much time

on it. So far, they have grasped it well. They have done a good job with it. We like it, we

like the tempo, we like it in practice and we would like to use it more in games."

Bills waive Hairston

The Bills announced Tuesday afternoon that they waived running back Justise Hairston.

Hairston, a first-year running back out of Central Connecticut, was expected to miss the rest

of the season after suffering a knee injury.

Hairston was injured during no-contact conditioning drills during the morning session of

last Saturday's practice. The injury was initially believed to be minor although Hairston did

not return for the afternoon session.

Directions

From Buffalo take the Thruway to Exit 47. Take Route 490 East for 25 miles to Exit 25

(Fairport Road — 31F). Turn right or left and follow signs to fan parking. Shuttle buses

take fans from the nearby lots to the practice fields. The lots are at Pittsford-Mendon High

School.

Schedule

Today's practice is from 1 to 3:05 p.m. Free tickets are required for the night workout at 7

p.m. Thursday. They're available at buffalobills.com and ticketmaster.com. Friday's practice is

2:15 to 4:20 p.m., and Saturday is 10:10 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.

Quote of the Day

"We're deeper everywhere than we've ever been and probably a little bit faster."

— Jauron on his team's defense.