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FTL hookup
Bills quarterback Trent Edwards traveled to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., earlier this month to work on his passing timing with receiver Lee Evans. Receivers Roscoe Parrish and Justin Jenkins also showed up for the three days of practice. Evans did not participate in team drills during spring practices due to minor offseason shoulder surgery, and Edwards wanted to get extra work in with his top target.
“It was just to get the timing, get the feel down,” Evans said. “We were actually working on a field with no lines, so it was really all timing, all feel. Trent has the right mentality. He’s getting better. Whatever I can do to help him take the next step, along with myself taking the next step, I want to do.”
“I was happy to get out there and spend some time with him besides the football part of it, just becoming closer off the field and getting to know him a little bit better,” Edwards said. “That’s all part of becoming a better football team and developing better chemistry.”
Sideline views
Rookie James
Hardy is off to a pretty good start in training camp. The big receiver from Indiana had a good day catching the ball Friday. In Saturday morning’s workout he had four catches and no drops, including a grab in heavy traffic over the middle during seven-on-seven drills. ... The morning crowd was thin and the afternoon crowd was a good 700. ... The best play of the morning was a perfect deep completion from Edwards to Evans, who beat Terrence McGee on a double move. Again, the team practiced in shirts and shorts, no pads. The Bills will don pads Monday for the first time. ... The offense still looked a little smoother than one would expect for the second day of camp, by Bills standards, anyway. ... In the afternoon, rookie Steve Johnson had a good catch on a deep fade from J. P. Losman. ... Derek Schouman continues
to show sure hands. ... Austin Zelasko, a sixth-grader from Alden, spent the afternoon as a reporter on the sidelines. He was one of 10 youths picked from across the country as winners of an essay contest run by the magazine the Weekly Reader. ... Coy Wire, a popular special teams standout for the Bills the last six seasons, signed a free-agent contract Friday night with the Atlanta Falcons.
Directions
From Buffalo take the
Thruway to Exit 47. Take Route 490 East for 25 miles to Exit 25 (Fairport Road— 31 F). Turn right. The shuttle bus lot at East Rochester High School is about a mile down the road. Shuttles run continuously before and after practice. There is no public parking on campus.
Schedule
There is no practice today. Monday’s practice is 11 a. m. to 1:05 p. m. The schedule for the rest of the week: 7 to 9:05 p. m. Tuesday, 1 to 3:05 p. m. Wednesday, 7 to 9:05 p. m. Thursday, 2:15 to 4:20 p. m. Friday and 10:10 a. m. to 12:20 p. m. Saturday. Tickets are required for the night practices Tuesday and Thursday and no more tickets are available for those two sessions.
On the Web
Check out the Bills daily blog and post your comments by visiting buffalonews. com/blogs.
See a photo gallery of Saturday’s practices at buffalonews.com.
Quote of the Day
“I’d rather have my baby in March so I could stick around and don’t have to leave when she’s a day old.” -Kyle Williams, who missed the first day of camp due to the birth of his daughter, Anna Claire.
-Compiled by Mark Gaughan
