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Thursday May 17,2012 | Last Updated
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Bills NOTES, QUOTES
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When the Bills open preseason play at Washington on Friday night, Trent Edwards is expected to start at quarterback.
Entering training camp No. 1 on the depth chart but still locked in a serious battle with Ryan Fitzpatrick and Brian Brohm, Edwards has performed adequately enough to earn the start against theRedskins with Buffalo's other first-stringers.
But this is still very much a wide-open race.
"No, competition is not over. Anywhere. Competition is always open," coach Chan Gailey has espoused repeatedly. "We'll continue to evaluate, we'll continue to work, we'll continue to see if somebody does great or somebody does poorly. It's up to them."
Edwards, who has 30 starts in a Buffalo uniform since 2007, lost his job to Fitzpatrick a year ago and Brohm, a former second-round draft pick, entered the picture when plucked off Green Bay's practice squad in November.
To his credit, Edwards turned in a strong offseason and separated himself, if ever so slightly, entering camp.
"He just made a lot more plays that we thought were positive plays during the course of the minicamps and OTAs," Gailey explained. "He did a good job of handling the team. He did a good job when he had the threes, as well as when he had the ones. And that was impressive to me, to be able to go out there and work with whoever he was throwing with."
--To get ready for Friday's preseason opener at Washington, coach Chan Gailey allowed full-contact hitting during short yardage and goal-line work last Saturday before the first scheduled day off of camp. Gailey said it was important to give players a taste of what they'll be in for against the Redskins.
"I'm not trying to get the intensity up, even though that's what happens when you go live," Gailey said. "It's just you better have been live somewhere before you line up nextFriday night." To a man, it seemed players love the live contact, something unheard of for a Bills camp going back to the days of Marv Levy. "Certain teams, certain head coaches don't believe in any live situations," LB Kawika Mitchell said. "But I think it's good to get in there and get a feel for hitting somebody the way you're supposed to be doing in the games. I enjoy it."
--RB Fred Jackson, who entered the NFL as a free agent rookie out of a Division III school and had to prove himself, took in stride rookie C.J. Spiller's contract signing. Spiller, the ninth overall pick in the draft, is guaranteed to earn $20.8 million on his five-year deal regardless of how he performs. Jackson was the league's all-purposed yardage leader last year and put another first-round pick (Marshawn Lynch) on the bench. "It's something that I've always faced, so I'm going to continue to do what I can every time I touch the field and continue to try and make plays whenever they entrust me with the ball," the classy Jackson said of Spiller's arrival. "I won't look at it any different than going out any other day of the week."
--After 10 consecutive days of practice to start camp, players earned a day off. Old-school Gailey isn't so tough he doesn't realize the importance of rest. "Yeah, they've worked hard and they do need a day off," he said. "We go to work, get our job done and get offthe field. They've done a good job of that."
--Chris Kelsay on switching to linebacker after seven NFL seasons playing defensive end: "It makes you appreciate the guys behind you. You never really know until you're a part of the equation on the back end with routes, different formations, how you align, how you drop, where your responsibilities are and how important that is to our entire defense."
--The Bills have a total of eight evening practices scheduled for the duration of camp. Night practices have been a large component of Buffalo's training camps, allowing the club to market each practice as an "event." Players like performing in front of the big crowds and fans that work like having the chance to see the team practice without taking a day off.
"It was great," Gailey said after one night session. "It was good and it gives the guys a little more energy, that's good for us. You find out who can play when the lights are on and the crowd is on your back a little bit. That's good for us."
--It took FS Jairus Byrd a week into camp to come up with his first two interceptions of camp.
"It was taking a long time, I hadn't gotten any this camp but it is what it is. They'll come," said Byrd, who led the Bills with a rookie record nine picks a year ago. "I'm just trying to make sure I know what I'm doing at my position, make sure I'm in the right place, tackles and angles. To me, that's what's important."
--Owner Ralph Wilson, who founded the Bills 51 seasons ago, has been awarded the Sovereign Grand Commander's Medal of Honor by the Masons for a lifetime of achievement, as well as the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University Liggett School near Detroit. Wilson attended Liggett before college. The school's alumni include several members of the Ford family and several stars fromthe field of entertainment.
--Ruben Brown, who played in eight consecutive Pro Bowls for the Bills from 1995-2003 at offensive guard, is the recipient of the 25th annual Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Distinguished Service Award, given by the Monday Quarterback Club. Brown will be honored before the Bills-Detroit game on Nov. 14. The award recognizes long and meritorious service to the team. Brown made Buffalo his home after retiring and remains active in the community.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "No question, anytime you miss any day, that's one day you can't get better. The only thing you can do is just train. But not being around the guys, of course you miss that. At the same time, you understand that you have to get the business done first before you get on the field. And like I said, I'm glad to get it done so I can get out here." -- RB C.J. Spiller, the team's No. 1 pick, after signing his five-year, $25 million contract after missing eight days of camp.
Redskins NOTES, QUOTES
Miracle of miracles. Two days after an MRI of his sore left knee showed no significant damage, Albert Haynesworth finally passed coach Mike Shanahan's conditioning test on his fourth attempt in 10 days. Haynesworth ran two sets of six 25-yard sprints in 66 and 70 seconds.
So the two time All-Pro defensive lineman put the pads on and practiced on Aug. 7, Fan Appreciation Day at Redskins Park, and participated in individual drills before being held out of the 11-on-11 work that delighted the fans. Haynesworth made it through his first full practice Monday.
"The test is over," Haynesworth said in a statement he read to the media after practice. "Now it's back to playing football. I want to thank all the fans for still supporting me, still wearing 92 jerseys and still believing in me."
Haynesworth didn't take any questions about his seemingly good rapport with Jim Haslett and his newfound fondness for the new coordinator's 3-4 defense.
"I think he enjoys our defense more than he thought he would," Shanahan said.
Haynesworth's extreme reluctance to play nose tackle caused him to abandon the offseason program at Redskins Park, including mandatory minicamp in June. However, once he accepted a $21 million bonus payment on April 1, he was stuck because theRedskins were no longer willing to trade him. So Haynesworth wound up reporting to camp on time as Shanahan ultimately prevailed in their months-long battle of wills. He had been running on a treadmill, receiving treatment two or three times a day and working after every practice with Haslett and defensive line coach Jacob Burney.
"His knee felt better ... he'd been working extremely hard to get back in shape," Shanahan said. "He probably doesn't like me right now but I'm not here to be liked."
Haynesworth's teammates, several of whom ripped him for skipping the offseason conditioning, weren't ready to immediately let bygones be bygones.
"We didn't pop no champagne," said nose tackle Maake Kemoeatu, whose continued good health in his return from a torn Achilles tendon suffered last summer is critical to Haynesworth's desire to play end, not in the middle, of the new three-man front.
However, Haynesworth is expected to be Kemomeatu's backup when he rejoins team drills on Monday before getting a chance to play the ends.
Haslett said he hadn't seen Haynesworth "dig down" to pass the test until Aug. 7.
"Had he not (passed), he and I might have been fighting on the field today," Haslett said. "He did a great job running ... (but) he's got a lot of catching up to do."
Instead, after failing the conditioning test on July 29, July 30 and Aug. 2 with the knee swelling after the second test, Haynesworth is back.
"We want to make sure that he's in good football shape so there are no setbacks, so he can play full speed and so he can last the whole season," Shanahan said.
Haynesworth wasn't full speed and didn't make it through the full practice after passing the conditioning test Saturday.
But Haynesworth hasn't gone full speed for a full season since he became a starter in 2003, his second year with Tennessee. Last year, his first in Washington, he missed two days of training camp after having fluid injected into the knee and was on the injury list for 10 of 16 games, four of which he missed with hip, ankle and knee ailments.
--The Redskins held the first Fan Appreciation Day of the Mike Shanahan era on Aug. 7 but unlike most years treated the faithful to just another practice instead of an intrasquad scrimmage.
"I went full speed, I think, three years in a row in (Denver) and I lost one guy each year," Shanahan explained. "I looked at myself and said, 'What are you trying to do with those 12 plays? What's the difference?' So I think you go back to your past and say, 'What can we do to get in the best football shape to get our team ready for the first game and try to keep away from injuries?'
"What we do out there is, everyday we're practicing at gameday speed. I think if you practice at gameday speed and you don't go after somebody's knees or somebody's ankles, you've got a chance to go into the first regular season game as healthy as you possibly could. Now, we all understand there's going to be tackling in preseason games where you actually take guys to the ground, and we've got four. The philosophy may change if there's two preseason games, but right now, I want to stick to that philosophy."
Shanahan treated veterans Joey Galloway (16th year), Phillip Daniels (15th), London Fletcher (13th), Santana Moss (10th), Clinton Portis (ninth) and Larry Johnson (eighth) to a day off from team drills on Aug. 5.
"Yeah, usually guys that we don't have practice after about six days are some of the older veterans," Shanahan said. "We try to give them a little break. They still go through some drill work early and some walkthroughs. They're out on the field, but they don't go through all the team reps and it gives some of these younger players an opportunity to see what they can do. I've done that throughout my career with other players and it seems to protect them a little bit."
--Shanahan was Jerry Rice's offensive coordinator in San Francisco from 1992-94 and coached at Florida not long before Emmitt Smith enrolled. So the coach was happy to see the alltime leading receiver and rusher enshrined together in the Hall of Fame on Aug. 7.
"Jerry was one of the best players, if not the best player, to ever play the game," Shanahan said. "I don't think I've ever been around a guy that practiced like he did. In the offseason, he'd be in there eight hours a day and he'd be relentless. Not only did he work out, he studied film. His goal was to be the best that ever played the game at any position. And he worked at it. In all of the years I worked with him he never missed one workout. I'd get in there at 5:00 in the morning and Jerry would be in there and he'd work out as hard as anyone I've ever been around.
"As for Emmitt, coaching at Florida for four years I follow that program and got a chance to know Emmitt. Besides being a great football player, he's a class guy. To see those two guys go in together is very special."
The Redskins have been scrimmaging the Ravens almost every summer of late, but not this year.
"I thought the first year we'd stay away from that, just get our system in," Shanahan said. "Maybe in the years to come we'll try that a little bit more, but with four preseason games, I didn't think you have to do it. If it goes to two in the future, I think some teams will do that more and more, maybe even scrimmage some of the younger guys."
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I don't envy him. It's enough being a coach. I surely don't want to be the commissioner." -- Coach Mike Shanahan when asked if he would want to have Roger Goodell's job.
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