McCoy creates a buzz as Buffalo Bills open training camp
Told about the incident Friday, after his Buffalo Bills held their first training camp practice at St. John Fisher College, the Patriots-hating, former head coach of the Jets shook his head and smiled.
“He may be the oldest guy but I still think he’s got some tread on that tire still”, Ryan said.
Expectations are one thing and Ryan has a proven track record, but the rest of the NFL is going to make Buffalo’s defense walk the walk to stamp themselves the best in the league.
McCoy said it’ll take time for all the new parts to gel, but he’s impressed with the skill that he’s joining in Buffalo. McCoy responded. “I mean, if you asked a regular party, there’s an age limit, there’s all type of, you know”.
IMPORTANT ADDITIONS: Ryan; offensive coordinator Greg Roman; RB LeSean McCoy; WR Percy Harvin; QBs Matt Cassel and Tyrod Taylor; TE Charles Clay; OG Richie Incognito; FB Jerome Felton. “But sometimes some of the outside stuff gets in the way of the fact that he’s a hell of a football coach”. “I’m just happy to be back at football …”
When reminded he was in suburban Rochester, McCoy tapped his jersey and said: “You see my logo, man”. “Everybody is going to have an opinion; I have to go out there and earn it and prove to the coaches and everybody else that I deserve the opportunity to play”.
“It’s just a different feel”, Ryan said, comparing the start of this camp to his first with the Jets in 2009. It was great. We’re so much further along now than when I go back and look at minicamps from a communications standpoint. Buffalo really doesn’t need an elite performer here-just a competent field general who can get the ball into the hands of the team’s many playmakers while keeping turnovers to a minimum. He just spent the last two years with Geno Smith and Michael Vick in New York; and, before that, Mark Sanchez spent four years under Ryan going up and down like a yo-yo. We cant win next year or the following year by saying we dont have the team, Watkins said. They immediately assured fans that the Bills were going to be here forever.
The Bills added veteran defensive tackles and, who will both compete to be wave players on the second unit. “There are so many more things in the NFL to talk about”. “I’m a little disappointed about that. But oh my gosh, that’s pretty amusing”.