Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Camp is Calling

It starts tomorrow, the four week extravaganza known as Bills Training Camp. Players are scheduled to report to St. John Fisher College in Pittsford by 7pm tomorrow night. And it's an important camp for the Bills, with several questions on the agenda.
For example--will Jason Peters show up for training camp? The Pro Bowl left tackle missed the mandatory minicamp last month, apparently to protest the lack of progress on a new contract. Peters hasn't commented publicly at all about his deal, and attempts to reach his agent this week failed. He would be wise to show up at camp, work as hard as he can, and let his agent and the Bills hammer out an extension. Peters certainly warrants a reneogitation, he has outpeformed his deal even though he has three years left to run on the contract. But Bills sources tell me he damaged his abililty to get a new contract by skipping the mandatory minicamp. He would probably help his cause immensely by showing up tomorrow and practicing.
As of this writing, the Bills have four unsigned draft picks remaining. I expect a flurry of signings to be announced tomorrow, although I'm not sure the top two picks, CB Leodis McKelvin, and second rounder James Hardy will be among them.
Paul Peck and I will be blogging regularly from Bills training camp, and we'll have live reports from the News 4 Sports Team at 5pm and 6pm every night of camp.

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