Glenn earns starting role
By: John Kucko
Updated: August 20, 2012
A bush day for the Bills at training camp in Orchard Park on Monday. Below is a transcript of the
post-practice comments, beginning with head coach Chan Gailey:
post-practice comments, beginning with head coach Chan Gailey:
Opening
statement:
Three things need to be
addressed:
First thing is Cordy Glenn will be our starting left
tackle. It has just worked out with Erik Pears not getting reps. We could not
have enough reps for both guys and Chris (Hairston) had to go play right tackle.
Cordy has gotten most of the reps at left and has done a good job. He will be
the starting left tackle.
(Secondly) Vince Young has performed well enough in the
last two games to warrant more work. He will get the majority of the work with
the twos this week. He will get most of the reps with the second group when they
go in on Saturday night. We need to see how he can handle more game plan, more
playing time and more of everything. It is not an indictment on Tyler (Thigpen),
it is just Vince has done some good things. We know where Tyler is and we have
to evaluate Vince more.
The third thing is, as everyone knows we released Shawne
Merriman today. He was doing a good job. He was. He just was not where we
thought he needed to be, as far as the other guys that are playing the position.
We have a couple of young guys we wanted to get some reps and get some playing
time so we made the move. You have to do that
sometimes.
On what LT Cordy Glenn has shown in the last couple
of weeks:
Cordy has great ability. Ability is not the issue, it is
just playing time. He needs as much playing time as he can get. I think if he
gets playing time he has a chance to be a really good football player. He has
not done great against the two good pass rushers he has faced, but he has done
OK. I think we see a great upside with him.
On what the two young guys showed him that forced him
to make a decision on DE Shawne Merriman:
We just have some younger guys who are getting better at
a lot of different positions. But in that defensive line in general, we have
some younger guys who are pushing. We felt like with the three good guys we
really like and that are really playing well right now, we could afford to do
this and maybe develop a young guy.
On if overall Merriman was a
disappointment:
No. He did a great job of fighting back from where he
was. He did an outstanding job of that. I have to give him a lot of credit. It
would have been easy to bail. It really would have. He will probably go help
somebody this year. I think he would rather be in a 3-4 (defense), I think he
would. Hopefully that will work out for him.
On the team's pass rush
overall:
OK, we can be better. We have gotten more pressure with
four than we have done in the past. I am pleased but not excited with
it.
On if QB Vince Young has been awarded
anything:
No. He has the edge or I would not have given him more
reps. He has made more things happen. You have to give him credit for that. We
have to see how much he can handle. Have to see if he can handle the whole load
because once you get to the season, he will not get many reps. We have to find
out how he can handle all of this.
On whom the two young guys are the team likes at
defensive end:
We have a couple of young
guys.
On where RT Erik Pears
stands:
They did some more tests on him and it was nothing
major. We are going to hold him this week, let him get well and hopefully he
will be back for the next week.
On if he expects Pears to play in the season
opener:
Yeah, I expect him to be around. Whether he gets enough
reps to start, I do not know. I expect him to be
around.
On if it could be OT Chris Hairston on the right
side:
Yes, for now.
On what stood out on the film from the Minnesota
game:
One thing I was pleased with was our pass rush with four
down. I think we got some good pressure on them. I was displeased with allowing
big plays. We cannot allow big plays defensively. We get them in a hold and let
them out. You cannot do that to be a great defense, which I think we can be. And
then offensively, we made a couple of plays but we have to be more consistent.
That comes with our offensive line working together more and getting everybody
in tune. We just have to keep working the process. The process is the important
thing.
On if there was a common thread on the Vikings' big
gains:
No. It was not a common thread. Sometimes it was a pass.
Sometimes it was a run.
On how important the next couple of weeks are for
Glenn:
Very big for (Andy Levitre) and him to continue to line
up next to each other and continue to create communication. That is the big
thing.
On what Young has done, aside from his big throw to
WR T.J. Graham at Minnesota:
He made a check in the game that was a big check. He got
the throw down to the two-yard line. There were a couple little things that he
has done. Production is a part of the game, a big part of the game. Like I said,
you have to give him credit.
On the safeties calling defensive
plays:
We did not like that very much, I do not think. I think
we are going to go back to the linebackers. The safeties did a good job of
calling it but they just have too far to go after they call it so we are going
to let the linebackers do it.
On FB Dorin Dickerson's
status
He will be lucky to get back to practice Wednesday. If
he cannot make practice Wednesday he probably will not be able to play this
week.
On what it says about the team's defense that they
can let a player like Merriman go:
I think we have some good football players and I think
that our defensive end position is so much stronger than it has been in the
past--since I have been here in particular. I am excited about where we are
headed defensively with our personnel and with our
scheme.
On DE Mark Anderson not
practicing:
No. He has the same thing Pears has got. We are just
holding him. We are going to hold him and let him get well. He has been fighting
that groin for about three weeks now. We are just going to rest
him.
On what Dickerson
injured:
Thigh bruise, flexor or something like that.
LT Cordy Glenn
Monday, August 20,
2012
On what areas he has improved in that led HC Chan
Gailey to name him the starting LT:
It is kind of hard to say. I think, overall, everything
has gotten better. Taking everything coaches have to say, practicing and putting
it on the field. Whatever (Coach Joe D'Alessandris) is telling me in meetings or
when we are walking through things, listening to what he is telling me because I
know that is what I need to get better at. That is what I have been trying to
do.
On what being named the starter means for him going
forward:
I don't think it really changes anything. It is a
business. I still have to do my job, perform well and help this team
out.
On if he would have been disappointed not being named
the starter:
I am a team player. I am just trying to help this team
out anyway I can.
On when he was
told:
I am really not putting that much (thought) into it. I
am just trying to keep it simple. Just trying to get
better.
On where he thinks he is
at:
I think I have made strides. I have gotten better with
each preseason game. I am still not where I need to be. I am just going to keep
working and keep getting better. Keep buying into everything that coach tells
me. Just trying to help out this team.
DE Kyle Moore
Monday, August 20,
2012
On his opportunity at the defensive end
position:
Obviously I am getting a little opportunity with the
release of Shawne (Merriman), one of my friends. I can obviously see that I have
a great opportunity to come out here and make plays for the Buffalo Bills. I am
going to take it.
On what he has shown that helped HC Chan Gailey give
him this opportunity:
I am a hard worker and I am a smart player as well. With
the guidance of Coach Wannstedt and everybody, just coming out here and
executing my plays. Just showing them that I can come out here day after day. I
have to show them that I can give great effort and just make plays out there on
the field.
On how exciting it is to get this
opportunity:
It is a blessing. For me to get cut last year to making
the team (being here) this year, it is a blessing. Last year was a humbling
experience. I definitely will not take this one for granted at all.
