Percy Harvin says Seahawks receivers were threatened by him:

New Buffalo Bills wide receiver Percy Harvin took some time out Bills camp to sit down with the crew from ESPN’s First Take. Harvin didn’t hold back, saying he wanted to get back to playing the way he was in Minnesota, and explaining he never felt welcomed in Seattle.

Speaking about why he never felt comfortable with the Seahawks, Harvin said he felt that the Seattle receivers viewed him as a threat.

“My teammates (in Buffalo) accept me a little more,” Harvin explained. “What I mean by that, I felt when I went to Seattle a lot of the receivers kind of took me as a threat rather than accepting me as a teammate. I always told those guys, I pulled them to the side several times after seeing a couple of the comments they was making to the media, ‘Hey, guys, I’m here to ball with you, I’m here to take us to the next level.’

“A lot of guys were looking at they were established and they didn’t need any help. I just took it as I never was kind of accepted in the receiver group by all the members.”

Whether the blame was on Harvin or his teammates in Seattle, it was evident that the wide receiver never seemed to be a fit. There were reports of issues in the locker room, and on the field it felt like the Seahawks diverted away from their offensive plan to force the ball to Harvin.

Harvin says he sat down with Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, but things never seemed to gel with him and his new teammates.

“We had several conversations, he said he saw it in some of the guys,” Harvin said. “I don’t know if he actually went to the guys and had a conversation, but me and him had many conversations. I told him how I didn’t feel comfortable, I would take him to the papers and show him the quotes that I was rubbed wrong by, and he said he could see it, but, that’s kind of what happened with the altercation with Doug Baldwin.”

The idea of Harvin reading the paper and running to his head coach with his feelings as opposed to his teammates shows how difficult of a time Harvin had connecting with anyone. The issues didn’t seem to end with his teammates however, as Harvin explained Carroll never made him feel as comfortable as new Buffalo Bills head coach Rex Ryan has.

“I mean they’re both players coaches,” the former first-round pick said. “I would just say for me personally, Rex he’s just kind of taking me for what it is. He’s not judging me on anything in the past. He’s letting me just come in and told me just be myself all the time. Don’t feel like you’re walking on egg shells. In Seattle at times I felt as I had to come in and be the guy to sit in the back room and not say too much, you know, kind of walk on egg shells. That in itself kind of drove frustrations on top not being accepted in my receiving group, so just kind of never was able to get comfortable in Seattle.”

Harvin’s words still reek of immaturity, and while he went on to say he wish he’d have handled thing differently in Seattle, it seems evident that he still doesn’t get it. Ryan can hope he fits in with the Bills, but if Harvin is still rummaging through the sports page for comments he doesn’t like, he’ll likely have trouble fitting in with Buffalo too.

Cardinals’ Michael Floyd may miss start of the season with dislocated fingers:

The Arizona Cardinals were expecting and even demanding bigger things out of Michael Floyd this season. Head coach Bruce Arians had just commented Sunday that he wanted to see more consistency out of Floyd and that Floyd, “should be a big time player.”

After pulling in 65 receptions for over 1,000 yards in 2013, Floyd caught just 47 balls for 841 yards a season ago.  Floyd did play in two fewer games last season, and was targeted 14 fewer times. The quarterback carousel after the injury to Carson Palmer certainly had an effect on the receivers as well.

While Arians may want bigger things for Floyd in 2015, as the wide receiver becomes increasingly more important as Larry Fitzgerald ages, the coach may not see Floyd on the field to start the season after he suffered three dislocated fingers at practice on Wednesday.

Floyd could miss a month with the injury, and It’s unclear if he’ll be ready to go for the opener against the New Orleans Saints at University of Phoenix Stadium, September 13^th.

Rookie wide receivers on the mend:

Rookie wide receivers in the NFL learn quickly that professional football is a very different, and much more physical animal than what they’re used to at the college level. After wide receivers like Odell Beckham Jr, Mike Evans, Sammy Watkins, and an unbelievable group of rookies took the league by storm in 2014, another strong class of wide receivers have very high expectations heading into 2015.

To make the impact the 2014 receiving class did, the rookie class will need to stay healthy and on the field, and early on in training camp, several of the wide outs expected to jump right in and make plays are already banged up.

Chicago Bears receiver Kevin White is expected to come in and replace Brandon Marshall and be the team’s No. 2 receiver across from Alshon Jeffery, but right now White is battling a shin injury. The injury is minor, and White is already pushing the team to get him back on the field. The injury isn’t a long-term concern, but every snap is important to rookies. Of course, Beckham Jr missed just about all of New York Giants camp a year ago, and we see how that worked out.

Unlike White, who should return quickly for Chicago, New York Jets rookie receiver Devin Smith will miss most, if not all of Jets training camp after suffering a broken rib on Friday. The second-round pick is expected to be the Jets deep threat on a team with slower possession receivers like Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker, but training camp snaps are important to a player with a raw skill set like Smith. Looks like he’s going to have to rely on mental reps to get him ready for the regular season.

Many believe that DeVante Parker could be the Miami Dolphins top receiving target by seasons end, but it doesn’t help that Parker isn’t ready to practice yet as the rookie weapon began training camp on the PUP list after having foot surgery in June. Before surgery, Parker had flashed outstanding skills during his limited work with the Dolphins, so there’s no question the team can’t wait to get the young receiver back on the field.

Breshad Perriman is expected to line up and be the speedy, deep threat that the team lost when Torrey Smith signed with the San Francisco 49ers, but a bruised knee has kept him out of the first couple of training camp practices for the Baltimore Ravens. Perriman is a young man with amazing size and speed, but he’s going to need snaps to prepare him to play at the NFL level. Baltimore hopes to have him back quickly, but there’s concern the knee could cause him to miss up to a week.