Thursday marked the first day of practice for the Bills ahead of their Monday night game in Seattle and it marked the return of wide receiver Percy Harvin to the football field for the first time in more than a year.
Coach Rex Ryan said that Harvin didn’t do a tremendous amount in his first practice since returning to the team, but the wideout said it was a good first step back after a long layoff.
“Coach came to me a couple times -- my feet were moving faster than my body wanted to move,” Harvin said, via the Buffalo News. “So it was just great to get back out there and catch some balls, smell that turf, smell that locker room again, those are some things you miss. ... All the guys accepted me with warm welcome. Definitely got some rust, as expected. But it felt good. All my body parts checked out. So everything is running right. Just gotta continue to get repetitions and I should be fine.”
Ryan added that it “would be great” if Harvin is ready to play on Monday night, although neither he nor Harvin was committing to anything beyond continuing to chip away at the rust in practice the next two days.