‘If anyone tells you they know who the starting quarterback will be for the Bills in 2018 at this point, they’re lying. There’s a lot to be uncovered here.’
Archives for May 2018
Bills Today: Why fans should be excited for the QB competition
‘McCarron’s making just $5 million a year, and Allen is considered a long-term project, so there isn’t much pressure on either signal-caller right now. The Bills would surely love to get back to the playoffs, but this isn’t a Super Bowl-caliber team at the moment. The silver lining is that the Bills and their fans will get to spend this season assessing two high-potential fresh faces at the game’s most important position.’
What drives Bills QB Josh Allen? Start with his California hometown.
‘Allen’s graduating class had 164 students. California Department of Education data showed he was one of 14 non-Hispanic students in his class. This year, 95.3 percent of the district’s students from kindergarten through 12th grade are Hispanic.’
Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen breaks out Fortnite ‘Take the L’ dance
‘Allen, the Bills’ No. 7 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, was recently in Southern California for the annual NFLPA Rookie Premiere. Panini America, the event’s presenting sponsor, shared multiple photos and videos from the event on social media. In an Instagram story, one of Panini America’s videos showed Allen dancing with Indianapolis Colts running back Nyheim Hines to Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off. During the video clip, Allen breaks out the “Take the L” dance.’
Here’s how Bills rookie QB Josh Allen responded to Jalen Ramsey’s trash talk
‘”Not at all. … That’s like one of the best corners in the league,” Allen told TMZ when they caught up with him in Los Angeles.’
Allen on competing with the Bills: “Do whatever it takes to win the football game.”
‘“I’m not a huge stat guy. The only stat that matters to me is who has more points at the end of the game. I’m very, very apparent on that aspect because I just want to win the football game and do whatever it takes, put my body on the line for my teammates and I know they’re going to do the same thing for me.”’
You bloom where you’re planted: The cultivation of Josh Allen, Part 1
‘You can examine his University of Wyoming stats and video clips, but you won’t truly know Josh Allen until you learn how he was raised and the odds he has overcome to reach the NFL.’
Here is your first look at Josh Allen in a Buffalo Bills uniform
‘Saturday at Cal State Lutheran, the players got to wear their official uniforms for the first time as part of the Panini America trading card photo shoot. Allen posed for portrait photos, threw the ball and was captured for action photos to be used on the cards and in promotional material.’
After losing Wood, Incognito, Bills’ O-line focuses on blocking out noise, building chemistry
‘Besides replacing the missing pieces, the Bills’ reconfigured offensive line must develop the continuity vital to its functioning at the highest level possible. That involves learning both the technical aspects of synchronized movement as well as the human element of developing the sort of chemistry that allows each man to anticipate what the other will do on any given snap and in any given situation.’
Shaq Lawson’s personal coach on offseason growth: ‘I can see it in his eyes’
‘”The weight is more of him, that was more of re-evaluating if himself,” said former Clemson defensive lineman Rashaad Jackson, who helps Lawson train in the offseason in South Carolina. “But I do feel he will be quicker, a lot faster.”‘
Syracuse head of recruiting operations joins Bills in scouting department
‘Mulbah, a former Fordham linebacker whose playing career was cut short by injury, was hired by Syracuse in January 2016. According to his bio on Syracuse’s website, Mulbah “oversees the program’s efforts to identify and attract top high school student-athletes. He maintains the program’s recruit database, develops schedules for official and unofficial visits, assists in creating social media plans to communicate with potential student-athletes, and monitors the academic progress of prospects.”‘
Siran Neal is Bills’ new jack-of-all-trades on defense
‘Any casual Bills fan knows by now how much coach Sean McDermott values versatility in his defenders, and perhaps no other player in the 2018 draft has more than Neal, who lined up at safety, linebacker and cornerback with the Gamecocks, who play in the Ohio Valley Conference of the Football Championship Subdivision.’
Jay Skurski’s Bills Mailbag: How ‘meddlesome’ are the Pegulas as team owners?
‘The true definition of “meddlesome,” in my mind, would be if the team owners were making decisions about players. That’s what they pay their general managers and/or coaches to do. Without being in those meetings, it’s hard to know whether that’s the case. It’s fair to say that they have had a very difficult time since being professional sports owners of getting the right people in place to run those teams from an on-ice or on-field perspective. That doesn’t make them more or less “meddlesome” than other owners, though.’
Roth: Chuck Knox pushed all the right buttons during colorful time in Bills history
‘“Chuck got it,’’ said Fred Smerlas, the Bills five-time Pro Bowl nose tackle and Wall of Fame member drafted by Knox in 1979. “He knew how to create unity. Other coaches just don’t get that. If there’s a sport where you need adrenaline, you need energy, you need unity, it’s football.’’’
Pro Football Focus names Buffalo Bills’ Tre’Davious White to top 25 under 25 list
‘After such a strong rookie campaign, it should come as no surprise that Pro Football Focus named White to their top 25 NFL players under 25 years old. White came in tied for sixth on the list with New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore. Here is what Pro Football Focus said about White.’