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5 things we learned from Week 1 of OTAs

‘“I’ve always prided myself on catching any ball from any quarterback,” he said. “That was one of the reasons that Carolina drafted me. I can catch an inaccurate ball. So I’m always going to be there to catch the ball no matter who is throwing it.”‘

What the QBs are saying about their position competition

‘“You just go out and play. You really just take what they give you. I mean, if it’s a home run, it’s a home run. If not, then if you have to throw it to the back for six yards. You just live with it. That’s part of the game. That’s how you win. You can’t always have the home run hitter, and I think just taking what the defense gives you, and just playing your game and it’ll be fine.”’

Quick Hits: Knee surgery for Zay, Benjamin full go

‘“Zay Jones had surgery last week on his knee and will be out the remainder of this spring,” said head coach Sean McDermott. “I don’t have a timetable at this point other than it was best to get this done now. He had a bit of an ongoing deal as he was rehabbing the knee.”’

Bills Today: Safeties get national attention

‘A player who is underappreciated, though, is safety Jordan Poyer. Like fellow safety Micah Hyde, Poyer signed a free-agent contract with Buffalo last offseason. After he posted just 10 starts, two interceptions and six pass deflections in four seasons in Cleveland, Poyer’s first year in Buffalo included career highs of 15 starts, five interceptions and 13 pass deflections.’

Kim Pegula says she stepped in as Bills, Sabres president to bring stability

‘Laughing, she added, “Actually, I think it was a jump down — from owner to president. But we said, ‘Who else is going to be (better) able to guide the organizations with leadership, vision, what we want to do in the future than ownership itself?’ So just completely cutting off a layer of that decision-making process. It just made sense to us that I would take on that role.”’

Kim Pegula breaks silence on Russ Brandon departure

‘“I was very disheartened because, obviously, we had put him in a high position of president of both teams and PSE,” Pegula said. “So when you put that amount of confidence in somebody and you are expecting them to do a job worthy of that title, and that’s not what you’re getting back, it’s always disheartening.’

Kim Pegula on new Bills stadium: ‘I don’t even know if we can get there’

‘“I don’t even know if we can get there,” the team’s co-owner told The Buffalo News while attending the NFL spring meeting. “I know fans in Buffalo don’t want higher ticket prices, they don’t want PSLs (personal seat licenses). The state doesn’t want to give you any money, the city doesn’t … We don’t have a billion-and-a-half dollars sitting around. We used it to buy the team.”’

Kim Pegula on NFL’s protest policy: ‘This is a very delicate situation’

‘“One of the things that we wanted was a consensus from the ownership group on a policy going forward,” Pegula told The Buffalo News. “But we know that there’s no exact right answer to this. This is a very delicate situation, a very personal situation to many people. So coming out with a policy that allows and gives the freedom and the choice to our players to sit in the locker room but still recognizes the importance that Terry and I feel, as well as the league, that standing for the anthem and showing the respect of the flag is embodied in the kind of character that we want as a league and as a team. So I think it was a great compromise to get that done.’

Buffalo Bills in need of good luck in 2018, says NFL.com

‘The Bills need … AJ McCarron to hold down the fort. Many in the Football Cognoscenti believed that whichever team ended up selecting Josh Allen would be taking the draft’s biggest gamble. The Bills turned out to be that team, picking the raw but undeniably talented Wyoming standout seventh overall. And while I don’t profess to have the industry knowledge to state definitively that Allen should remain on the sideline with an earpiece and a clipboard this season, there’s certainly logic to bringing along the organization’s top prospect slowly. A lot of that will depend on McCarron — and, I suppose, Nathan Peterman — being able to play the game with some level of proficiency. Of course, the terrifying current state of the Bills’ offensive line makes you wonder if that’s even going to be possible.’