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Bills’ McCarron to seek second opinion on shoulder injury

‘The Bills’ quarterback competition will be trimmed to just rookie Josh Allen and Nathan Peterman should McCarron be sidelined for any length of time. The team returns to preseason game action next Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals.’

Bills’ AJ McCarron getting second opinion on injured shoulder

‘McDermott said the team will “pick up where [it] left off” with its three-way quarterback competition if McCarron is healthy. McCarron’s injury could leave Nathan Peterman and rookie Josh Allen as the Bills’ only healthy quarterbacks for next Sunday’s preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals.’

Bills say Jarvis Landry’s block was ‘dirty,’ should have been penalized

‘”Landry, he’s a good receiver, physical guy, but some of those plays that he has — Aaron Williams, Taron, I’m pretty sure he has other ones — I just think they’re dirty,” Bills linebacker Lorenzo Alexander said Sunday. “Coming from the outside of the box in, the league needs to do a better job of calling penalties on those types of plays. Obviously, defenders get called all the time on stuff that is probably less egregious than that. If we’re going to protect our football players, we need to protect everybody, not just offensive guys.’

Kyle Williams out week-to-week; McCarron still being evaluated

‘Quarterback A.J. McCarron left the game in the first half, but never came out of the locker room after halftime. The Bills announced he was being evlauted for a shoulder injury. Defensive tackle Kyle Williams injured his knee in the second quarter and was taken to the locker room. Punter Cory Carter was carted off the field with a knee injury.’

Joe B: 5 takeaways from Buffalo Bills HC Sean McDermott (8/19/18)

‘It’s very much a wait-and-see scenario for the Bills, but with such a quick track to the start of the regular season, you have to wonder what this means to the results of the quarterback competition. Nathan Peterman and rookie Josh Allen were both superior to McCarron in their performance against Cleveland, but the Bills were giving McCarron equal opportunity to try and win the job over Peterman.’

McDermott: Allen has started earning “respect” and “trust” from teammates

‘”I like the fact that he seems to have begun to earn the resect of his teammates and the trust of his teammates. I think that’s important, not only in the evaluation, but in that position. For every position, in particular, the quarterback position, the respect and the trust is huge,” he said. “That’s an important part of his early stages and his development and his growth, as well.”‘

McCarron, Williams status unclear for first game

‘Head Coach Sean McDermott said that McCarron is in “the process of receiving a second opinion”. However, it is unclear if McCarron will require any surgical procedures. “We’re still not totally conclusive on the results of the tests. We had some tests yesterday and we’re going to do some more.” McDermott said.’

Hyde sounds off on Landry, helmet rule

‘”If the defensive player did that to the offensive player, he’s getting ejected. I don’t care if he led with the shoulder or not,” Hyde said. “He’s coming all the way from… (outside) the numbers to flying down onto the hashes and just cleaning up someone. To me that’s BS. You can’t do that. All he had to do was get in position, screen him off. He doesn’t have to come in and try to kill anybody. To me, it’s ridiculous”.’

The 1st Bill who knew Josh Allen was good

‘”He threw a couple that whizzed. Like boom, hit the back of the end zone. Our defensive line coach was like, ‘Hey line bring it up. I think this guy is going to be the guy in a couple years. Let’s take care of him. Let’s just stay away from him,” laughed Yarbrough. “That was my first memory of Josh.”‘

QB competition continues, but just Allen and Peterman practicing

‘“Definitely different because I’ve been playing in the league five years and I’m used to seeing three guys out there,” said Logan Thomas of the two-man quarterback rotation Sunday. “So, it was different, but it was good for Josh and Nate to get extra reps and learn a little bit more and see a little bit more out there.”’

Quick Hits: Status updates on Kyle Williams and AJ McCarron

‘“He’s more along the lines of week to week at this point,” McDermott said. “I have a lot of confidence in Kyle, both as a player, a person, healing, but for right now, he remains week to week, so we’ll take it one week at a time.”’