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Bills training camp position preview: Keeping offensive line intact a top priority

‘Top position battle: It’s fair to assume all of the five returning starters will maintain those roles. That means the most compelling competition is for what likely will be four backup spots. Spencer Brown, the Bills’ third-round pick from Northern Iowa, would figure to have a good chance of locking up one of the reserve tackle positions. The same goes for Tommy Doyle, a fifth-round selection from Miami of Ohio.’

Star Lotulelei settles back in with the Bills

‘”I think he’s completely healed up, playing that position you get banged up throughout the year so he’s going to be really fresh for us,” Josh Allen continued, “I’m super happy that he’s back.”‘

Camp Countdown 2021 | 3 potential breakout players on offense

‘”My first year was decent,” Singletary said on the Bills Pod Squad. “My second year I felt like, I call them growing pains, they helped me grow. So, this year is just about putting it all together. Ultimately just basically having my best year yet that I had in the NFL, that’s my main goal. Just putting it all together and all the way around the board just having my best year … This is definitely as strong as I’ve been and the biggest I’ve ever been. So, I think I’m heading in the right direction going into year three.”‘

The drop that drove Bills’ Gabriel Davis to tears … and fueled his breakout rookie season

‘“Before I dropped that pass (against LSU), I had caught a touchdown,” Davis said in a recent interview with The Buffalo News. “When the ball was in the air, I’m like, ‘I’m about to catch this ball, it’s about to be another touchdown, I’m about to put it in these people’s face what kind of player I am.’ And I feel like instead of just focusing on the ball, I was thinking about the end goal. And I let it slip right through. I don’t even think I touched it. It slipped right through my face and between my hands.”‘

Bills’ wide receivers among best in NFL, primed for deep playoff run

‘The Bills’ decorated and talent-laden top four includes two returning All-Pros in No. 1 wideout Stefon Diggs and slot receiver Cole Beasley, a two-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champ added through free agency in Emmanuel Sanders and an ascending youngster in second-year pro Gabriel Davis.’

Training camp question: Who are the Bills’ surprise cut candidates?

‘It’s possible Beasley saves the Bills the trouble if he follows through on his retirement threat because of the NFL’s Covid-19 protocols for unvaccinated individuals, but the Bills could remove the potential distraction themselves. That’s unlikely – again, these are supposed to be “surprise” candidates – but it shouldn’t be entirely ruled out. If Beasley were to be released, he’d save the Bills $5.341 million against the 2021 cap. His dead-money hits the next two years would be $2 million and $1.5 million, respectively. Those are reasonable.’

Pollock: ‘America’s Game’ details Bills’ role in NFL history

‘The Bills were peripherally a part of an impactful 1962 draft. That year, the NFL’s Washington Redskins had the No. 1 overall pick and chose Ernie Davis, the All-American running back from Syracuse, whom Buffalo selected with the fourth pick in the AFL’s first round. He was a player coveted by Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell, so George Preston Marshall, who owned the Redskins, an all-white team, and feared he’d lose the Heisman Trophy winner to the Bills, offered a deal. Washington would send the rights for Davis to the Browns for running back/wide receiver Bobby Mitchell and Cleveland’s ’62 first-round pick, halfback Leroy Jackson.’

Training camp question: Who steps up as the lead running back?

‘“They did a good job. They’re both two young players. I’d say they can play on all three downs for us,” Daboll said. “They understand what we’re trying to get accomplished in the run game, they understand the protections. Mostly nowadays you’re gonna have two, or sometimes three backs playing for you. Some teams even have more than that.”‘

Sean McDermott confident contract talks between Josh Allen, Bills will ‘work itself out’

‘”Josh has just done such an incredible job. He’s wired the right way,” McDermott said. “He puts a lot of time and effort, when he’s away from us, in honing his craft and the work he puts in with Jordan Palmer. Every year Josh has come back from the time off, he’s gotten better. He’s worked on a couple of aspects of his game, and so this year has been no different to this point. Now that he’s been away from us and as we head into camp, I’m anxious to see how he looks again and how he’s improved in the time we’ve been apart over the last four or five weeks.”‘

Sean McDermott believes contract for Josh Allen will “work itself out”

‘”These things handle themselves, they work themselves out, when you’ve got two parties that want to be together, and have the same end goal in mind,” McDermott told NFL Network. “Josh is a great young talent and he fits just so well with Buffalo and the city and the town and the people of Buffalo, and so I firmly believe it’s going to work itself out.”‘

Sean McDermott confident Josh Allen deal gets done

‘”These things work themselves out when you have two parties that want to be together with the same end goal in mind,” he said. “Josh is a great young talent and he fits just so well with Buffalo and the city and the town and the people and Buffalo. So, I firmly believe it’s going to work itself out”‘