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Archives for August 3, 2021

Mitch Morse knows with continuity comes increased expectations for Bills’ offensive line

‘“This is a business in the end, and your lifespan in this league is so minimal,” Morse said Monday following the Bills’ fifth practice of training camp. “Both these guys had the opportunity to test themselves on the market. Of course, they are some of my best buddies and we love playing with them, so selfishly we wanted them back and it worked itself out like that.’

Spencer Brown getting ‘thrown into fire’ at Bills training camp; A.J. Epenesa electric off edge on Day 5

‘With Dion Dawkins out on the Covid/Reserve list, that’s meant more snaps for every tackle the Bills have on the roster, including Brown. On Monday the rookie struggled a bit, specifically against second-year pass rusher A.J. Epenesa, who had his best practice of camp. The quickness of Epenesa gave Brown trouble off the edge and he lost that matchup on at least four occasions throughout practice.’

Josh Allen extension will be pushed to 2022 if deal can’t be done in next few weeks, says Bills GM

‘“At the end of the day, we’ll probably put a deadline on it at some point here in preseason,” said Beane. “I don’t like to carry that stuff into the season. We haven’t put a specific date on it, it’s just… I think Adam Begnini asked me about it last week. It was an interesting question I didn’t mind. It was, ‘Is there any momentum?’ There’s no momentum to getting a deal done until you all of a sudden feel it’s there. We’ll work with his reps. Hopefully we can get something done this year, but if not we’ll be excited. Josh knows, he and I have had great conversations this spring and summer about it. He’ll play it out this year if we can’t get something done and I promised him if we can’t that we’ll pick it up as soon as we get to next offseason and we’ll try again.”’

Confer: Let the Bills pay their own bills

‘It’s unlikely that they really think the state will throw $1.1 billion their way. But, it’s not out of the question that they’d shoot for $750 million, especially since the state showed that they didn’t mind giving that to Elon Musk and his questionable Buffalo factory.’

Bills, Allen To Put Off Talks If No Deal Done By Next Week

‘“We’ll see here soon. We’re in August, so I’d say we’re down to a few weeks to either get this done or delay it, and try it again in 2022,” he said. “Hopefully, we can get something done this year. But if not, we’ll be excited. Josh knows. He and I have had great conversations this spring and summer about it.”’

Bills, Josh Allen agree to table contract talks until 2022 if sides can’t agree on new deal by next week

‘As it relates to Allen, Bills general manager Brandon Beane said on Monday that both sides have agreed to halt contract talks if they have not come to terms on an agreement before Buffalo’s first preseason game. The Bills’ three-game preseason will start with a game at Detroit on Aug. 13. Beane said that he and his quarterback are “in lockstep” as far as negotiations are concerned.’

Austin Bills? NFL Owners Are Running Out of Plausible Ways to Squeeze Taxpayers

‘We’ve known for a while now, of course, that this is a game of who blinks first and we, the taxpayer, seem to have an irreversible tic. NFL owners had forever used the allure of Los Angeles to threaten cities to pony up for new space station-looking arenas before eventually gutting the Chargers and Rams franchises, leaving them in an expensive, empty auditorium to play in front of their nascent fanbases. London, for a brief second, was another way of headlocking certain host cities into squeezing their taxpayers before we all collectively laughed and dared the league to put a team five hours ahead of eastern standard time. San Antonio remains on the short list of extortion tools ownership is eager to use.’

Bills offense sizzling as team gets back to practice

‘It was really impressive from top to bottom. Josh Allen was pinpoint accurate, including connecting on a long pass down the sideline to Cole Beasley, who was actually covered very well by cornerback Dane Jackson. But the ball was dropped right into Beasley’s arms and there was basically nothing Jackson could do, despite being in a good spot.’

Brandon Beane to put deadline on Josh Allen extensions talks

‘”Hopefully we can get something done this year,” Beane said. “Josh [Allen] knows him and I have had great conversations this spring, and summer, about it. He’ll play it out this year even if we can’t get something done. I promised him if we can’t get [an extension] done that we’ll pick it up as soon as we get to next offseason and try again.”‘