Two Bills Drive

'A side question: Will the Bills rue not hiring Lynn as their guy and turning to Sean McDermott instead? The Bills play at the 30,000-seat StubHub Center, the Chargers' temporary home, on Nov. 19 in a clash of first-time head coaches.'

'These are the ups and downs and all arounds that Peterman has faced during this first week of training camp, the same cornucopia of results he produced during the OTA and mini-camp phases of the offseason program in the spring, all of which is perfectly normal, almost expected, from a rookie quarterback.'

'“Some of the changes this year (have been) enhancing the fan experience and providing additional space for the fan interactive elements,” said camp operations manager Andy Major. “We moved our fan experience to the Dorsey (Hall) parking lot area near the merchandise tent … (fans) wanted more things to be closer to the team store tent where the restrooms are located, and where all the concessions are located.”'

'"They are finally doing that this year. We need receivers, players who can gain more than four yards on dump off (passes). Tyrod is the first quarterback we've had since (Doug) Flutie who can throw the ball a little bit."'

'"Oh, Tre's a beast, man," Hyde said. "He's good. He's real good. He's making plays on the ball, he's all over the place. That guy's going to be really good. I see plays from guys in the past (that are) splitting images of him. Sam Shields – I played with him in the past – he reminds me of Sam Shields and that's a Pro Bowl player so Tre has a knack for football."'

'It took a few days, but the Toldozer finally got rolling on Sunday. Newly signed running back Mike Tolbert ripped off three big runs on Sunday and got some reps with the first-team offense. He's not the player anyone wants to meet in the hole and he's a nice change of pace from LeSean McCoy.'

'"It's blue collar," Alexander said. "I think it's something people overlook in our game.'

'Shady's strongest day: It's widely known the Bills will lean on the running game and LeSean McCoy in 2017. McCoy had his best practice of camp breaking off two long runs during 11-on-11 drills. On both, McCoy made his signature quick cut in the backfield, making a defender miss badly, before flying up the field. During 7-on-7 drills, McCoy also looked strong, beating Preston Brown badly on a route up the middle. Not many can cover Shady's elusiveness thought, so don't feel worried about Brown.'

'Rookie Tanner Vallejo got reps as both the starting SLB (in place of Lorenzo Alexander) and backup WLB behind Ramon Humber. Speaking with members of the coaching staff, they’d like all LBs to be able know all the LB spots, even if they don’t play them, but have been impressed with Vallejo’s ability to pick up the scheme and his versatility to put it to use.'

'Through the first three days of training camp, Tyrod was solid but unspectacular. There haven’t been many times where you notice the team’s starting quarterback for good or bad reasons. He was just kind of there… which can be explained by everyone on the offensive side of the ball trying to get acclimated to a new offensive scheme. That said, Taylor was just flat missing the things that he could control during Sunday’s practice.'

'“We haven’t necessarily dumbed it down but it’s not going to mentally tax them to the point where they’re not able to focus and go out and play the way they need to play.”'

'“It’s important that they’re confident about what they’re doing and not in the middle of a play wondering what my assignment is,” Frazier said before Sunday morning’s practice. “We haven’t necessarily dumbed it down, but it’s not going to tax them hopefully mentally to the point where they’re not able to focus and go out and play the way they need to play.”'

'“We’re going to use him, and put him, like the rest of the players, in positions of strength and one of those is attacking the quarterback coming off the football,” said McDermott. “Once he gets comfortable with the system, the foundation of it, we’ll get a little bit more creative from there. But he is a big part of what we do, from a leadership standpoint, one of the big leaders of the football team.”'

'"With respect to Shaq, I think he’s done a phenomenal job," McDermott said. "You wish he had all of last season under his belt. He has the injury there and the challenge, but the way he’s attacked that, the way he’s attacked the offseason and I like what he and Jerry are doing on the opposite sides of each other.'

'Saturday morning, Sylve twirls an earing on his left ear into place after Day 3 of Bills training camp, a smile spreading across his face and his injury fully in the rearview. He finally feels 100 percent, wearing pads for the first time since Alabama's 2016 national championship win over Clemson. Sylve likely rests on the bubble for a roster spot in Buffalo's secondary, but he's taken second-team reps early in camp. He marvels in just being here at St. John Fisher College, let alone making the 53-man roster after a year away from football.'