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‘The Bills were forced to cancel practice Thursday due to a winter storm bearing down on the Buffalo area, they announced Thursday afternoon. The team’s official social media channels then posted a picture of Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y. covered in snow.’

‘”We all miss her, especially I do. She was always the personal part of it, sending out Christmas cards, making cookies for the coaches. She’d be up at 3 o’clock in the morning every Sunday when we played making cookies for the coaches. We all miss that.”‘

‘Asked Wednesday about what the MVP conversation means to him, Allen gave a top-notch, team-first response: “I mean the only good takeaway that I feel like [is] it means your team’s in a position to make the playoffs and give yourselves a chance to win the Super Bowl. That’s really all I care about.”‘

‘Right after the punches started flying, cameras caught the “Shnowman” cheesin’ and banging the glass. Meanwhile, Aube-Kubel and Trocheck were tussling right in front of him.’

‘But what pushed Allen over the edge for NFL Player of the Year is his relationship with the community of Buffalo and, in particular, the Children’s Hospital where Allen is a regular visitor, fundraiser and cheerleader. He is in the hospital at least a few times per season.’

‘Afterwards, Sean McDermott was asked why his team didn’t go for the block and the win. He revealed the costly substitution mistake that sealed the Bills’ fate: Buffalo failed to get 11 men on the field for the last play of the game.’

‘“To me, take three shots throwing it, don’t use a timeout,” Brady said. “And then you can kick it deep, use your three timeouts and still get the ball with good time… Try the long field goal. That changes the entire complexity of the last 1:02 of the game.”’

‘The 28-year-old star quarterback completed 22 of 37 passes for 342 yards, with three touchdowns and no interceptions. He added 82 yards and three more touchdowns on 10 carriers. In doing so, he became the first player in NFL history to record three passing and three rushing touchdowns in the same game.’

‘On Sunday with his Buffalo Bills trailing the Los Angeles Rams, Allen attempted to get some extra yards for his offense. After a play, he was lightly tapped by a Rams defender and flopped backward as if he’d been hammered. It was a pretty ridiculous flop.’

‘”The problem I have with it is,” he explained, “[Allen’s] done such a good job at completing passes down the field in those situations, so if you’re a Ram defender and he gets near the sideline, you gotta play football.”‘

‘”Y’all ain’t see? I dropped a few passes so when you drop a pass you have to jump in the snow, so a few of the receivers had to go roll around in it,” Coleman told the media scrum. “You’re never too good for it,” Coleman added about the punishment as he shrugged.’

‘”We all stem from the head,” he continued. “[Allen] touches that ball every single play. And not to say anything bad that ever happened was because of anything, that’s not what I’m saying. But when he is fully right and he feels fully complete, we have the best shot of winning. … You can see how he smiles, you can see how he is on interviews. You can see how he is running on and off of the field. You can feel how he’s playing. … That’s what’s different. It stems from 17, and the rest trickles down.”‘

‘The former second-team All-Pro safety rejoined the team at Wednesday’s practice, and had a touching reunion with Dawkins, his longtime teammate,’

‘Hyde was also a two-time All-Pro selection with the Bills, once in 2017 and again in 2021. He mentioned at the end of last season that he was contemplating retirement due to stingers that he was suffering from as a result of his season-ending neck surgery that was performed early in 2022.’

‘In the wake of the incident, the Bills have reached out to Mia’s family “to provide Mia a better stadium experience with a future visit,” according to Bills fan Kate Glaser.’