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‘At the moment, it is unclear what “health issues” Pegula is dealing with. Neither the Bills, Sabres or the Pegula family confirmed what she is being treated for.’

‘“I want to open with a couple of words for Terry and Kim, and what they’re going through. I want to let them know that our thoughts and prayers with them,” said McDermott. “What they’ve done for me, for my family, for this team, and this city and for Western New York. It’s just being there for them, all of us collectively offering our prayers, our support, and giving them the privacy that they need I think is important during this time.”’

‘Poyer has been with the Bills since 2017, and achieved his first All-Pro honor with the team this past year. His 2021 season saw the veteran register 93 tackles, eight tackles for loss, three sacks, and five interceptions in 16 games played.’

‘There are high expectations for Miller personally, and what he can do for the 2021 top-ranked NFL defense. This minicamp should give Miller and the coaches a lot of time on task to familiarize themselves even more with one another.’

‘“I hate to break peoples’ hearts, but I don’t believe that’s going to happen,” Wood told WKBW’s Matt Bove and myself. “I played middle-man for that negotiation. He was extremely honored that the Bills felt that way, but he has so many special relationships with so many organizations he didn’t want to slight anyone else.”’

‘Gaine was the Houston Texans general manager from 2018-19 and since 2019 has been the Bills senior personal advisor. The other promotions announced are Terrance Gray who is now Director of Player Personnel, Mike Szabo, College National Scout, Dennis Lock, Senior Director of Football Research and Matt Worswick, Director Team Administration.’

‘It was a nice bounce-back day for wide receiver Marquez Stevenson, who struggled to catch the ball a little bit the last time the media was allowed to watch practice a week ago. Stevenson made a big play right off the bat catching a deep ball from Josh Allen, even in tight coverage from rookie first round cornerback Kaiir Elam. Stevenson made a couple of other grabs, as well.’

‘Regardless of Tre’Davious White’s situation to start the season, Elam is still likely to be starting at cornerback on opening night. If White isn’t fully healthy and not starting Week One at the Los Angeles Rams, Elam will almost definitely be starting opposite Dane Jackson. However, even if White is back and healthy and playing, it then becomes a competition between Elam and Jackson in training camp. I wouldn’t count Jackson out by any means, but Elam has the special traits and ability the team loves that made him their first round pick.’

‘After catching 194 passes with the Rams over the first five seasons, Austin has only caught 50 total passes over the last four years.’

‘After being inactive the first two weeks of 2021, he played the remaining 16 games, but never saw a single snap on defense. He was eighth on the team in total special teams snaps played at just shy of 60%. He’s scheduled to make just under $1.2 million in 2022.’

‘“It definitely helps to have a good idea of Josh and all the personnel. That’s where it’s been nice to be down on the field on game days, getting a feel for ‘Stef’ [Stefon Diggs] and Gabe [Davis] and Mitch [Morse] and Dawson [Knox], all these guys and how guys react to certain situations,” said Dorsey on Tuesday. “That’s been really helpful to me throughout this whole thing is that communication back-and-forth that would happen on the sideline.”’

‘While Araiza can boom the ball, he will also need to be able to hold well and consistently on field goals and extra points. He did not hold for any attempts during Tuesday’s session.’

‘Final result: 14-3.’

‘”It’s been different. The last three years I’ve had him in the meeting rooms every day (as the quarterbacks coach), and it’s going to take time,” Allen said. “I wanted to hear him talking to me in the headset just to hear his voice, because that’s going to be an adjustment. But in terms of what he’s doing, and how he’s communicating with the guys and getting on guys and lighting some fires, it’s been good to see.”’

‘”All three days, I had my whole family with me down in Pensacola, Florida. If I didn’t have my phone on me, my fiance had my phone, so I always kept the phone close, just to be sure. You never knew what was gonna happen, but at the same time, just wanted to be certain that I didn’t get any phone calls at all. So either I my phone, or my fiancee on my phone,” said Shakir with Howard Simon and Jeremy White. “But really, just the family, it’s just chillin for all three days, having fun, eating, listen to the music, just having a good time. I have family members that I’ve seen in years and years, so just be able to [share] that moment – I know it was for me and the draft – but at the same time to bring family members all in the same house that haven’t seen each other in a while really, really long time, it was just a blessing to be able to do that.”‘