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‘“He’s more mature beyond his years,” fellow linebacker Lorenzo Alexander said Wednesday on WGR. “He’s 21, so lining up next to him you expect some immaturity. But because of his family’s background, his dad, his mom playing at a high level, competing at a high level, he has his two brothers, the foundation and maturity of a young man is there. He’s just different than some of his peers. He carries himself different, he walks in the room different, and obviously what he looks like talent-wise is just on another level. So when you couple all that together, including him having some experience now, his growth process has just been on a different level than others.”’

‘After being waived by Green Bay in April, Siragusa spent a few weeks with the Indianapolis Colts after being signed in June, but was cut before the start of training camp. Siragusa has not appeared in an NFL regular season game to this point in his career.’

‘Duke Williams isn’t the kind of player I see as practice squad material. He’s already been a pro for a few years and if he cannot make the team outright, it’s probably better to spend resources developing a younger player. Williams did have two touchdowns Thursday and looked good in red zone work. He still has chances to impress and show he deserves consideration for a roster spot, but that will have to come when they face live competition in preseason.’

‘With Morse and Long both out, Russell Bodine was the starting center, with Jon Feliciano at right guard. Dion Dawkins continued to start at left tackle, with Quinton Spain at left guard.’

‘Back in March, Buffalo made Morse the highest paid center in the NFL despite an injury history that included several concussions and limited Morse to only one full 16-game season in his career. Morse has three diagnosed concussions in his NFL career.’

‘Sirles, 27, was signed by Buffalo on September 25 of last year. He played in 12 games during the 2018 campaign with the Bills, and was then inked to a one-year extension on January 16, 2019. Sirles later hit the physically unable to perform list on July 23 ahead of training camp with a foot injury. Sirles originally suffered the injury during spring practice and was out of all training practices since.’

‘“I think one thing we have to do is… we have to reset and earn the right to win, and be great again on defense,” Alexander said. “We can’t just translate what we did last year, even though we have 10 or 11 starters coming back…if you have that mindset you could easily fall off and figure out ‘man, we were expecting the defense [to do well]. The offense is doing well, why isn’t the defense doing [it] right?”’

‘Beasley and Allen together likely don’t sit in the back of many football minds as a fierce 1-2 punch, but that’s because most people think Allen just wants to let it fly down field. But his target share coming back from injury last season after week 12 suggests he was more than willing to check it down to his slot receiver, he just didn’t have the necessary targets to do so consistently or effectively.’

‘Practice got quite physical, especially for about a five-minute period with a couple big hits and then a fight. Safety Deane Marlowe was involved in both instances. First, he took a big shot from guard Jon Feliciano, who was blocking downfield, then he gave a shot to wideout Ray-Ray McCloud, which knocked the receivers’ helmet off. Immediately, several offensive players ran out on the field when it happened, and McCloud then turned into the crowd and threw some punches. After players dispersed, McCloud went to the sidelines to be looked at by trainers. He was back on the field shortly after.’

‘”Josh has made progress since he’s been here. He’s made progress throughout the OTAs and he’s made progress just in these four days. I have confidence in Josh. He’s a second-year player that has a good grasp of what we want to do, and this is the time to do it. There’s going to be times where you’re going to be out there practicing against our defense, who’s a good defense, and he’s going to learn as camp goes what throws to make and what throws he should maybe hang from. I want him to make those throws, and I want to try and make him throw in tight windows, on time and make the tough ones. That’s only going to make us better as we sit back and look at the tape to try and improve that.”‘

‘“Up to this point, you really see him begin to come alive with the pads on,” Frazier said. “It’s hard for the defensive lineman to practice without pads. It really limits them from what they can do. Ed’s game is about his explosion, his power and his quickness and we saw some of that the first day we put pads on. It’s a little bit of an adjustment for him coming from a scheme where he was pretty much lined up directly over the center. Now we have more to guard so there are some intricacies and some thing’s he’ll have to learn but it was good to see him be able to do what he’s capable of doing and that’s being able to explode off the football and use his quickness and his power which he hadn’t been able to do prior in the past.”’

‘Did you know that only one player has been selected for the Wall of Fame since Phil Hansen in 2011? It was Cookie Gilchrist in 2017 and that honor came way too late but that’s a whole different story. The Bills need to honor a deserving player in 2020 and that next player should be Eric Moulds.’

‘To make room for Carter on the active roster, the Bills released linebacker Juwan Foggie.’

‘McDermott also confirmed a hamstring injury to TE Dawson Knox. The team is already without TE Jason Croom, who is also on the shelf due to a hamstring injury. Lee Smith is the next man up on the Depth Chart.’

‘The chemistry between QB Josh Allen and WR Cole Beasley started to show up much more than it had the previous three practices. Both were on the same page on several plays that resulted in completions for good gains.’