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‘There wasn’t a day Williams didn’t have the same demeanor and give the same types of responses when asked about the upcoming week, game, or season. No matter what change was happening in the offseason or what the circumstances were of the upcoming game, whether the team had four wins in December or was fighting to stay in the playoff race, Williams’ stayed consistent. And not in a bad way at all. He wasn’t a cliche machine like many other players can be. He gave good, thoughtful, insightful answers, while always striking the same message: it’s about preparation, work, respecting the job, and studying.’

‘I could have easily selected Allen here for the reasons stated above, but since he’s the MVP, I’ll give this to Foster, an equally deserving candidate. Over the last six games, the undrafted rookie has 21 catches for 490 yards and is only 39 yards shy of being the team’s leading receiver despite only playing twelve games and only playing more than half the offensive snaps in five of them.’

‘“I’m really excited about where we’re going and LeSean being a part of that,” he said. “I know this year wasn’t what he had hoped it would be. The biggest thing I want to see is ‘what are we going to do to get it back to where it needs be?’ I think he’s committed to that cause and so are we.”‘

‘”Josh Allen, he had his struggles early on and we all thought that he was going to have his struggles early on. But Allen has also not only learned on the fly, he’s rolled with some punches. Even if you enjoyed the Allen pick, and even if you hated it, you’ve got to be able to look at this and say, ‘Okay, there’s a couple building blocks here.’ There’s flashes and moments where you see something of a guy who was worth that pick.”‘

‘The Bills were plagued by turnovers, drops and the Patriots running game in yet another loss to their AFC East rival.’

‘The Bills offense is bad. You can also put that in the no surprise category since they’ve been fighting it out with Arizona all season for the worst offensive team in the NFL. The Bills were held to 21 points or fewer for the 11th time in 15 games. They have 227 points which comes out to an average of 15 points a game. If they don’t top their season average in the finale against Miami the 2018 squad will be the lowest scoring Bills team since 1985. Yes, the 2-14 season.’

‘273 yards allowed on the ground. Just an abysmal performance against the run for a team that had been pretty good stopping their opponents on the ground for most of this season. The Patriots didn’t have Josh Gordon and Tom Brady wasn’t his sharpest, so they just turned to running – and gashing – the Bills all day with 47 attempts at 5.8 yards per carry.’

‘We all know Bill Belichick has a history of making life extremely tough on rookie quarterbacks. Now Josh Allen gets his first chance to face him. Allen missed the teams’ last meeting back in October with an injured elbow. But since returning from that injury, he’s looked like an improved passer and is also now the Bills’ leading rusher on the season. The Bills are 2-2 in that time. This game may very well come down to if the rookie can solve the puzzles Belichick is going to present to try and confuse him.’

‘No dollar amounts for Barkley were specified.’

‘”They’re starting to close the gap. Maybe [New England’s] days of lapping the field are done.”‘

‘For Peterman, it’s a chance for a fresh start after a dreadful opening to his career in Buffalo. In eight games with the Bills, Peterman was 68-of-130 for 548 yards, three touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Peterman has had 9.23-percent of his passes intercepted in his two seasons with the Bills.’

‘The Buffalo Bills worked out a handful of players on Tuesday afternoon. Numerous different sources via Twitter helped piece together the puzzle, as the list kept growing larger.’

‘”He did have more time in the pocket than he had in the weeks prior. When you can give the quarterback that amount of time it allows, especially a young quarterback, ample time to go through all of his reads.”‘

‘”I think every game is such a unique situation. Everybody would like to be 80-, 78-, 75-, 71-percent, but you kind of need to peel it back and figure out the reasons why. Some of them could be throws, some of them could be decisions, and some could be a good decision, where we throw it out of bounds four or five times last game.”‘

‘I’ll start with the Bills and the continuing evaluation of rookie quarterback Josh Allen. Sunday was a good bounce back for the seventh overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. The Detroit Lions didn’t want Allen to beat them with his legsm so they went with a scheme designed to keep Allen in the pocket and “make him be a quarterback”. Allen was able to do just that, while putting together a fourth quarter comeback victory at home for the second time this season.’