WGR

‘All five passers have thrown nearly 30 attempts, save for Mayfield and Allen, who have passed that threshold. While Mayfield is crushing everyone in yards and Darnold has barely thrown an incompletion, Allen is keeping up as the runner up in all categories and tied for the most touchdowns through two games in this preseason. Allen is showing the promise of a seventh overall pick in a promising draft class.’

‘Through two games of the preseason Nathan Peterman has been efficient, accurate, and… I want to say efficient again, in running the Bills offense. He’s shown the ability to recognize breakdowns in coverage resulting in downfield touchdown tosses to Kelvin Benjamin and Nick O’Leary. Both were well-identified by Peterman, with big windows to throw into, and touchdowns as a result. He’s shown an ability to get the ball out relatively quickly and through two games has completed 17 of 20 passes for 232 yards with two touchdowns and a pick.’

‘Allen and the first team offense had more success, driving down the field with a combination of some solid passes by the rookie and some big plays from running back Marcus Murphy. It was Allen who helped cap off the drive, with a touchdown pass to Rod Streater from 2 yards out to tie the game at 7.’

‘One of the things I’ve liked about Allen in the preseason is he doesn’t get flustered. On his second play, the play didn’t get communicated to him fast enough, but he kept his wits and called a timeout.’

‘Allen had such a nice night, people either seemed to forget about or not even pay attention to what Peterman did. He was excellent, going 8-for-10 for 113 yards and a touchdown. Through two preseason games Peterman is now 17-for-20 for 221 yards. Friday night he played most of the second half, mostly with the third-team offense, and threw the ball on time, with rhythm, usually finding the open receiver.’

‘Tyrod Taylor won’t have a chance to play the Bills this regular season since the two teams aren’t on each other’s schedules. So, short of facing one another in the playoffs, Friday night will be the only chance this season for the former Bills’ signal-caller to go against his old team. Despite spending three years as the starting QB in Buffalo, and being at the helm when the organization broke it’s infamous seventeen-year playoff drought, Taylor was shipped off to Cleveland for a third round draft pick last March. There’s no doubt that, even in a preseason contest with limited opportunities, he’d love to put a couple scores on the board and show the Bills they made a mistake.’

‘”The issue with Corey here was there was some maturity issues… you got to see that first hand on Hard Knocks when he walked into Hue Jackson’s office, started crying and complaining to Hue about being demoted to the second team offense when all he’s doing is dropping footballs, running the wrong routes and not doing what (Browns offensive coordinator) Todd Haley needed and expected of him. Maybe a change of scenery will fix some of that in Buffalo, but here in Cleveland, if the Browns had hung on to him, it was not going to end well.”‘

‘Next on the list for me, and a pleasant surprise through (I know, one meaningless preseason game), is the variety we saw from offensive coordinator Brian Daboll’s scheme. Lots of different formations and personnel groupings shuttled in and out of the game against the Carolina Panthers and the offense moved crisply and performed well. This was enhanced by the effectiveness of the quarterbacks but maybe, just maybe, the quarterbacks threw the ball well in part because Daboll’s offense makes sense to them and presents obvious easy options as to where to deliver the ball. This really is something to watch as we head into another game. More positive signs in this regard certainly won’t guarantee that it carries over into September, but it would at least be encouraging.’

‘The only thing that’s changed is that Josh Allen ended camp by primarily working with the second-team offense. He started with the third-team. Allen, once again, was the second quarterback in on Wednesday, the last practice before the team’s preseason game against the Browns, which is a good indication that he will see the field with that group Friday night in Cleveland.’

‘McDermott claims he’s a believer in getting out of Orchard Park for a few weeks so the team can bond together. He said even though they run into situations like Tuesday where practice was postponed for almost eight hours, he’s still OK with the overall experience, “I am very much so and nothing has changed to sway me from this camp. We had a little bit of rain yesterday, but for the most part in two years, the weather up here has been great. We’ve gotten our work done in the morning for the most part and then we get a pop up thunderstorm every once in a while, which all of that I have to factor in going away to camp.’

‘Havili, 23, joined the Chargers straight from Eastern Washington University as an undrafted free agent this year. He totaled 199 tackles and 12 sacks over 53 career games in college, and earned second-team All-Big Sky Conference honors for his efforts.’

‘”I thought it was a good start,” Peterman said with Howard Simon and Jeremy White at training camp on Wednesday. “Obviously there’s a few things I thought I could have done better, but it was a good start. It was the first preseason game, [we have] a long ways to go, but just trying to build off of everything.”‘

‘The rain was coming down hard early in the morning, so the team canceled their originally scheduled 8:45 a.m. practice outside and moved indoors for a walk-through. They then practiced at 4 p.m. outside and for the first time under Sean McDermott, used the turf field on campus. McDermott has exclusively used the grass field in his two training camps in charge of the Bills, but with the rain making that field wet, he chose to stay off it and work on the synthetic surface.’

‘Taylor had some positive things to say about Buffalo, and how he won the starting spot under center as a player that no one knew coming into Bills camp three years ago, “When I walked into Buffalo, a lot of people didn’t really know my name, I was able to win the starting job and was able to break a 17-year playoff drought. There was a lot that was accomplished in those years, thankful for those opportunties and moreso glad for the opportunity I have here (in Cleveland).” ‘

‘For the first time this training camp, Jones wore a blue jersey like the rest of his offensive teammates. He had been wearing a red non-contact jersey for the past week since returning from his off-season surgery that caused him to miss all of OTAs and minicamp. Jones isn’t just working in, either. He’s looked very sharp since returning to the field, including Monday. He appears confident and focused and has caught every catchable ball thrown his way.’