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‘Many eyes will be on Allen in particular, mostly since he is the one who can turn the competition upside down. If Allen impresses and dominates against lesser competition in the second half, the coaching staff will need to open Allen up to more reps with the first or second team. Allen could get more time with the first and second team if there are major struggles from McCarron or Peterman as well. With Allen likely to play out the second half, most fans will be ready to pick apart and analyze every pass by the seventh overall pick.’

‘We know LeSean McCoy and Chris Ivory are No. 1 and 2 on the depth chart and that’s not changing. After that, Travaris Cadet seems to have a leg up on Marcus Murphy and Keith Ford. But Ford has been turning heads the last week or so at camp and runs very hard. Murphy can be a home run threat. Taiwan Jones is also in this mix, but I expect him to be mostly a special teams contributor.’

‘Coleman has missed the whole spring and two weeks of camp. There are still four preseason games to learn what he needs to but the speedster knows he has his work cut out for him, “It’s difficult, but we’ve got great resources here, a lot of guys to help me, it’s a great group of guys here, I can just feel the vibe and we’re going to get it done, I’m going to do what I have to do.”’

‘“We’ve got a plan. We’ll talk about that as we move forward here,” McDermott said. “I believe in sharing [it> with the players first. So that’s what we’ll do. We’ll share it, we’ll talk about it. We’ve got a plan, like I said, we’ll continue to talk about it as we get into our game and we’ll go from there.”’

‘“It’s a privilege to be here. I have a lot of family members that live here,” recalled Daboll with Howard and Jeremy on Tuesday morning from training camp in Pittsford. “You’ve been gone for 20-plus years, to be here full-time has been a blessing.”’

‘Peterman got the bulk of the work with the ones, McCarron with the twos, and rookie Josh Allen was with the third team. It was the third practice in a row that Allen did not take any reps with the starting offense.’

‘“We’ll tell him how we do things here, what the expectations are. Sean and I will sit down with him once he passes a physical and we’ll layout our standard and what we expect. Its low risk and we’ll see what happens.”

‘Much to no one’s surprise, 7th overall draft choice Josh Allen was not named an unofficial starting quarterback, nor even a co-starting quarterback. The organization is sticking to their word and want to make sure that the honor of starting quarterback is earned by Allen, and not given.’

‘Its absolutely worth a shot by Beane and company. Marquise Goodwin was always injured and not productive enough with the Bills but he played all 16 games for San Francisco last season and is now a big part of the 49ers offense. If Coleman pans out he could be the number two receiver behind Kelvin Benjamin.’

‘Coleman has two years remaining on his rookie contract. The cash and cap hits for the Bills are $1.51 million (2018) and $2.04 million (2019). Since he was a 1st round pick, the team also has a fifth year option they can exercise for 2020.’

‘Peterman was the second quarterback in Sunday afternoon on Military Appreciation day here at St. John Fisher College. Then it was the rookie Allen’s turn after that. But, as usual, all three QBs wound up taking snaps with the starting offense at some point throughout the practice.’

‘“I mean, I felt like I would’ve been even more successful if … I don’t know, man… If I would’ve…Looking back at it, I should’ve just been drafted by somebody else. I should’ve never went to Carolina. Truly, I just think Carolina was bad for me. It was bad a bad fit from the get-go. If you would’ve put me with any other Quarterback, let’s be real, you know what I’m saying? Any other accurate quarterback like Rodgers or Eli Manning or Big Ben — anybody! – quarterbacks with knowledge, that know how to place a ball and give you a better chance to catch the ball. It just felt like I wasn’t in that position.”’

‘“The hard thing about it is it always seems like it’s the onus of the defender not to do it. You can have a runningback running through and he dips, so you lower because this is a game of leverage, so I’m lowering and if I still hit him with my facemask and you have it at a certain angle you may think I dropped my head, but they look at it on film and say, “No, that’s a good play,’ but it’s a 15 yard penalty and that could’ve hurt the team.”’

‘After practice I asked Edmunds to walk me through the play. McCoy, walking nearby, overheard the conversation and came over. He said with a smile, “I want to hear what he says.” Edmunds diplomatically praised the 30-year old running back for how great of a player he is and how going against him makes the entire defense better. Before McCoy walked away he looked at the group of reporters interviewing Edmunds and said, “Something I will say this about him,” looking at his teammate. “In about two years, he’s going to be one of the best players in the league, for real.”’

‘“I remember growing up, how much it meant to me to talk to athletes. I was in middle school and the Millard West starting quarterback, he was everything, and there was a D-lineman there who probably never even went on to play in college, but I just thought the world of him,” recalled the Omaha, Nebraska native. “I just hoped that when I got to that platform, those kids were doing the same thing I was doing. Anytime I can go back and tell them the same message they’ve been hearing somebody else, maybe they’d be more willing to listen because of who it came from.”’