‘“I think there was a lot of question early on whether Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane were proponents of going away to training camp,” said McDermott in a rare third person reference of himself. “I think there was, for some reason, mixed messaging early. I don’t know how that happened. I’ve always been a proponent of going away.”’
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Sean McDermott addresses the climate of the country and Bills offseason
‘On the topic of training camp, McDermott stressed that he’s always been a proponent of going away because it builds fellowship and comradery.’
Bills training camp to be held at One Bills Drive
‘Based on the medical assessment of current risk factors amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it was determined that the safest way to conduct training camps would be to do so at their own facilities. The panel of experts felt that setting up a second facility for training camp at a remote location presented unnecessary additional travel and exposure risk for players, coaches and staff.’
Sean McDermott listening and leading to help Bills navigate current racial injustices
‘”We discussed it as a team,” he said. “I know the Pegulas also put out a statement. Overall, I shared with the team that I was disappointed. I know that this hits directly at home for a lot of the guys on our football team. And when we talk about doing things the right way, I just feel strongly that right now as a country we need to unify. Obviously through this situation and other situations there’s a divide and I think that we as a country need to need to come together.”‘
Bills Today | What is Buffalo’s mindset in 2020?
‘”Games aren’t won on paper,” McDermott said. “I mean that’s truth. Games aren’t won on paper. That’s the mindset we’ve embraced since we showed up here. If games are won on paper, we would have probably won two or three games the first year. That’s probably what we were projected to win, a handful of games the next year and over a handful of games last year. I think that in it of itself is a great lesson for our football team. Like I said before, this is a sign of respect in terms of expectations. When expectations rise, it’s a sign of respect that people have for what we’ve done and how we do things. That said, we embrace it. It’s not going away. So we embrace it and we move forward. At the same time, staying the course and knowing that we’ve got to earn it.”‘
Josh Allen ‘takes bull by the horns’ in staging of Bills workouts
‘”Josh really took the bull by the horns on that one, figuring out where everyone was, where it would be best,” backup quarterback Davis Webb said in a Zoom call with The Buffalo News from his home in Dallas. “The majority of the guys were down there, so Josh did a great job of kind of coordinating with Matt Barkley.”‘
Bills will not have training camp at St. John Fisher
‘The Bills last year invested $18 million last year in a state-of-the-art performance center. In addition to the turf field inside the ADPRO Sports Training Center, the team also has two grass practice fields outside on which to practice, so holding training camp in Orchard Park will be easy enough to do.’
Bills, Sabres participate in #BlackoutTuesday; Josh Norman addresses racial unrest in NFL Network interview
‘During an appearance on NFL Network’s “Total Access,” Bills cornerback Josh Norman spoke at length about the ongoing protests that have gone on since Floyd was killed in Minneapolis last week. Floyd was killed after a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes.’
Bills’ facility reopens to ‘very limited’ number of employees
‘That does not include coaches, who are barred from NFL facilities under league policy during the pandemic. The NFL also only allows entry to players who are rehabilitating from injuries.’
Report: There will be no Buffalo Bills training camp at St. John Fisher College
‘But given the way the Bills have improved their facilities at One Bills Drive – a new $18 million workout center plus additional practice fields – there has been speculation that once the contract runs out with Fisher in 2022, the Bills won’t renew and will hold camp at home.’
Buffalo Bills will not hold training camp at St. John Fisher in 2020
‘Of course, regardless of where the Bills held training camp this summer, things were going to look a lot different. It was hard to envision any scenario where fans would be in attendance for the practices. It’s unknown how camp will look at One Bills Drive, but the team could use social media and live video to try and give fans that normally would have attended the practices a chance to look at the 2020 squad.’
Bills’ Josh Norman speaks out on George Floyd’s death, ongoing protests
‘“I think that if you go back all the way to that time, there’s been plenty of cases where we’ve been band-aiding what’s been going on,” Norman said. “And when you look at it decade after decade after decade, these racist events have occurred and there have been band-aids pulled over them.”’
Buffalo Bills HOF QB Jim Kelly reportedly part of next Funko NFL Legends Pop! series
‘Other NFL legends set to be in the series includes Reggie White (Eagles), Randy Moss (Vikings), Ray Lewis (Ravens), Steve Young (49ers), LaDainian Tomlinson (Chargers), Vince Lombardi (Packers) and Howie Long (Raiders).’
Bills safety explains why Tom Brady leaving the Patriots, AFC East is ‘bittersweet’
‘”It’s wide open with 12 out of the division. It makes it wide open and that’s on us in order to take advantage of that,” Poyer told Giardi. “I’d say it is bittersweet having Tom out of the division just because I had never beaten Tom. I think I’m like 0-9 against Tom, so I definitely wanted to get a W in that column. But it’s a great opportunity for us to seize, and we have the pieces — just continue to work and trust the process.”‘
Bills to stay in Orchard Park for 2020 training camp
‘ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler says the league expecting camps to be held in full, but unsure of dates, and that the preseason schedule could be shortened.’