‘Rookie fourth-round draft pick Gabriel Davis continued his strong summer, while rookie sixth-rounder Isaiah Hodgins and veterans Isaiah McKenzie and Duke Williams also made nice plays.’
Archives for August 24, 2020
Column: Bracing for Covid-19 alarm is harsh new reality for Bills, NFL
‘Never mind worrying about last-minute roster tinkering or dealing with the usual football injuries that occur on the practice field. When the Covid alarm rings, you have to drop everything and respond.’
Lab flagged for irregular COVID-19 test results; Josh Allen not at Bills practice
‘Due to some irregularities in results from COVID-19 tests on Saturday that were processed in a lab in New Jersey, several teams that use that lab cancelled their practices Sunday.’
Josh Allen among players not at Bills camp after potential lab issue with COVID-19 tests
‘“We’re just trying to be very cautious,” Beane told the media. “We’ve been open with our team. The league jumped on this early to let us know that it wasn’t just our team, it’s a lot of teams. I think some went and canceled the day. We did talk about that at one point, but as we got more information we felt like it was more of a lab issue and not a true issue with our guys currently.”’
Buffalo Bills’ Taiwan Jones exits practice with leg injury
‘Reports from camp say the injury occurred when Jones was downing a punt early at practice.’
Bills training camp 2020: Josh Allen not at practice, all eyes on backup QBs (Day 5 observations)
‘The NFL announced on Sunday morning that several positive Covid-19 test results from the day prior out of a lab in New Jersey came back positive. The Bills, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers are among the teams that use that lab for their Covid-19 testing.’
Bills’ Levi Wallace, team chaplain forever changed by justice memorial
‘”Len is my mentor — I have a problem with anything, I call him up,” Wallace said. “Girls, family, football, whatever. Len loves me like he’s known me his whole life and vice versa. Just to walk with someone who I can tell everything and he’ll never judge me, a lot of people don’t have those ties.”‘
Josh Allen, three defensive tackles miss practice
‘Practice was originally scheduled to begin at 10 AM, but was pushed back one hour. Right around that same time, the league released a statement indicating some irregularities in COVID-19 testing results coming from one lab in New Jersey.’
Bills move forward with practice, players who test positive with BioReference held out of session
‘”A few guys will miss practice. I can’t go through those names,” Bills general manager Brandon Beane said. “As we got more information , we felt like it was more of a lab issue and not a true issue with our guys.”‘
Bills delay practice after dealing with COVID-19 testing irregularities
‘If they are false positives, those Bills players who sat out of practice Sunday can return on Monday after providing two negative tests in a row.’
Bills GM Brandon Beane says there’s no COVID ‘bell curve’ when judging QB Josh Allen
‘“Yeah he’s gotta prove himself but again a lot of guys do and no we don’t have a COVID bell curve or anything like that. I think naturally you’re gonna see the league, I’d be surprised if it’s the prettiest football early with no preseason,” Beane said on a zoom call with reporters.’
GM Brandon Beane says Sean McDermott has ‘checked all the boxes’ so far in Bills rebuild
‘“We say it draft, develop and re-sign our own so this is proof is in the pudding of a young man who came in here as a rookie had what I thought was a pretty nice rookie year. Year two we talked about it was not as consistent as he would have liked or we would have liked. I thought he came back year three and was dialed in and had a really nice year,” Bills general manager Brandon Beane said on a zoom call with reporters.’
Bills QB Matt Barkley: “It’s 2020, we’re ready for anything this year”
‘“It was a fire drill if you could say that and the one thing I think is different is guys can play through injury, you can tough it out sometimes but this they could feel totally fine and be forced to sit out for two weeks or five days or whatever it is given the testing which hurts a lot of guys probably deeper inside than a normal injury would just wanting to be able to play when they feel fine. I know that will be tough and something we’ll have to deal with as a whole but in terms of the reps that we had today and having to deal with the situation I think we’re capable of responding the proper way,” Barkley explained.’
Bills training camp injury report: August 23rd
‘No new Bills players were added to the injury report but multiple guys did return to practice.’
Bills delay practice after COVID testing issues, Josh Allen among players who miss practice
‘Several players missed practice as a result, including quarterback Josh Allen.’
Beane happy for McDermott, Dawkins after contract extensions
‘“Second to he and his wife, I can promise you I was the next-happiest person that this got done,” he says. “Buffalo has the right guy in charge for a long time as the head coach.”’
Allen misses practice as Bills deal with irregularities in COVID tests
‘Buffalo pushed practice back an hour and will hold out several players, but Beane couldn’t provide names. Josh Allen was not seen at practice on Sunday. Quinton Jefferson, Vernon Butler and Harrison Phillips were also absent from the field.’
Cole Beasley: “Stats don’t matter to me anymore.”
‘Cole Beasley admits that he used to play for stats, numbers and recognition.’
Bills camp continues to deal with unexpected twists
‘”Today, was one of those mornings where it’s like, ‘Oh man, we’ve got our work cut out for us,'” said Bills general manager Brandon Beane on a Zoom call with media on Sunday morning.’
Top 3 things to know from Day 6 at Bills training camp
‘The team is hopeful those who had positive tests are just false positives and can return to practice after passing two negative tests. The group of players who tested positive were tested again Sunday, all their results came back negative according to Beane. If they pass another negative, they are allowed into the complex and back at practice.’
Bills Today | Why Brandon Beane is impressed with Devin Singletary
‘”He missed a few games with the hamstring, so that was one of the things we were talking to him this year about–the offseason, making sure he was doing the proper stretching and strength training to prevent an injury such as that because we did miss him for those three weeks last year. So we’ll count on Devin just like Josh [Allen] taking a step from year one to year two, we’ll count on Devin to take that step. Now that Frank’s gone, he’s our starter. And then we’re excited about Zack [Moss] and what he’ll bring.”‘