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Without preseason games, the Bills plan to adapt their roster evaluation process

‘”That’s a challenge I’ve never been around,” said Beane of no preseason games. “It’s like every day, there’s a new challenge. And obviously, when those games got canceled, that’s frustrating for me. I know it’s frustrating for some of our players. I talked to a few of them that are looking for that chance to prove their worth to either make this roster or to win a starting spot, or a special team spot, whatever it is.”‘

6 things we learned from Josh Allen and Jordan Poyer about Bills training camp

‘”My reason I’m opting into play is one, I love this game,” Allen said. “Two, I think it’s a great opportunity to give this nation hope and allow them to see us go out there and do what we do. We know that Sunday is a very special day in the lives of lots of people around the world, a lot of fans around the world. One, it’s our jobs, and two, it’s my passion to play this game. There are obviously some things that we’re sacrificing and risking our health and whatnot to do this, but at the same time we want to play football. We’re built and wired as football players, and we want to play. So we’re going to do everything necessary that we can off the field to ensure that we do have the season.”‘

Bills Today | Adjusting to the new environment at One Bills Drive

‘”Every locker has an empty locker by it, so you know you don’t you’re not necessarily right next to somebody,” said Jordan Poyer. “No more cafeteria upstairs. All the food is downstairs. All the lunch tables and dinner tables are outside and it’s all spread apart. There are no more meetings where you’re kind of crammed into a room sitting next to your teammates and so it is a lot different.”‘

Column: McDermott, Beane carry weight of Bills’ Covid-19 challenge

‘“Listen, I’m trying to stay healthy, too,” McDermott said. “People think that, just because you’re a coach or the head coach, as we’ve seen (the coronavirus) doesn’t discriminate. And because I know someone doesn’t mean that they can’t give it to me, or I can’t give it to them. It’s, again, a unique time.”’

Limiting spread of coronavirus will require Bills to hold each other accountable

‘“We talk a lot about accountability,” McDermott said Sunday on a Zoom call with Western New York reporters. “We talk about respect for one another, we talk about love for one another, positive energy. Every decision that I make as a coach, every decision that every teammate of mine, and every person in this building, which we’re all teammates, make has got to be with so much love, appreciation and respect for everyone else’s health and safety.”’

5 things about new Bills cornerback/special teamer Akeem King

‘King did not play football in high school until his junior year, having been a basketball player and a track athlete. His size and speed made him a candidate to play wide receiver and he also played fullback and tight end on offense and linebacker and defensive back on defense.’

Here’s what Brandon Beane and Sean McDermott had to say on eve of Bills training camp

‘“Our expectations are always high,” he said. “This is going to be a different camp, a camp like no other. But I think at the end of the day we have to still hold ourselves to a high standard and Sean and I aren’t going to sit here and say, ‘It was the COVID year, we didn’t make the playoffs, so be it.’ Nothing’s changed here; we expect playoff-caliber practices. That’s why the pressure is on us all to stay healthy and to do things right so that we can have the best 53 guys out there and not have 10 guys on the COVID list come mid-September.”’

Bills taking every precaution possible to keep players, staff safe at their facility

‘“Nobody wants to sit in an apartment or a hotel room all the time, but this is the year that we’ve got to do whatever it takes, and we’ve got to find a way to keep ourselves healthy. Hold each other accountable. Our veteran leaders peer pressure, peer leadership … I know some of those guys spoke up on a call the other day and they did a great job of stressing to everyone on the call that we can’t let our guard down.”’

Buffalo Bills GM Brandon Beane: ‘Cody Ford could slide in’ to replace Jon Feliciano at RG

‘“Cody Ford could slide in there,” Beane said. “There’s a lot of combinations we can do (but we have) a long way to go before it’s settled of how that would play out. Right guard, right tackle – I think Cody will be in the mix of one of those. But just have to see where he fits best. “Are we better with someone else at right tackle and slide Cody in (or) are we better leaving Cody at right tackle and someone else (inside for the right guard) job?”’

5 things to know about new Buffalo Bills DB Akeem King

‘“I did track. I was mainly a jumper, and then they put me in the 100 one time and I ended up setting the school record. No one knew I was fast. I was a really dorky kid. I had an afro, big glasses. Everybody kind of overlooked me. Once they found out I was fast they convinced me to come out for football. I ended up trying out.”’