‘The Bills were peripherally a part of an impactful 1962 draft. That year, the NFL’s Washington Redskins had the No. 1 overall pick and chose Ernie Davis, the All-American running back from Syracuse, whom Buffalo selected with the fourth pick in the AFL’s first round. He was a player coveted by Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell, so George Preston Marshall, who owned the Redskins, an all-white team, and feared he’d lose the Heisman Trophy winner to the Bills, offered a deal. Washington would send the rights for Davis to the Browns for running back/wide receiver Bobby Mitchell and Cleveland’s ’62 first-round pick, halfback Leroy Jackson.’
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Training camp question: Who steps up as the lead running back?
‘“They did a good job. They’re both two young players. I’d say they can play on all three downs for us,” Daboll said. “They understand what we’re trying to get accomplished in the run game, they understand the protections. Mostly nowadays you’re gonna have two, or sometimes three backs playing for you. Some teams even have more than that.”‘
Sean McDermott confident contract talks between Josh Allen, Bills will ‘work itself out’
‘”Josh has just done such an incredible job. He’s wired the right way,” McDermott said. “He puts a lot of time and effort, when he’s away from us, in honing his craft and the work he puts in with Jordan Palmer. Every year Josh has come back from the time off, he’s gotten better. He’s worked on a couple of aspects of his game, and so this year has been no different to this point. Now that he’s been away from us and as we head into camp, I’m anxious to see how he looks again and how he’s improved in the time we’ve been apart over the last four or five weeks.”‘
Sean McDermott believes contract for Josh Allen will “work itself out”
‘”These things handle themselves, they work themselves out, when you’ve got two parties that want to be together, and have the same end goal in mind,” McDermott told NFL Network. “Josh is a great young talent and he fits just so well with Buffalo and the city and the town and the people of Buffalo, and so I firmly believe it’s going to work itself out.”‘
McDermott spoke with Beasley following Twitter rant, confident players will ‘make good decisions’
‘The Bills have often raved about the unity in the locker room. However, the issue regarding player vaccinations going forward may not be solely be contained within the locker room. It may continue to be players like Beasley having to or deciding to address the situation with the outside world, likely via social media.’
Sean McDermott confident Josh Allen deal gets done
‘”These things work themselves out when you have two parties that want to be together with the same end goal in mind,” he said. “Josh is a great young talent and he fits just so well with Buffalo and the city and the town and the people and Buffalo. So, I firmly believe it’s going to work itself out”‘