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‘”I knew where I was going even before the ball came because they overloaded one side … then as soon as I got the ball,” Wade said after the game, pausing to smile as he recounted the play, “I was off to the races. I was looking up at the screen to see if any of the linebackers or anyone was coming up behind me.”‘

‘”It’s kind of weird,” McCoy said while making his first public comments of training camp. “Since I was 9 years old, I’ve been, like, the top guy. So it’s weird to hear stuff like that. The good thing is, I’ve learned how the media is, how you guys are, how people are, how fans are … fantasy team owners. You have a bad two games and three hot ones and you’re the man.”‘

‘Gaines was competing with Levi Wallace and Kevin Johnson for the Bills’ starting cornerback job opposite Tre’Davious White, earning mostly second-team reps during training camp.’

‘Morse’s concussion was diagnosed Tuesday but occurred during Saturday’s practice — the Bills’ first in full pads. Although it occurred Saturday, Morse’s symptoms were not immediately discernible.’

‘The financial award was the result of an agreement that came after two days of binding arbitration earlier this year and stems from a civil case that resulted from a fight inside the Recess Lounge, an after-hours nightclub in Philadelphia.’

‘”This is how I support my family; this is the way I take care of her and my kids,” Peko told reporters Friday. “To be honest, she’s the one who told me to get back out here, she told me not to miss [camp]. As a husband and as a man, it’s my obligation to be there for my family.”‘

‘He adds another layer of experience to the well-regarded front office built by Beane and coach Sean McDermott, which includes another former general manager in Dennis Hickey, who serves as a senior national scout for the team.’

‘The woman told Scottsdale police Dodson was intoxicated Saturday night at her apartment when he shoved her against a wall and slapped her face. The woman told Dodson to leave her apartment and locked herself in a bathroom before Dodson forced the door open, according to the police report.’

‘”Honestly, I don’t know how he does it,” she wrote. “Not just the MRI’s and scans and the waiting and wondering and worrying … but the everyday stuff. The pain that never seems to go away. All the other issues that go along with having been through cancer treatments (if you know, you know). Just all of it.”‘

‘Although he still led the team with seven sacks in 2018, his production has tapered off since he posted at least 9.5 sacks in back-to-back seasons in 2013 and 2014.’

‘Coach Sean McDermott made the announcement Tuesday, adding that there is no timetable for Kroft’s return.’

‘”I thought it was retired, but then I was told it was available. Boom, I took it,” he told The Athletic.’

‘If the Bills had exercised Lawson’s option for the 2020 season, he would have remained under contract at the average salary of the third- through 25th-highest paid players at his position.’

‘”I truly thought he would be drafted. He was on our draft board to be drafted,” Beane said. “You start sitting there in the seventh [round] and thinking, man, if this guy doesn’t get drafted we’ll have to go after him.”‘

‘Yeldon’s time with the Jaguars didn’t end on good terms. Executive vice president of football operations Tom Coughlin blasted Yeldon and Leonard Fournette for their demeanor on the sidelines during the 2018 finale after both players sat on the bench (Yeldon was active but Fournette was not) and appeared disinterested throughout the 20-3 loss to the Houston Texans. Coughlin released a statement after the game in which he said they were “disrespectful, selfish and their behavior was unbecoming that of a professional football player.”‘