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‘”I have tons of conversations with the team, the ownership, the owners, my coaches, my head coach, my teammates,” he said. “On Sundays I wear a ‘C’ on my jersey [as a captain] for a reason. Guys trust me. They believe in me. I’m honest to them.”‘

‘”I got a lot of respect for Vontae,” McDermott said. “He’s a good person. I certainly appreciate the way he worked when he was in here, but we’re moving forward as a football team. … You develop some personal relationships with these young men. You always want the best for them. It’s not a deal where we wish him anything but the best. We wish him the best. He’s had a heckuva career.’

‘”I felt comfortable for the most part,” Allen said after the game. “There’s some things that [Los Angeles] did that we didn’t see on film, and I didn’t see on film. But that’s being a rookie. That’s the part of it. A defensive coordinator is always going to try to throw you something different and get you out of your element, and I have to do better with the pass protection. I have to be better with getting the ball out quicker.’

‘Davis, a 10th-year veteran, said he meant no disrespect to his teammates and coaches, but that physically, he could no longer play at the standard he set for himself.’

‘Without Kerley, the Bills enter Sunday’s home game against the Los Angeles Chargers with five wide receivers on their roster: Kelvin Benjamin, Zay Jones and Andre Holmes, as well as rookie sixth-round pick Ray-Ray McCloud and undrafted rookie Robert Foster. McCloud is questionable for the game because of a knee injury that kept him out of the season opener.’

‘”Despite some of the viral videos and social media posts you’ll see, our fans in general are very good, and they are very responsible and have a good time,” Bills vice president of operations and guest experience Andy Major said. “But we want to make sure that everyone understands that we’re going to hold those folks accountable — the [small] minority of fans that do some of those things out there in the community and on game day that we feel are unsafe — we are going to take care of that with our [security] teams.’

‘”He talked about it with me,” Benjamin said Thursday. “He came and apologized for it. That really was it. Just trying to move on from it.”‘

‘McDermott declined to say whether he intends to permanently switch to Allen as his starter. Allen, the No. 7 pick in April’s draft, will become the second rookie quarterback from the class of 2018 to start. Sam Darnold, the No. 3 selection, made his starting debut Monday night for the New York Jets.’

‘”There’s a lot of things that will go into that decision. To get into all of the things I have to look at and consider, it’s not just as simple as some might think. There’s a lot of hands in that jar and I got to look at the overall team in all three phases, and Josh’s development being one of them.”‘

‘It was the first time Buffalo failed to gain a first down in the first half of any game since at least 2001, while Buffalo’s 33 total offensive yards in the first half were the team’s fewest in any game since they gained 11 against the Miami Dolphins in a December 2003 game.’

‘The NFL’s investigation of the incident, which occurred at a house owned by McCoy, remains under “active review,” according to a source who added that “it is not anywhere near actionable at this time.”‘

‘”I’ll take care of that stuff,” McCoy said when asked why he had yet to publicly respond to the lawsuit. “But right now, the only thing I can worry about is the Baltimore Ravens and keeping everything the same with that. Just focusing in on this big week for me, Week 1.’

‘By going with Peterman, the Bills avoid starting Allen against a defense known to dominate young quarterbacks. The Ravens are 14-2 (.875) against rookie QBs at home. Under coach John Harbaugh, Baltimore has allowed four touchdowns to rookie QBs at M&T Bank Stadium while forcing 13 interceptions in 10 games.’

‘The Raiders, who will owe McCarron his fully guaranteed $900,000 base salary this season, also released quarterback Connor Cook on Saturday, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.’

‘Coleman, 24, was a first-round pick of the Browns in 2016. The Bills will owe Coleman the $3.5 million that was guaranteed as part of his rookie contract inherited from Cleveland.’