Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

‘“I don’t really blink when we have injuries and I try to have our guys not blink,” said Brady, whose unit has been shorthanded the last few days with several wide receivers and tight ends sidelined. “As long as we have 11 guys out there, we’re gonna be fine. Look, it’s as tough as it gets right now for wideouts. We’re down, it’s the reality of it. But for some of the guys, if I told them before camp, ‘Hey, you’re gonna have to get twice as many reps as you normally would’ they’d be okay with it and they’d be like, ‘Heck yeah.’ And so I’m excited to see some of these guys kind of roll today.”’

‘Six Bills wide receivers were out or limited Tuesday: Elijah Moore, Curtis Samuel, Tyrell Shavers, KJ Hamler, Kaden Prather and Laviska Shenault. That opened the door for receivers like Gosnell, a 6-foot-1, 198-pound grinder who can play every receiver spot and has earned praise for his blocking, to step into the spotlight.’

‘Among the group are eight key contributors as either starters or high-rep reserves.’

‘“I want to see nasty, physical football, but I don’t want to see a disrespect for a man’s career and dirty football,” McDermott said. “That’s not how we play in Buffalo. So we painted a pretty clear picture this morning of what that looks like for the new players in particular. So that nastiness has to be developed here, but it can’t be at the expense of someone’s career. So clean, but physical.”’

‘Injuries have really taken a toll as Moore, Samuel, Shavers and Prather are currently out, though Shenault just returned Monday and practiced for the first time. Coleman’s inconsistency remains an issue, but there has been much more good than bad which is a good sign.’

‘“It’s always hard,” he said of the process of sifting through the number of players who are taking reps so far at St. John Fisher University. “I think as a special teams coach, you’re reading the tea leaves. Our goal is I want them to make our team. If they don’t make our team, I want them to make somebody else’s team, and that’s what we’re working towards. So for me, it’s coaching the player, let’s just get him better and then his tape will tell us whether or not he’s on our team.”’

‘It was serious enough that a cart was brought onto the field and he was driven to the locker room as he could not put any weight on the ankle. Shavers is in a difficult fight to win a roster spot because of all the veterans in front of him on the depth chart and any missed time his a detriment.’

‘“In the past, growing up young, I may have let some of those moments of always having to switch up kind of affect me, trying to get adjusted to other quarterbacks, and then maybe that guy getting hurt, too,” Moore said. “Just the ramble of things kind of affected me. So now, since I’ve been through that three, four times, now I feel like it’s just be ready for whatever.”’

‘Williams – who was wearing braces on his left arm and knee during the first two practices – went down during Thursday and did not return to practice, though no one knew why. On Friday, the Bills said he hurt his calf and would not practice, and he was on the sidelines wearing a boot on his right foot so he could be down for a few days.’

‘Now, in what seems like a last-ditch effort to prolong his career, he’s back in Buffalo, he’s healthy, and not only is there almost no doubt that he’s going to make the team, he may very well be a starter in Week 1 when Buffalo hosts the Ravens on Sunday Night Football.’

‘Bosa spoke to reporters after the first day and said, “The body is perfectly fine. Calf is no issue anymore. I was feeling good weeks ago and I feel great coming into camp. It’s fun to be out there again. Obviously you’ve got to knock the rust off as usual during camp – cut down the mental errors, first day jitters a little bit, but it was a good day.”’

‘“I think right now in training camp, that’s part of the process of seeing that out,” offensive coordinator Joe Brady said before practice. “We clearly have a vision for when we bring them here of what we think it’s going to look like, but sometimes that’s just the mindset of what they’ve shown on tape with the skill set that we think they have.”‘

‘There is no parking at St. John Fisher University. Shuttle buses are available from Jefferson Road Elementary (15 School Lane, Pittsford); Sutherland High School (55 Sutherland St., Pittsford); and Thornell Road Elementary (431 Thornell Road, Pittsford).’

‘Obviously, many of the cameras were focused on quarterback Josh Allen, the reigning NFL MVP, and beyond that, Allen was one of the players wearing a microphone so that was an added dimension he had to deal with.’

‘Coach Sean McDermott said tight end Dawson Knox is dealing with a hamstring injury, offensive tackle Spencer Brown still has lingering back problems, wide receiver Laviska Shenault has a lower leg strain, and offensive lineman Sedrick Van Pran-Granger has a calf injury.’