WGR

‘After an impressive week of camp, including the practice Friday night at New Era Field, rookie Ed Oliver, the team’s top pick at number nine overall, was on the starting defense, lining up next to Star Lotulelei. Jordan Phillips, who had been the first-team defensive tackle up until Sunday, was playing with the second unit.’

‘ There are a decent number of things that have to go right for this team to get to the 10-win mark, and most of them have to do with the offense.’

‘“We looked forward to getting some energy from our fans, it’s a great night for us to interact with our fans, I know that our guys after practice got a chance to thank the fans. It’s a fresh change for the guys, gives them a change of scenery and keeps it fresh. The guys were excited to get out there.”‘

‘”The stability is extremely beneficial. There’s so much verbage, it’s nice to know most of it already. Knowing this system, and now knowing what to tell guys, I am another asset for coach Brian Daboll.”‘

‘Brian Daboll keeps pounding into Allen to take what the defense gives him. Allen said he’s has that in his head each and every day, “Absolutely. We had one play today and Dre [Andre Roberts] had just kind of found a window like four yards in front of me. I dumped it on to him before it got to the will linebacker and that was a touchdown and that’s one of those like, ‘let’s go Dre!’ That’s what we need right there and for him to have a knack to find a little zone and me to find him and put it on and where I did. It’s definitely steps in the right direction.”’

‘“He’s more mature beyond his years,” fellow linebacker Lorenzo Alexander said Wednesday on WGR. “He’s 21, so lining up next to him you expect some immaturity. But because of his family’s background, his dad, his mom playing at a high level, competing at a high level, he has his two brothers, the foundation and maturity of a young man is there. He’s just different than some of his peers. He carries himself different, he walks in the room different, and obviously what he looks like talent-wise is just on another level. So when you couple all that together, including him having some experience now, his growth process has just been on a different level than others.”’

‘After being waived by Green Bay in April, Siragusa spent a few weeks with the Indianapolis Colts after being signed in June, but was cut before the start of training camp. Siragusa has not appeared in an NFL regular season game to this point in his career.’

‘Duke Williams isn’t the kind of player I see as practice squad material. He’s already been a pro for a few years and if he cannot make the team outright, it’s probably better to spend resources developing a younger player. Williams did have two touchdowns Thursday and looked good in red zone work. He still has chances to impress and show he deserves consideration for a roster spot, but that will have to come when they face live competition in preseason.’

‘With Morse and Long both out, Russell Bodine was the starting center, with Jon Feliciano at right guard. Dion Dawkins continued to start at left tackle, with Quinton Spain at left guard.’

‘Back in March, Buffalo made Morse the highest paid center in the NFL despite an injury history that included several concussions and limited Morse to only one full 16-game season in his career. Morse has three diagnosed concussions in his NFL career.’

‘Sirles, 27, was signed by Buffalo on September 25 of last year. He played in 12 games during the 2018 campaign with the Bills, and was then inked to a one-year extension on January 16, 2019. Sirles later hit the physically unable to perform list on July 23 ahead of training camp with a foot injury. Sirles originally suffered the injury during spring practice and was out of all training practices since.’

‘“I think one thing we have to do is… we have to reset and earn the right to win, and be great again on defense,” Alexander said. “We can’t just translate what we did last year, even though we have 10 or 11 starters coming back…if you have that mindset you could easily fall off and figure out ‘man, we were expecting the defense [to do well]. The offense is doing well, why isn’t the defense doing [it] right?”’

‘Beasley and Allen together likely don’t sit in the back of many football minds as a fierce 1-2 punch, but that’s because most people think Allen just wants to let it fly down field. But his target share coming back from injury last season after week 12 suggests he was more than willing to check it down to his slot receiver, he just didn’t have the necessary targets to do so consistently or effectively.’

‘Practice got quite physical, especially for about a five-minute period with a couple big hits and then a fight. Safety Deane Marlowe was involved in both instances. First, he took a big shot from guard Jon Feliciano, who was blocking downfield, then he gave a shot to wideout Ray-Ray McCloud, which knocked the receivers’ helmet off. Immediately, several offensive players ran out on the field when it happened, and McCloud then turned into the crowd and threw some punches. After players dispersed, McCloud went to the sidelines to be looked at by trainers. He was back on the field shortly after.’

‘”Josh has made progress since he’s been here. He’s made progress throughout the OTAs and he’s made progress just in these four days. I have confidence in Josh. He’s a second-year player that has a good grasp of what we want to do, and this is the time to do it. There’s going to be times where you’re going to be out there practicing against our defense, who’s a good defense, and he’s going to learn as camp goes what throws to make and what throws he should maybe hang from. I want him to make those throws, and I want to try and make him throw in tight windows, on time and make the tough ones. That’s only going to make us better as we sit back and look at the tape to try and improve that.”‘