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‘”I feel like we’ll mix it up,” Diggs said. “Like I said, we don’t have a shortage of talent on this offense. I feel like we’ve got a lot of guys that can make plays. But it also feels like ‘Damn, what direction do we want to go in? We’ve got so many weapons.’ So I feel like it’s a good spot to be in. Week to week, you don’t know what you’re going to get or how it’s going to show up. For me, hopefully I’m out there mixing it up a little bit.”‘

‘”Just like any other athlete, we try to attack the problem from a lot of different angles and help Josh as much as we can,” McDermott explained. “There’s a piece where he has to do it on his own, too. We can only do so much, and then he has to make the adjustment on his own as well. This game and this team mean a lot to him and [Monday night’s] game he wants back, like we all do. So I just know when he’s had situations like before, he’s reset, rebounded and come out better the next game. That’s what we’re focused on now.”‘

‘”He knows he can play better,” McDermott said. “I know he’s capable of playing better. He’s capable of playing smarter as well, and he’s got to do that for us. Number one, stay healthy, and number two, take care of the football.”‘

‘”There’s times that I’ve felt like I lost us the game,” wide receiver Gabe Davis said. “But it’s never one player, so I’m not blaming Josh. No one on this team is blaming Josh. We have our moments and have our times. We’re behind him 100 percent.”‘

‘”It’s an amazing feeling to represent the Buffalo Bills here in Rochester, and actually have a bar for all of the Bills Mafia fans to come to and watch the games,” said Kaitlyn Morse, the manager of Bar-Bill.’

‘”We’ve got a new opportunity, brand new season, a spankin’ new season to put some good things on tape and show what we can do as an offense and as a team,” Diggs said. “For me, that’s the big picture, but see the forest through the trees and it starts with game one. I know everybody’s extremely excited.”‘

‘”What kind of team you got?” Diggs said. “Figuring out your identity and all the stuff that you’ve been putting on tape. Consistently working, kind of getting that, to actually put it to use. I feel like that’s the challenge more so than anything — not necessarily the opponent because you’ve been watching those guys, they’ve been watching you, and you kind of get to figure out ‘Has what I’ve been studying, has what I’ve been seeing consistently, is that what I’m going to get?’ because you don’t know that. You never know.”‘

‘They had cornhole, wings and maybe some libations, but they said there’s been so much hype entering this season and there’s no place they’d rather be Monday night.’

‘”It’s a track meet, especially that front seven,” Morse said. “For us, like I said before, it’ll just be matching that competitive spirit that they have and for us not riding. They’re going to make their plays, first and foremost, they’re going to do that. But for us, we’ll just be trying to mitigate those to as minimal as possible and try to take advantage of the opportunities that are given to us.”‘

‘”I’m just super excited to get back out there and give it a go,” he said. “I missed a lot of games last year, and went through training camp pretty healthy, so to wake up and feel a little soreness the other day was not ideal. But I did a little more today and I’m going to be ready for Monday night.”‘

‘You see him all the time, but the guy he’s going up against has been a name in the league since Allen was a kid.’

‘”Gabe is very valuable to our team”, Beane said. “(He’s been) a pro from day one when he got here. Gabe has matured beyond his years, and you see that in his work ethic. I’ve talked about his work habits, and, if anything, you have to tell Gabe to unplug, take a break. He’s in a good spot. I’m looking forward to see how this season unfolds for him.”‘

‘”She’s been working at Walmart for about — she’s going to kill me if I don’t get this right — but it has to have been at least 15 years for sure,” Sherfield said.’

‘”When it comes to defenses, the biggest thing when playing [for a new team] is the terminology,” Kirksey said. “I think that’s the toughest part when it comes to learning new defenses, but at the end of the day, defense is defense. You have to adjust to some of the [differences], but you always got to do a lot on the defense, and it’s all about the communication part. So, for me, I’m a quick learner, I’ll get on board real fast.”‘

‘The Monday Night Football game is part of the ABC Network coverage for the season. The game will also be seen on ESPN around the country, though viewers with Spectrum cable are currently blacked out because of a dispute between the company and Disney/ABC.’