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‘”This is my perspective: you’re never ready until you do it,” Babich replied. “To answer your question, you’re constantly trying to prepare yourself for when you get into this position, but until you actually do something, you are never ready. So, I don’t have the ego to sit up here and say this, that and the other. I’m vulnerable enough to say that I’m as prepared as I’m possibly going to be, and I’m (continuing) to learn everyday and every part of this process.”‘

‘When asked what he brings to the Bills’ defensive line, Johnson used a word that is music to Sean McDermott’s ears. “Versatility,” he said. “I can play every position, pass-rush and play the run. So, wherever they put me, I’m going to make plays.”‘

‘”It’s a lot of teaching, but also a lot of learning,” Allen said. “Obviously, with Joe being at the helm, we’re just gonna have to see and understand what he likes and the concepts we’re trying to put in and run here.”‘

‘”It’s kind of a clean slate,” Allen said regarding his new receiving bunch.’

‘Pete Guelli, the team’s chief operating officer and a Rochester native, made the announcement Friday morning on Twitter.’

‘The league released its full regular-season schedule Wednesday night, with Buffalo slated for at least five games in prime time — including four in the first six weeks.’

‘Murphy spent 35 years in the team’s broadcast booth, serving as color analyst from 1984-1989 and 1994-2003, and as play-by-play announcer from 2004-2022.’

‘Bills fans waited all night for the team to make its first-round draft pick — but it never came.’

‘It would be the 23rd time in the past 25 seasons that the Bills held training camp at the school. The university hosted Bills camp annually from 2000-2019 before taking a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, holding camp at their facility in Orchard Park in 2020 and 2021.’

‘Buffalo will receive 2025 second-round draft pick from the Minnesota Vikings and will send Diggs, a 2024 sixth-round pick and a 2025 fifth-round pick to Houston.’

‘”Every team is a new team. Every year is a new year. We haven’t even had a draft yet, so I don’t think it’s fair to assess what the 2024 Bills are going to look like,” Beane said Wednesday afternoon. “It’s April 3. We play in September. So, let’s be patient and let us work through this. Was it easy? No. But if you make the best decision for the Bills going forward, that’s all you can do. You can trust that.”‘

‘”I want to cry,” Bauman said. “I thought they were lying. It’s not right, it’s just not right. I can’t believe they traded Stefon, of anybody. Stefon and Josh are the best tag team. They are the Bills.”‘

‘Defensive end AJ Epenesa has resigned to Buffalo on a two-year contract. It has a base value of $7 million in the first year and could be worth up to $20 million by the second year.’

‘Allen, who is under contract through the 2028 season, would have accounted for a $47 million cap hit without the restructuring.’

‘”I’m just gonna keep it a buck — I hate them, all of them,” Dawkins said. “When it comes to sports, there’s people who play the sport because they love the sport, and then there’s people who just to try to be cool. I think they play the sport just to try to be cool. Those are a bunch of dudes who just want to take pictures on Instagram. That’s wack. I play this because I die by it.”‘