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‘”I know one thing, we got a lot of gum left, Shaq Lawson used to chew all the bubble gum so we got a lot of gum in the locker room now that he’s gone,” White joked.’

‘Sean McDermott downplayed his ‘ridiculous’ comments about the fans from three weeks ago.’

‘The Bills will also have to deal with traveling in a pandemic for the first time in 2020. The team hasn’t left Buffalo since they arrived for training camp in July. McDermott would not get into specifics of what he will do differently this year on the road but added that he has complete trust in his operations team.’

‘Buffalo’s two best linebackers are ‘officially’ listed as day-to-day.’

‘”The couple times I’ve played in Miami, the Bills have had a really good showing in the stands, and I don’t know if I expect anything different this week,” said Allen. “I’m not sure how many people they’re letting in, but I’m sure they’ll be a good amount of Bills fans, too.”‘

‘”When I went to LSU I didn’t know he was going to end up there too,” said Reid. “I was trying to set a good example for him. Doing the best I can and working hard so when he got to LSU I got to show him the ropes for a year before I came to Buffalo. It’s something we’ve talked about for a long time. The ultimate goal was playing on Sunday.”‘

‘Brian Daboll called more play-action plays on Sunday than anyone else in the league. Why is that important you ask? Because last year, Buffalo ranked 24th in the NFL in play-action pass rate, according to Matt Harmon of Yahoo Sports.’

‘That’s two, number-one wide receivers, A.K.A. two top options for Allen in Stefon Diggs and John Brown. That’s something Buffalo hasn’t had in decades, and Diggs can’t speak highly enough about what he thinks of Brown.’

‘Offensive coordinator Brian Daboll said some of Allen’s carries were designed runs while others are zone reads, where he has to make a split-second decision on whether or not to give the ball to the running back.’

‘”Sometimes success is messing in the middle and we were able to push through it.”‘

‘I have covered somewhere around 450 Bills games in person, from preseason to the Super Bowl. There was nothing like what we saw and heard yesterday. I compared the atmosphere on the field to the sounds of a JV football game. On television they pump in crowd noise to try to make it feel normal. But in Bills Stadium it was nothing like that. The players deal with it and find a way to focus on their jobs. But even Tre White told me he was talking to his teammates on the sidelines during the game and they were saying how strange it was to not have fans.’

‘But, some friendly competition started in the neighborhood a few years back when a new neighbor moved in. “He moved in and put up a New York Jets flag and it was on after that,” said Mansfield.’

‘Buffalo led 21-3 at halftime when it could have easily been 35-0. They outgained the Jets 223 to 102 in yards through the first thirty minutes.’

‘The Bills quarterback set career-highs in passing yards (312), attempts (33) and completions (46).’

‘”It’s exciting. He’s still got a little bit of kid in him. When he’s out there he’s having fun and I enjoy it,” smiled the Bills wide receiver.’