‘“Five is like, I was born with this number,” Elam said. “I wore it in elementary school, middle school, high school, college.”’
BillsBeat - May 30, 2024
'This is Josh Allen's offense': Joe Brady highlights offseason work at Bills' OTAs
‘”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.”‘
BillsBeat - May 29, 2024
Buffalo Bills OC Joe Brady: 'This is Josh Allen’s offense'
‘“You’re gonna put together the offense around the guys that you’ve got,” Brady continued. “So, for us to just say, ‘Hey, we’re just going to scrap everything and, you know, everything was broken’ – that wasn’t the case. Right? And so, there’ll be some elements of things that I believe in, but it’s more of like, tell me who we have on our football team and the guys and what they can do well and we’re going to do that.”‘
Bills observations: Damar Hamlin shines, secondary clings to WRs downfield
‘Safety Damar Hamlin made the defensive play of the day, leaping to make an interception of a Josh Allen pass for running back Ty Johnson during 11-on-11 work. The pass from Allen was lofted up the seam, and Hamlin got a good jump on it to cut in front of Johnson.’
'This is Josh Allen's offense': Bills OC Joe Brady giving QB huge say with new receiving corps
‘“You’re gonna put together the offense around the guys that you’ve got. So for us to just say, ‘Hey, we’re going to scrap everything because everything was broken.’ That wasn’t the case. There’ll be some elements of things that I believe in, but it’s more of like, tell me who we have on our football team and what they can do well and we’re going to do that.”’
Hamlin makes splash, other notes from Week 2 of Bills voluntary OTAs
‘Outside of a failed fake punt attempt during last season’s Divisional Round loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, Hamlin’s name had disappeared from the broadcast of his team’s games and had been pushed to the back of the minds of many Bills fans. But on Tuesday at Bills voluntary Organized Team Activities, Hamlin made a splash as he continued his push for a roster spot within a new-look safety room in Buffalo.’
Joe Brady's vision rooted in making Josh Allen comfortable by tailoring Bills offense to weapons
‘For all the blame placed on Dorsey over 1 ½ seasons, the Bills still had a top-five offense in the NFL, so Brady’s desire is to craft an offense based on the personnel on the roster, finding ways to make Allen comfortable by keeping some of what was working in the past and adding some new wrinkles.’
How ‘albatross’ contract fears fueled Bills’ shocking Stefon Diggs trade to Texans
‘“A player of his caliber, you weigh a lot of things on the situation,” Beane said. “From a cap standpoint, we decided to just go ahead and eat it now and we think we can compete and do what we need to do by eating it now and then not walk into next year … because if we didn’t, if we tried to come up with some way and split it up too many different ways, now it’s just like that albatross, just hanging on your neck all year. You look at your cap and you’re going, ‘Oh, man, look at how much money we still have dead.”’
For former Georgia football center Sedrick Van Pran Granger, there's much more to life
‘Star quarterback Josh Allen reached out to Sedrick and the other new players on the team as soon as they arrived, trying to make them feel welcomed and comfortable. “He is a special talent,” Van Pran said. “But what I like about him is that he is a good teammate which made me feel at home. That is one of the things I enjoyed about Coach (Kirby) Smart and Georgia. We won games and championships because we all put the team first.”’
Bills brass explains how 'albatross' contract led to decision to move on from Stefon Diggs
‘”I’m super competitive,” Beane continued. “I’m going to be ripping myself the minute we have to walk into a year and I feel like we got to play with one arm tied behind our back because the cap is what it is. … We got Josh Allen, and we want to compete every single year for a championship.”‘
Bills' Joe Brady: It's 'Josh Allen's offense' amid WR changes
‘”At the end of the day, this is Josh Allen’s offense,” Brady said Tuesday, just two sentences into his news conference. “You’re going to put together the offense around the guys that you’ve got. So, for us to just say, ‘Hey, we’re just going to scrap everything and everything was broken.’ That wasn’t the case. … There’ll be some elements of things that I believe in, but it’s more of like, tell me who we have on our football team and the guys and what they can do well and we’re going to do that.”‘
Brandon Beane on why Bills ate money to trade Stefon Diggs: We had to clear 'that albatross' contract
‘”I mean, listen, there’s a lot of things I think you weigh,” Beane said. “A player of his caliber, you weigh a lot of things. But ultimately, we just talked about the (salary) cap. … I don’t need to go through all the reasons why we decided to go ahead and do that. I would say, from a cap standpoint, we decided just to go ahead and eat it out now. We think we can compete and do what we need to do by eating it now. Because if we didn’t, if we tried to come up with some way to split it up too many different ways, it’s just like that albatross hanging on your neck all year. … What’s ’25 look like? What’s ’26?”‘
Joe Brady developing offense around what Bills do well
‘”You’re going to put together the offense around the guys that you’ve got,” said Brady on Tuesday in Orchard Park. “For us to say that we’re going to scrap everything because everything was broken, that wasn’t the case.’
Short passing game gets long look at Bills OTAs
‘Whether it was Josh Allen, Mitch Trubisky or Shane Buechele under center on Tuesday, Bills quarterbacks were often hitting pass-catchers in the shorter areas of the field, giving them opportunities to make plays after the catch.’
New pieces bring a 'new look' to the Buffalo Bills wide receiver room
‘”For me, it’s always been if I have to go in and block 50 times, go in there and black 50 times. If I got to go in there and run a go route and run off 50 times, I’ll do it. I’m huge about what goes around comes around,” said Shakir’