‘”To be able to be blessed to be back out here with my team, playing the sport I love at the highest level, it meant everything to me,” Hamlin said after practice on Friday. “It was really emotional and it will be like that forever.”‘
BillsBeat - August 5, 2023
Buffalo Bills fans filled with excitement for the 'Return of the Blue and Red'
‘“You’re going to have to get here a little bit earlier and just find a spot if you can. They’re losing a lot of parking, so I think it’s going to be a little difficult to find any parking now,” noted Cody Souder, Bills Fan.’
4 Observations: Damar Hamlin crosses another emotional milestone, Josh Allen teases blue helmet, more from stadium practice
‘“I probably shed tears like twice out here,” Hamlin said. “Once I tried to snuggle back into this tight jersey with the shorter pads, just that process right there was kind of like one of those moments for me. And then just walking out here on the field, that was one of the biggest moments as well. So much energy just flowed out.”’
‘We want to go to the Super Bowl’: Fans have high hopes for Bills season
‘“Buffalo embodies the Bills because it is perpetual hope and hope for the future and hope for better days. As we see the city reviving and coming together, I think the Bills are a symbol of all of that for us,” Bill Petri of Cheektowaga added.’
A blue Bills helmet? Josh Allen briefly dons one at the Blue and Red practice
‘”Blue helmets are the new red helmets,” the Bills said in a social media post as the event got underway, later adding, “It’s beautiful.”‘
Bills fans line up early to watch Blue & Red practice
‘“Buffalo looks great, and Buffalo fans are, I don’t know, I’ve never met anyone or any state, we’ve traveled the world, that are as serious about their football as Buffalo. So it’s kind of cool. I love being from here,” said Paula Koroso, who lives in Phoenix.’
Rousseau ready to shine in third year
‘”More prepared, for sure,” Rousseau said. “I feel like I get better with every rep and with every game, so I feel like I can only go up from how I played last year.”‘
The return of the Blue & Red scrimmage: A preview of what's ahead for Bills Mafia
‘Bills fans saw something new at Highmark Stadium Friday night — Josh Allen in a blue Buffalo helmet.’
Bills brace Highmark Stadium crowd with return of Blue and Red scrimmage
‘In front of a packed lower level of the the stadium, fans saw the team run through individual and team drills just as they have for the last week-plus. It was the entire team was on the field in uniform in front of fans this season. Afterwards, fans had memories made.’
Top 3 things to know from the Bills' Return of the Blue & Red practice
‘QB Josh Allen wowed fans before practice started by running out of the tunnel in a blue helmet with the charging buffalo on the sides. Allen switched back to the white helmet before practice, but the quarterback has had a particular flair for the dramatic at Blue and Red practices in recent years; last season he donned a Bills red helmet in his run out.’
BillsBeat - August 4, 2023
Josh Allen embraces training camp hits, challenges
‘“I’m glad we’re making mistakes now and learning from them and trying to correct them the next time that we go out there,” he said. “Again, it’s not gonna be perfect right away. We got to talk through a lot of different things.”’
Observations: While no deadline, competition at middle linebacker may be narrowing for Bills
‘Elsewhere on the defense, Terrel Bernard got the start at middle linebacker, as head coach Sean McDermott indicated that training camp battle may have narrowed. While Baylon Spector did get the first team reps during the third practice of camp, he has not rotated back in to start since. McDermott indicated that he wanted to get more of a look at Bernard and at Tyrel Dodson.’
Ryan O'Halloran: A healthy Bradley Chubb is one of Miami's top keys to contending in AFC East
‘In his three healthy seasons, Chubb has 27½ sacks. In a division with Josh Allen (Bills) and Aaron Rodgers (New York Jets), Miami will need a healthy Chubb to contend.’
Tre'Davius White has been elite but it's a three-way race for the Bills' second CB spot
‘However, on the other side of the field at CB2, things are nowhere near settled as Kaiir Elam, Dane Jackson and Christian Benford remain locked in a three-way battle for the starting job, and no one has inched ahead of the others at this point.’
News from Day 7 of Bills training camp: An injury on the line, Diggs loses his temper
‘Spencer Brown left practice early: The right tackle got hurt late in practice and he came off the field very gingerly, looking the way you do if you tweak your back. And as we know, back problems have been a constant for him and were partially to blame for the uneven season he had in 2022.’