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  1. Billy Buffalo

    Frank Reich offers high praise for Chad Kelly

    Getty Images Colts backup quarterback Chad Kelly has had a checkered football career, but he made the most of an opportunity in the preseason on Thursday night. Playing in Buffalo, where his uncle Jim Kelly was a Hall of Fame quarterback, Kelly completed 13 of 19 passes for 121 yards, and also...
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    Josh Allen came out throwing against the Colts

    Getty Images The Bills came into Thursday night’s preseason opener with a plan and that plan called for Josh Allen to get in a lot of throwing before giving way to Matt Barkley. The Bills called for passes on 15 of the 17 plays they ran during Allen’s first two series. He was 6-of-11 for 66...
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    Former Rugby player Christian Wade goes 65 yards for TD on first carry

    Getty Images The Bills were assigned a player through the NFL’s International Player Pathway Program this offseason and Christian Wade made a memorable preseason debut against the Colts on Thursday night. Wade was a rugby star in his native England, but gave up the sport last year to pursue a...
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    Frank Gore to start tonight, LeSean McCoy next week

    Getty Images The Bills spent the offseason insisting that LeSean McCoy was their guy, and that Frank Gore was brought in as a complement not a replacement. That makes their approach to the first preseason game a bit more interesting. According to the Buffalo News, Bills coach Sean McDermott...
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    Brandon Beane: Bills felt comfortable with injury histories of free agent signings

    Getty Images Bills cornerback E.J. Gaines is going to miss a few weeks with a groin injury, so he’ll be joining another one of the team’s free agent acquisitions on the sideline for the time being. Center Mitch Morse is in the concussion protocol after suffering the fourth documented...
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    Bills place LaAdrian Waddle on IR, sign offensive line help

    Getty Images The Bills spent the offseason rebuilding their offensive line, and that process has continued as injuries hit during training camp. The team announced that veteran free agent tackle LaAdrian Waddle was placed on injured reserve after tearing his quad in Sunday’s practice. To...
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    E.J. Gaines to miss a few weeks with groin injury

    Getty Images The Bills have been dealing with injuries to offensive linemen since the start of training camp and now they have one to deal with in the secondary as well. Head coach Sean McDermott said at a Tuesday press conference that cornerback E.J. Gaines is going to miss “a few weeks”...
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    LeSean McCoy: I’ve learned to use negative talk as motivation

    Bills running back LeSean McCoy said last month that he welcomed the arrival of Frank Gore because he sees Gore as a player he can learn from now that they are teammates. McCoy shared one thing he’s learned from Gore already. There’s been a lot of chatter about McCoy’s place on the Bills, his...
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    LaAdrian Waddle likely out for year with torn quad

    Getty Images The Bills have lost one of the players brought in as a free agent in hopes of lifting their offensive line to a higher level in 2019. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that tackle LaAdrian Waddle tore his quad muscle. Waddle was carted off the field at practice on Sunday and is likely...
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    Sam Young working out for Bills

    Getty Images Tackle LaAdrian Waddle tore his quad during Sunday’s practice and the Bills have already lined up a visit with a player who could help restore their offensive line depth in the wake of Waddle’s injury. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that tackle Sam Young is working out for the...
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    Ed Reed wants to be a coach, but hated the staff in Buffalo

    Getty Images Ed Reed says he thinks he has what it takes to be an NFL head coach. But his only year in coaching, in 2016 in Buffalo, was a disaster. Reed, who will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame tonight, said his 2016 season as assistant defensive backs coach under Rex Ryan on...
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    Sean McDermott on Josh Allen’s arm strength: All I care about is accuracy

    Getty Images Bills quarterback Josh Allen has one of the strongest arms in the NFL, but coach Sean McDermott says arm strength is not the key to Allen becoming a franchise quarterback. McDermott joked on NFL Network that Allen could throw the ball 100 yards, but what McDermott needs from Allen...
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    NFL won’t revisit LeSean McCoy bar fight

    Three years ago, prosecutors decided not to charge Bills running back LeSean McCoy in connection with a bar fight involving an off-duty police officer. The NFL determined in the aftermath of that decision not to take action against McCoy. Now, in the aftermath of McCoy paying $55,000 to Ronald...
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    Frank Gore never thought retirement: “I’m doing something I love”

    Frank Gore may not necessarily look like he’s having a ball, while he drags his 36-year-old body through his 15th NFL training camp. But he says he is, and because he’s Frank Gore, you believe him. “I feel good, man,” Gore told Vic Carucci of the Buffalo News. “I’m blessed to be playing a game...
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    Bills sign Nico Siragusa

    Getty Images The Bills spent the offseason loading up on offensive linemen in hopes of building a better unit than the one they fielded in 2018, but injuries and a retirement in training camp have left them in need of more additions to the unit. They made one on Thursday. The Bills announced...
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    Lesean McCoy pays $55,000 to officer over Philadelphia bar fight

    Getty Images Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy paid $55,000 to an officer for injuries sustained in a 2016 bar fight in Philadelphia. According to Chris Palmer of the Philadelphia Inquirer, an arbitrator ruled that McCoy and Tamarcus Porter, a friend of McCoy’s and former teammate at the...
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    Mitch Morse in concussion protocol at Bills camp

    Getty Images Center Mitch Morse returned from core muscle surgery to take the field with the Bills in training camp, but he’s back on the sideline thanks to a familiar injury. Bills head coach Sean McDermott said in a press conference on Wednesday that Morse is in the concussion protocol...
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    Looking at teams and players we’re oddly optimistic about

    Getty Images It’s #DelusionSZN in the NFL, where cockeyed optimism meets unbridled enthusiasm, prompting some in the media to regard every team as a potential playoff team. On Tuesday’s PFT Live, Simms and I looked at teams and players about which we are oddly optimistic. It was the basis of...
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    Isaac Asiata retires from NFL

    Getty Images Bills offensive guard Isaac Asiata announced his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday. Asiata, 26, was on the Dolphins’ practice squad most of last season. He played one game. The Dolphins waived him with an injury designation in May. He reverted to injured reserve before Miami cut...
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    Bills sign TE Kyle Carter

    Getty Images The Bills have been dealing with some injury issues at tight end in training camp and the team moved to add a healthy player to the group on Monday. The Bills announced that they have signed Kyle Carter to the 90-man roster. They cut linebacker Jawan Foggie to create space for...
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