The Bills held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their new stadium this week and the timing fits the overall theme of the offseason in Buffalo.
After losing to the Broncos in the playoffs, the Bills dispatched head coach Sean McDermott to kick off an offseason that also saw them trade for wide receiver DJ Moore, sign a number of veteran free agents and add nine draft picks to the roster. That’s a fair amount of change for a team that’s been relatively stable in recent years and quarterback Josh Allen said on NFL Network this week that putting all of the pieces together will remain the team’s focus when training camp opens next month.
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“A lot of new. We’re gonna figure things out,” Allen said. “Obviously, we go to camp July 28. That’s really where you make your team. But like you said, a lot of new faces, offense, defense, staff-wise. New stadium. New head coach. So, there is a lot of new, and we’re looking forward to getting out there and really learning each other and building that team camaraderie when we go to St. John Fisher in Rochester. But, yeah, it’s another tough task, but the goal remains the same, and that’s to bring a Lombardi Trophy to Western New York. And we’re going to do everything in our power to make that happen.”
Frustrations with the Bills’ inability to get to the Super Bowl led to McDermott’s departure, but Allen was always among the biggest reasons to think the Bills could go the distance and that expectation will remain in place as long as he’s playing at an MVP level.
