‘While ticket sales for Bills games are subject to sales tax, the stadium deal the team struck with the state is structured in a way that allows the Bills to avoid paying those taxes on the PSLs it now is selling to season ticket holders ..read more

‘“Yeah, I shared a text with him and got one back, just thanking him for everything that he did for me,” Allen told reporters Thursday’s in his first public comments since the Bills traded Diggs. “I’ll always have a spot in my heart for him and I’ll always love him like a brother and wish him nothing but the best ..read more

‘“There’s things where we say he’s got to check all these boxes to get our first-round grade,” Beane said. “There’s going to be 32 players selected in the first round. But it doesn’t mean they all come out of your first round. Sometimes you do have to dig into your second round, it’s just how it falls. It’s not a huge thing. … Maybe he just doesn’t have a measurable that across the league have shown Pro Bowl, elite success – he’s an exception player. Maybe he just doesn’t have the production. … It’s usually not much. But there’s just something that you’re going, “I really like this player a lo ..read more

‘“It’s hard. Stef’s a great player, really enjoyed our time together,” McDermott said. “Won a lot of games and he was a huge factor in winning those games. We’ll miss him. You never replace a player like Stef Diggs and we wish him well ..read more

‘Allen said he and Diggs exchanged text messages after the trade. Allen’s thanked Diggs for “everything that he did for me.” “I’ll always have a spot in my heart for him,” Allen said. “I’ll always love that guys like a brother ..read more

‘“I shared a text with him and got one back,” Allen revealed. “Just thanking him for everything that he did for me and (that I’ll) always have a spot in my heart for him. And I’ll always love that guy like a brother. And I wish him nothing but the best ..read more

‘Cooper DeJean, one of the draft’s top defensive back prospects, had limited availability leading up to the draft. DeJean had medical re-checks due to a fractured fibula that he suffered in mid-November. The re-checks and a late pro day workout in mid-April meant that DeJean did not have much time to travel to teams interested in drafted the Iowa prospect ..read more

‘“I can’t really tell you if we go up, go back or draft at (No. 28 overall),” Beane said. “I have no idea how it’s going to fall ..read more

‘“It’s definitely hard to part ways with a guy that’s been very instrumental in our success here over the last four years,” said Allen. “My lasting memory of Stef will be the receiver that helped me become the quarterback that I am today and I’ll always thank him for that ..read more

‘“If it makes sense, I’ll do it, but I don’t love it,” Beane said. “I just know that there were times in Carolina in some of my younger years where we did trade it and I felt more times we were disappointed later that we did it. Like that player we got didn’t put us all the way at the top and then you get to the next year’s draft and you’re picking 17 and you go, ‘Look who we could’ve just had ..read more