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WATCH: Buffalo Bills players try a ‘milk challenge’

Milk:

Do you know milk?

You probably do better than plenty of Buffalo Bills players.

The likes of Josh Allen, Spencer Brown, Dawson Knox and more players decided to sit down for a “milk challenge” earlier this offseason.

The goal was to try and guess the correct type in a blind challenge.

Check out how the players did in the clip below:

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Spencer Brown’s contract named one ‘worth watching’ this season

#Bills’ Spencer Brown’s contract named candidate ‘worth watching’ this season:

The Buffalo Bills had a busy offseason with adjusting their roster to fit under the salary cap for this year. After a series of signings, contract restructures and releases, Buffalo currently sits at about $7.5 million under the cap, according to Spotrac.

However, it’s not too early to look toward Buffalo’s financial situation for next season. The Bills have several important pieces whose contracts expire after this year.

The Athletic highlights one contract per team worth tracking as the 2024 season starts into high gear.

For the Bills, The Athletic focuses on the contract of Spencer Brown. Brown will complete his rookie deal, a four-year, $4.8 million contract, this season.

Buffalo’s offensive line is projected to have a different look this season. Connor McGovern will take over at center for Mitch Morse, and David Edwards has the inside track at replacing McGovern at left guard.

After going through some adjustments to the NFL level, Brown put together a solid campaign in 2023.

Per The Athletic:

One of the few question marks heading into last season was whether the 2021 third-round pick could fulfill his promise after a rocky sophomore campaign. Brown answered with authority, playing every single one of Buffalo’s 1,305 snaps. Pro Football Focus charted him for only two more pressures than Pro Bowl left tackle Dion Dawkins.

What does this mean for the Bills? If Brown can put together another solid season, he may be in line for a big payday. General manager Brandon Beane has to decide if he’s willing to let Brown get close to the open market, or whether an extension would be the best financial option for Buffalo.

Buffalo has the second-highest dead-cap total this season, per Spotrac. However, once this money clears — in particular, Stefon Diggs’ dead cap hit — the Bills will have enough room to sign Brown to a long-term extension.

It’s a calculated gamble for Buffalo as well. If the Bills decide to move on from Brown, who started a combined 24 games in his first two seasons, the free agency market has inflated price tags. Acquiring a player through the NFL draft is an option as well, but there’s no guarantee the ideal player will be available to replace Brown.

The Bills’ depth chart at tackle reveals some possible options. La’el Collins, Travis Clayton, Ryan Van Demark, Tylan Grable, Richard Gouraige and Tommy Doyle will have a season to show that they could be an option in place of Brown. Even so, there seems to be quite a gap between Brown and the depth options available for the Bills.

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Pro Football Focus sees offensive line as Sooners biggest weakness

Pro Football Focus tabs OU’s offensive line as the team’s weakness going into the SEC.

It’s preview season in the world of college football, and the Oklahoma Sooners football team got the spotlight this past week from Pro Football Focus in their College Football Preview (subscription required).

PFF gave the Sooners just a 4% chance to win the SEC this year, but did have OU 13th in their power rankings.

Max Chadwick and Dalton Wasserman, who co-wrote the article, named Oklahoma’s offensive line as their biggest weakness heading into the new season.

Here’s what PFF had to say:

The Sooners won’t return any starting offensive linemen from last season. While SMU transfer [autotag]Branson Hickman[/autotag] is a terrific addition in the middle, there will be uncertainty around the other four spots.

Hickman was a big get for [autotag]Bill Bedenbaugh[/autotag] out of the spring [autotag]transfer portal[/autotag] window. He should be a plug-and-play piece at center to begin the season. [autotag]Troy Everett[/autotag] and [autotag]Joshua Bates[/autotag] provide depth in the case of an injury to Hickman.

It may very well be two transfers at the guard positions as well.[autotag] Febechi Nwaiwu [/autotag] and [autotag]Geirean Hatchett[/autotag] have the most experience in the room. Nwaiwu comes from North Texas and was a Freshman All-American in 2022. Hatchett is a veteran with big-game experience, transferring in from Washington after playing in the national championship game. [autotag]Jacob Sexton[/autotag], [autotag]Heath Ozaeta[/autotag] and [autotag]Eugene Brooks[/autotag] headline the homegrown talent at this position.

Rounding out a transfer-heavy offensive line, [autotag]Michael Tarquin[/autotag] and [autotag]Spencer Brown [/autotag] could make it five-for-five on o-line starters who weren’t Sooners last year. Tarquin transferred in from USC, while Brown comes by way of Michigan State. [autotag]Jake Taylor[/autotag] is a younger option at tackle, and Sexton can kick outside if needed.

One thing Bedenbaugh has at his disposal is that many of these players are capable of playing multiple positions. Everett, Nwaiwu, Hatchett, Sexton, and Ozaeta all have some experience lining up at least two different spots. Sexton and Ozaeta could play anywhere but center in a pinch and Hatchett is capable of playing all five positions. He’s lined up at tight end as a blocker for the Huskies before, as well.

[autotag]Brent Venables[/autotag] has surely heard all of the talk about this unit heading into his third year in Norman. The offensive line looks like the hinge point of the entire 2024 season for the Sooners. Don’t be surprised if these players have a chip on their shoulder and a fire lit underneath them.

After all, they’ve been hearing for months that they aren’t good enough to play in the [autotag]SEC[/autotag].

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Bills helping UK teammate Travis Clayton out on the O-line (video)

Help for the Brit:

Travis Clayton was a draft pick of the Buffalo Bills in 2024 but has a long ways to go.

The British product was selected by the Bills in the seventh round. He’s a former rugby player looking to transition to an offensive lineman in the NFL.

His teammates are doing their part to help.

A grouping of Bills players, including starting right tackle Spencer Brown, were spotted during spring practices helping out Clayton.

That look can be found in the WGRZ-TV clip below:

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3 reasons the Oklahoma Sooners will win big in 2024

The Oklahoma Sooners are a talented football team, but for them to win big, these three things have to happen.

The Oklahoma Sooners have a better idea of what the 2024 season will look like with the SEC’s release of game time windows on Tuesday. How they and the Texas Longhorns will fare in their first year in the SEC is anyone’s guess.

Texas made the playoffs last season, and the Sooners are one of the winningest programs over the last 25 years. [autotag]Brent Venables[/autotag] was brought in to prepare Oklahoma for this conference move.

His experience with the Clemson Tigers certainly informs Venables about what it takes to be successful in their new conference home. Each of his first three offseasons has been about getting Oklahoma “SEC ready.”

At the same time, the Sooners provide a new challenge for Alabama, Ole Miss, Tennessee and LSU. OU is considered a blue-blood program for a reason. With seven national titles and 50 conference championships, the Sooners will be a contender in the [autotag]SEC[/autotag]. Can they do it in Year 1? That’s the question everyone’s asking. Here are three reasons OU will win big in 2024 and make the College Football Playoff.

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Bills’ Spencer Brown explains offseason shoulder surgery

#Bills’ Spencer Brown explains offseason shoulder surgery:

The Buffalo Bills have taken on spring practices over the past several weeks. Spencer Brown is among the players that were limited at times due to injury.

It was previously revealed by head coach Sean McDermott  that Brown would be practicing only in “some capacity” because of offseason shoulder surgery.

The announcement came as a surprise since Brown had not missed playing time at the end of last year. At spring practices, Brown explained the injury happened during Buffalo’s final contest of the playoffs against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Then after that game, the 26-year-old said his shoulder dislocated while driving home. Surgery then followed.

Brown’s full explanation can be found in the Spectrum News clip below:

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Bills release 2024 NFL schedule video at new stadium site

#Bills release 2024 NFL schedule video at new stadium site:

The Buffalo Bills decided to take Josh Allen and Spencer Brown to the site of the team’s new stadium to help release their 2024 NFL schedule.

As has become a sort of tradition, NFL teams will have fun with the occasion by putting together a video featuring a unique way to unveiling their upcoming slate for next season.

This time around, the Bills quarterback and offensive lineman went over to the construction site where they were spotted last week. In feature, Allen acts like a daily construction worker in the fun feature.

Check it out in the clip below:

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Panthers waive RB Spencer Brown off injured reserve

The Panthers have reached an injury settlement with RB Spencer Brown.

The Carolina Panthers have severed ties with running back Spencer Brown.

Per the league transaction wire, the team and the 25-year-old rusher have reached an injury settlement as of Wednesday. Brown, in turn, has been waived off injured reserve—where he landed alongside offensive lineman Ilm Manning and Raequan Williams earlier in the week.

A Warrior, Ala. native, Brown attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 2017 to 2020. Over his four seasons there, he ran for 4,011 yards and 41 touchdowns on 858 carries (4.7 yards per attempt).

Brown then signed on with the Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2021. He has appeared six games, all between the 2021 and 2022 seasons—where he amassed 43 rushing yards on nine attempts.

With the departure of Brown, Carolina now carries seven running backs on their current 89-man roster. Those players are as follows:

  • Raheem Blackshear
  • Mike Boone
  • Jonathon Brooks
  • Chuba Hubbard
  • Rashaad Penny
  • Miles Sanders
  • Jalen Shirden

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3 players revert to Panthers’ injured reserve

Three players officially reverted to the Panthers’ IR on Monday.

The Carolina Panthers officially got a trio of players back on Monday.

Per the league’s transaction wire, running back Spencer Brown, offensive lineman Ilm Manning and defensive lineman Raequan Williams have reverted to the team’s injured reserve after clearing waivers. Each was waived with an injury designation this past Friday to help make room for the addition of this year’s undrafted free agents.

Brown, Manning and Williams were three of the seven players who were released at the start of 2024 rookie minicamp. They were joined by running back Tarik Cohen, wide receiver Jalen Camp, tight end Chris Pierce and cornerback AJ Parker.

Carolina signed the following undrafted free agents upon the departures:

    • QB Jack Plummer
    • RB Jaden Shirden
    • WR Jalen Coker
    • WR Sam Pinckney
    • TE Kevin Foelsch
    • OT Jeremiah Crawford
    • OT Christian Duffie
    • C Andrew Raym
    • DE Popo Aumavae
    • DE Darius Hodges
    • DT Ulumoo Ale
    • OLB Kenny Dyson
    • OLB Derrick McLendon
    • LB Jackson Mitchell
    • CB Willie Drew
    • CB DeShawn Gaddie
    • S Clayton Isbell
    • S Demani Richardson
    • K Harrison Mevis

Foelsch, Hodges and Gaddie have since been waived.

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Oklahoma Sooners are a wild card in 2024 according to On3’s Andy Staples

Andy Staples of On3 thinks the Sooners will be a “wild card” in Year 3 under Brent Venables. Could they make the expanded playoff?

The Oklahoma Sooners are at an interesting inflection point two and a half months from the beginning of the 2024 college football season.

The Sooners are entering year three of the [autotag]Brent Venables[/autotag] era in Norman. After he was hired to be OU’s next head coach in December of 2021, a disappointing 6-7 campaign in 2022 followed.

Oklahoma rebounded in 2023 with a 10-3 mark in year two, and there’s no question that this is a Brent Venables program now. He’s got his guys in place on the field and on the coaching staff.

But the Sooners head to the [autotag]Southeastern Conference[/autotag] in 2024, after a long run atop the [autotag]Big 12 Conference[/autotag] that featured fourteen conference titles. That’s ten more than anyone else.

The SEC will be a much tougher road than the Big 12 was, and On3’s Andy Staples has some concerns for the Sooners in 2024, calling them a mystery.

According to Staples, the floor for this Oklahoma team could be 6-6. However, he also thinks the ceiling could be a trip to the [autotag]College Football Playoff[/autotag].

“If they’re 6-6, if they’re 7-5,” Staples said, “What do you do about Brent Venables? How do you feel about Brent Venables if you’re [autotag]Joe Castiglione[/autotag], their athletic director?”

Staples and others present the offensive line as a concern for the team in 2024. Oklahoma is replacing the entire unit this season. [autotag]Tyler Guyton[/autotag] was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the first round of the [autotag]NFL Draft[/autotag] and [autotag]Cayden Green[/autotag] transferred to Missouri. The Sooners also lost [autotag]Walter Rouse[/autotag], [autotag]Andrew Raym[/autotag] and [autotag]McKade Mettauer[/autotag] up front.

Staples notes that the Sooners added pieces via the [autotag]transfer portal[/autotag] to fill those holes. [autotag]Spencer Brown[/autotag] came over from Michigan State in the winter portal window. [autotag]Branson Hickman[/autotag] is a plug and play piece at center, transferring in during the spring window from SMU. [autotag]Michael Tarquin[/autotag], [autotag]Febechi Nwaiwu[/autotag] and [autotag]Geriean Hatchett[/autotag] also arrived via the portal and will have an impact along the offensive line this fall.

These players will form the core of the unit along with young pieces like [autotag]Joshua Bates[/autotag], [autotag]Jacob Sexton[/autotag],[autotag]Troy Everett[/autotag] and [autotag]Jake Taylor[/autotag], but it is a patchwork O-line that will have to protect quarterback [autotag]Jackson Arnold[/autotag] if the Sooners want to be successful in 2024.

Staples thinks the Sooners are the deepest they’ve been in a while on defense,  and he knows why the OU staff and fans are excited for Arnold. He praised the wide receiver group as well.

Many in the national media don’t seem to have the faith in Venables quite yet that most Sooner fans do. They site the SEC presenting a challenge that Oklahoma hasn’t seen before.

But Venables is one of the great defensive minds in college football. He’s leading the way for the program, in addition to all of the skill and depth on that side of the ball. Then, of course, there’s that talented but young quarterback stepping into the starting role.

The Sooners may very well be a wildcard in year one in their new conference. But if the offensive line can hold up long enough for Arnold to have time to throw, it could be a very fun year in Norman.

If not, it could be detrimental to Arnold’s development, and 2024 could be a long season in the SEC.

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