1. Can Stefon Diggs take Buffalo to the mountaintop?
Stefon Diggs is the cover feature of Modern Luxury DC Magazine's June 2021 Power Players issue. The wide receiver sat down with Michael McCarthy to talk about everything from football to fashion to music to family. Diggs has a lot of love for Washington DC as he grew up in that area and even stayed to play college football at Maryland. He has always believed he is a champion but knows he hasn't reached the mountaintop yet in football or in life.
"I haven't reached the mountaintop yet," Diggs told DC Magazine. "I always aim high. I want five Super Bowl rings. I want the Hall of Fame. I want the glory. I believe I'm a champion. But, more so, I want to carry some people along with me. I want my brother, Trevon, to have a good career. I want to give my mom a place where she can be comfortable. I want to give people jobs. I want to do more for DC, my city. The mountaintop isn't just for football; it's for life in general. The more people I can help— that's when I'll look back and know I made a difference."
2. Bleacher Report thinks that Josh Allen's 2021 stat line will look like...
Josh Allen had the best statistical season of his career in 2020 after setting single-season franchise records for passer rating, pass completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns. Bleacher Report NFL writer Maurice Moton predicted the stats for all starting quarterbacks for the 2021 season. He thinks that Allen will have better stats than he did in 2020 and has him throwing for over 5,000 yards.
Buffalo Bills: Josh Allen
While skeptics may question if Josh Allen can build upon a strong campaign, he has the supporting cast and the continuity to top his passing numbers from the previous term.
As Allen's go-to target, Stefon Diggs led the league in catches (127) and receiving yards (1,535) last year. With another offseason together, they could make a strong case as the best quarterback-receiver tandem in the league.
Allen's production should at least remain steady within the same system. Brian Daboll will serve as the Buffalo Bills' play-caller for a fourth consecutive season, which bodes well for his young quarterback, who led the third-ranked aerial attack in 2020.
Lastly, the Bills signed wideout Emmanuel Sanders, a sure-handed veteran who finished each of the last three terms with a catch rate at or above 68 percent.
Allen has a good chance to crack 5,000 passing yards and 40 touchdowns in 2021.
Projected Stats: 426 completions, 622 attempts, 5,045 yards, 43 touchdowns, nine interceptions, 97 carries, 437 rushing yards, six touchdowns
3. Peter King ranked the Bills here in his latest power rankings
In his latest Football Morning in America, Peter King released his latest offseason power rankings and had the Bills at number three. Throughout the offseason, the Bills have seemed to stay in the top five of the rankings and King noted that this is one of the teams that fascinates him.
_#3. Buffalo (13-3, lost AFC championship to Kansas City) _
In rankings like these, I like to favor teams with the arrow pointing up. The Bills went to Kansas City for the AFC Championship Game on an eight-game winning streak. We know how explosive they were all season, but how about the defense Buffalo was playing when it counted? In that eight-game run, the Bills allowed 17.1 points per game. Now they have to find a way to beat Kansas City—they'll match up for the third time in 51 weeks Oct. 10—after losing by nine and 14 last season.
GM Brandon Beane is gambling that his polarizing first-round edge-rusher, Gregory Rousseau, will fortify the biggest need area of the team. Rousseau has had one year of his life rushing the passer at the University of Miami, but the GM believes that 15.5-sack season in 2019 is not an outlier. It'll be up to Sean McDermott to coach Rousseau into a consistent force alongside vets Jerry Hughes and Mario Addison. This team fascinates me. I could see them getting on one of those steamrolling runs the Jim Kelly Bills did a generation ago.
Click through to see the best photos from the first day of Buffalo Bills 2021 OTAs.
Dane Jackson (30). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Brandon Beane and Sean McDermott. Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Defensive Line. Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Jon Feliciano (76). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Greg Rousseau (50). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Marquez Stevenson (5). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Dion Dawkins (73), Ike Boettger (65). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Brandon Beane. Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Brandin Bryant (90). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Jacob Hollister (80). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Mike Bell (43), Rachad Wildgoose (32). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Josh Allen (17), Ryan Bates (71). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Tommy Doyle (72). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Taron Johnson (24), Levi Wallace (39). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Jordan Poyer (21), A.J. Epenesa (57), Ed Oliver (91),Tremaine Edmunds (49), Harrison Phillips (99), Tre'Davious White (27). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Siran Neal (33). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Jordan Poyer (21) and Micah Hyde (23). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Boogie Basham (96). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Olaijah Griffin (37) and Jacob Hollister (80). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Greg Rousseau (50) and Ed Oliver (91). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Micah Hyde (23). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Mitchell Trubisky (10). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Boogie Basham (96) and Brandin Bryant (90) with Jacques Cesaire and Sean McDermott. Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Greg Rousseau (50) and Eric Washington. Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Dawson Knox (88). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Treyvon Hester (62). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Boogie Basham (96). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Nate Becker (84). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Sean McDermott. Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Jack Anderson (66). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Eric Washington and the defense. Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Efe Obada (93). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Isaiah Hodgins (16). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Reggie Gilliam (81). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Christian Wade (45). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Sean McDermott. Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Spencer Brown (79), Jack Anderson (66). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Tyler Bass (2), Matt Haack (3). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Josh Allen (17), Davis Webb (7). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
A.J. Epenesa (57), Greg Rousseau (50), Harrison Phillips (99), Ed Oliver (91). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Josh Allen (17), Brian Daboll. Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Jacques Cesaire with Justin Zimmer (61), Mike Love (56), Efe Obada (93), Bryan Cox Jr (51), Boogie Basham (96). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Tyler Bass (2), Matt Haack (3). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Jamil Douglas (77), Forrest Lamp (70), Cody Ford (74), Dion Dawkins (73). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Mitchell Trubisky (10). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Mitchell Trubisky (10), Davis Webb (7). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Cam Lewis (47), Nick McCloud (38), Taron Johnson (24), Damar Hamlin (31). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Reid Ferguson (69). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Cody Ford (74). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Bryan Cox Jr (51), Mike Love (56), Boogie Basham (96), Reggie Gilliam (81), Nate Becker (84). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Jake Fromm (4), Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Greg Rousseau (50). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Andre Smith (59), Darryl Johnson (92). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Cole Beasley (11) and Sean McDermott. Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Harrison Phillips (99). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Rachad Wildgoose (32). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Dion Dawkins (73). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Josh Allen (17), Mitchell Trubisky (10), Tommy Sweeney (89). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Jacques Cesaire. Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Jordan Devey (64), Josh Allen (17). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
A.J. Klein (54). Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
Eric Washington. Buffalo Bills Organized Team Activity. May 25, 2021. Photo by Bill Wippert
