Buffalo Bills receivers eager to silence narrative and work with Josh Allen

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — You may have heard it 100 times by now and you’re about to hear it again, the Buffalo Bills receivers room looks a lot different than it did 365 days ago.

“At the end of the day, there’s only one guy in this receiver room that’s caught a ball from Josh (Allen) in a game,” Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady told reporters during OTAs.

You don’t need Brady to tell you this, but he’s right. Only Khalil Shakir has caught a pass from Allen in a game compared to the new faces that have made their way to Western New York this offseason.

One of those guys is Marquez Valdes-Scantling, who knows his fellow receivers are eager to silence some of those offseason narratives that this core of receivers can’t match the lofty standards of previous seasons.

“You can say that about any receiver room in the NFL, they don’t have this guy or that guy,” Scantling said during OTAs. “There’s dogs in every room, there’s talented guys in every room and it all depends on the situation you’re put in.”

One of the strengths of the wide receiver room is the amount of NFL experience shared between them and that will be crucial for rookie receiver Keon Coleman.

“I thought he could run really well and then you put him in a room with Mack (Hollins), MVS, Khalil, Curtis and some other guys that we had,” Allen added. “Being able to learn from those guys that have experience in the league, that’s what’s fun.”

If you take that new receiving talent and combine it with Allen’s playmaking abilities, then it becomes hard to believe that growing pains will be a long-term problem for the Bills offense and its receivers.

“Ultimately, for a long time, when you had to play the Buffalo Bills, you had to worry about Stefon Diggs. And it’s different now, but you also had to worry about Josh Allen,” Brady added. “It’s a quarterback-driven league and fortunately we still have him, so our offense is going to be built around him.”

Buffalo Bills training camp begins Wednesday, July 24 at St. John Fisher University