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title: “Buffalo Bills player who got a lot of hype this summer has ‘faded into the background a bit as the pads have come on’”
pubDate: “2026-08-11T14:50:11.000Z”
image: “http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/9/e91c80fc4e24734459fb21cb323289db3de73217/thumb_16x9/Screenshot-2026-08-11-at-10.29.40-AM.png”
source: “Yardbarker: Buffalo Bills”
link: “https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/buffalo_bills_player_who_got_a_lot_of_hype_this_summer_has_faded_into_the_background_a_bit_as_the_pads_have_come_on/s1_17313_44163201”
excerpt: “A young Buffalo Bills player is learning that things don’t get real until the pads come on.”
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A young Buffalo Bills player is learning that things don’t get real until the pads come on. A Buffalo Bills rookie who received quite a bit of hype this summer — and even in the early stages of training camp — is learning that things don’t get real in the NFL until the pads come on.
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