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Bills LT Dion Dawkins was asked if he had any expectations for QB Josh Allen this season and noted that there should be no questions about Allen’s play and more about what the team around him can do to help win the team a Super Bowl with Allen at the helm.
“I don’t have any [expectations],” Dawkins said on NFL Network. “I don’t add any more extra pressure to that kid that he already has. Josh understands what he’s doing, what he’s not doing. He understands what the mindset is and what we all expect. Just like we know what Josh expects from us, as well, to help him get there. When it comes down to it, Josh is Josh, and he’s gonna be Josh. He’s No. 1 for a reason, so I don’t think that we need any more expectations than we already have.”
“It seems like we need all the pieces around him to continue to get better to help him get over that hump,” Dawkins added. “Because if Josh is No. 1, he’s at his best, right? If I’m not top 10 or I’m not No. 1, that means that I’m not at my best, which means I have to do better. Dawson [Knox], Dalton [Kincaid], Joe Brady, [James] Cook, everybody — everybody has to do better. So we’re all going to be that and do that so we can get over that hump, and we can be exactly what we want to be and stop talking about it, right? I’m ready for it. It’s time.”
Jets QB coach Bill Musgrave has been working closely with fourth-round QB Cade Klubnik and gave his opinion on where he is ahead of the preseason, noting he only needs experience and his mechanics are already solid.
“He’s very eager to get this thing and figure it out,” Musgrave said, via Rich Cimini of ESPN. “He’s ready to rock and roll. [He asks] a lot of good questions. He’s a good athlete. At his pro day, he might have run 4.57 [second 40-yard dash time], so he can move. It’ll be fun to see him versus live bullets in these preseason games and watch him develop because he’s got a lot of athletic skills. We’ll try to harness them and have him get good at this football thing at the pro level.”
“The young guys aren’t as entrenched mechanically, but he’s pretty sound,” Musgrave added. “He’s got a good base, a good rhythm. … He’s got plenty good grip [on the ball], so there’s not a lot of slipping in mid-motion. Those balls aren’t coming unraveled when he throws it. He throws a nice, tight spiral. He really has a great skill set. I don’t think we could be any more excited to work with a young guy than we are with Cade.”
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