2. Allen benefits from Panthers 3-4 defense

The Bills offense has been facing their own defense for the better part of the last two weeks every day in practice. Facing the Panthers on Tuesday, Josh Allen and company saw a defensive front far different from that of their own.

"It's a chance to get our offense in front of a different system and scheme and to develop as a team," said head coach Sean McDermott. "The benefit is we come down and face a different defense as opposed to the one they played the last couple of years. It's good for us because we're going to go against some 3-4 opponents this year."

Buffalo's offense made a fair number of plays in the short to intermediate areas, but had a tough time connecting on some deep shots.

Josh Allen had a solid strike over the middle to John Brown who was cutting across the field, but the two couldn't link up on a deep post pattern. Allen dropped it right over Brown's shoulder, but he couldn't hang onto the ball as it fell incomplete.

Buffalo's quarterback was most encouraged by the way things were organized up front against the 3-4 scheme. This despite the continued practice of mixing and matching interior line combinations.

"They do a couple of different things, especially their front four," Allen said. "They line up a little differently so we had to change some protections. We've got to be right on those. I thought we did a good job."

After practice concluded Allen went to seek out Panthers Pro Bowl linebacker Luke Kuechly for his thoughts on a particular play concept the Bills ran against him during the team segment.

"I talked to him about a play and he said it's a good concept and we talked about the hardships for a defense on that play," said Allen. "I wanted to know why he did what he did on the concept we ran. I just took a couple of words from him here and there.