According to Bills' head coach Sean McDermott, the reigning NFL MVP will be inactive when the New York Giants visit Orchard Park for a 1 p.m. ET kickoff on Saturday, August 9. Although Allen won't be taking the snaps, Buffalo plans to start the exhibition with its first-team units on the field.

New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll has yet to indicate whether or not starters will play in Saturday’s preseason opener against the Buffalo Bills. Veteran players asked about that this week have indicated a willingnesss,

In a really nice twist, there is plenty of discussion on veteran cornerback Tre'Davious White, who returned to the Bills this offseason. He has long been a fan favorite in Buffalo for years, but in a slight spoiler, White is portrayed very well in Episode 1. It's hard not to like him, as expected.

The first episode kicked off with Dion Dawkins and Dawson Knox packing for training camp at St. John Fisher University. Not long after, the series cuts to aerial scenes of downtown Rochester and the affluent suburb of Pittsford that hosts the Bills each summer.

Whether the Buffalo Bills like it or not, their first episode appearing on HBO's NFL training camp show, featuring the team, "Hard Knocks," has aired. The premiere was on Tuesday and naturally there was plenty of reaction to it.