It’s a hallmark event of training camp every single year.Without fail, as the weather gets hotter, the play gets more physical, the players grow a little tired of each other and get closer to their breaking points.Scuffles, skirmishes, fights, kerfuffles — whichever expression you like best, it’s like clockwork when the full pads go on. It’s no different at Buffalo Bills training camp, with temperatures rising all day on Tuesday.First, it was rookie outside linebacker T.J. Parker getting into it with a pair of offensive players. Several other instances of scuffling occurred throughout the day. But the main event was when potential starting left guard Alec Anderson got into it with rookie inside linebacker Kaleb Elarms-Orr.“Oh yeah. It was great! I love it,” Anderson said of all the in-practice fights. “It gets my testosterone up these days. It gets the blood pumping, everything flowing.”Anderson is well known throughout the locker room for getting the extracurricular post-whistle activity going. That’s why it wasn’t a surprise that the event didn’t initially involve Anderson, but he made himself one of the main characters.Tight end Dalton Kincaid caught a pass and fell with the ball, only to get back up. Instantly, Elarms-Orr didn’t think Kincaid was down and laid a sizable hit on the tight end that knocked him down to the ground again.Bills training camp notes day 5: Camp standouts, areas for improvementJoe BuscagliaThe response was immediate, with Anderson sprinting from his offensive line position to get into it with Elarms-Orr.“We had a nice little scuffle standing up, then we went to the ground. Shout out to the rookie linebacker Kaleb,” Anderson said with a grin.Most of the time after practice, players involved downplay the incident or don’t give it much credence. Anderson isn’t one of those people.“I didn’t enjoy (Elarms-Orr) hitting our guy after the whistle, but I enjoyed punching him in the face a couple of times and choking him out,” he said. “So that’s always enjoyable.”In the Bills’ first full day in pads, here’s what stood out from Day 5.Allen to Moore with the big play of the dayOver the last two seasons, the Bills endured a lot of predictability and, to put it bluntly, a lack of respect from opponents to their outside wide receivers in how they were defended. It’s why splurging for a wide receiver to help change that was one of their most pressing needs in the offseason, and early into camp, DJ Moore has shown what he’s capable of that the Bills didn’t have the last two years.The highlight of Tuesday’s practice was a massive downfield catch by Moore from Josh Allen, which ended with Moore reaching the end zone for a 50-plus-yard touchdown. It was an impressive play for several reasons. The first is obvious, as it’s a play the Bills haven’t seen much success with over the last two seasons. Secondly, it’s because of who Moore uncovered against. He was able to get behind three defenders — two of whom were their best players in the secondary in cornerback Christian Benford and safety Cole Bishop.Moore was able to bring the ball in because he didn’t show his hands too early, and even though Bishop was in position to make a play, Moore completed the catch. The cherry on top was that it was a play-action pass rep, which the Bills could certainly use more in 2026 than they had previously.
Bills camp: Josh Allen-DJ Moore connection grows, Kaleb Elarms-Orr makes case to start
While Day 5 included a few scuffles, questions at boundary CB continue to be raised.














