The St. John Fisher University portion of the Buffalo Bills' training camp has come to a close, and the team faces the New York Giants in their preseason opener. Over the past 2.5 weeks, multiple players stood out as the Bills, as a whole, struggled with injuries.

The Buffalo Bills kicked off their preseason in defeat against the New York Giants. Of course, though, the win-loss record isn't important in August, it's the individual performances Buffalo is paying attention to,

That's where the Bills and Cook should be. He should be signing not autographs but the last line of a new contract. Instead, they're engaged in a bizarre chess match. Cook showed up and participated in the early stages of training camp.

Here are three observations from the 12th day of Bills training camp: It was a weird one for the James Cook saga as training camp concluded.

The New England Patriots were back in action on Monday for their 14th training camp practice of the summer, and the first without a non-media audience. With a travel day looming on Tuesday, the intensity was dialed back for what largely felt like a regular season practice.