India, Aug. 19 -- Buffalo Bills fans have been waiting for quarterback Josh Allen to hit the field now that the preseason has started. However, it seems that the team is intent on protecting a vital player up until the regular season, as revealed by their coach, Sean McDermott.

"I would love to, if you could put him in a bubble (and) guarantee me that he wasn't going to get hurt," McDermott told Joe Buscaglia of The Athletic. "For every player, you'd love to be able to say, 'Hey, let's get out there and let's play three good games, and we'll ramp you up each game and so on and so forth."

"It's just really hard to say that. So in Josh's case, really using practice to see where he's at and how he feels. And I'm giving him some ownership a...