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Buffalo Bills news, 6/2: young receivers driven by compeition

The young group of wide receivers is driving each other to success and lighting a fire under "veteran" T.J. Graham.

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Matt Warren is Associate Director of NFL coverage for SB Nation and previously covered the Bills for Buffalo Rumblings for more than a decade.

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"Seeing the guys coming in kind of lights a fire underneath you," Graham said Friday. "You kind of get motivated because you know there are guys competing with you. Our receiver room is stacked now with great competition, so you’ve got to put your A game on tape."

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