ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Bills' top decision-makers liked what they had seen from quarterback prospect Josh Allen in the pre-draft process, but for a few brief moments, they were unsure if they would survive to watch him play in the NFL.
Ahead of the draft this spring, when the Bills' private plane descended into Laramie, Wyoming, to visit with Allen at the University of Wyoming, the aircraft hit a patch of violent turbulence in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains.
"Literally your head was going off the ceiling," general manager Brandon Beane recalled in June.