Bills sign QB Allen for 4 years

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Now that quarterback Josh Allen is under contract, the big question remaining is how long it will be before the Buffalo Bills’ rookie first-round draft pick takes over the starting job.

The Bills signed Allen to a four-year contract on

Wednesday, a day before they open training camp in the Rochester suburbs.

Allen is the heir-apparent starter after Buffalo traded up five spots to select the Wyoming player with the seventh pick in the National Football League draft.

The 22-year-old still has plenty of work ahead to establish himself, and coach Sean McDermott said in June that he has no intention of rushing the quarterback’s development. “It’s about bringing him along the right way,” McDermott said. “We’re not going to put him out there unless we feel like he’s ready.”

Allen spent all but the final week of the Bills spring minicamps serving as the third-string quarterback, while free-agent addition A.J. McCarron and returning backup Nathan Peterman split time with the starters. At six-foot-five and 250 pounds, Allen is a raw but strongarmed and athletic quarterback. He was a two-year starter at Wyoming, where he completed 365 of 649 passes for 5,066 yards with 44 TDs and 21 interceptions.

Running back LeSean McCoy was among the players to report Wednesday for the start of camp.

McCoy’s status was unclear after he was accused of playing a role in his ex-girlfriend being bloodied during a home invasion at a house the running back owns in the Atlanta suburbs.