ORCHARD PARK — NFL practices operate like a conveyor belt.

A play is run and they move onto the next. Corrections and critiques are mostly done during meetings. So when Buffalo Bills cornerbacks coach Jahmile Addae made rookie Dorian Strong run through a one-on-one drill a second time during a practice at St. John Fisher University, it didn’t go unnoticed.

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