Bills' McCoy: Allen's 'pretty good - and I'm not a big fan of rookies'

Josh Allen continues to draw praise from his new Buffalo Bills teammates.

Less than two weeks after cornerback Tre'Davious White said he thinks Allen is "going to be one of the best young quarterbacks in this league for a long time," veteran running back LeSean McCoy added to the hype.

"I've got to be honest, he's pretty good - and I'm not a big fan of rookies," McCoy said at minicamp, according to Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk. "A lot of guys as rookies, they're not like him. ... He's good. He's smart. He has to learn, of course, he throws some passes that probably shouldn’t have been thrown, but other than that, he has a strong arm, he's very intelligent - he's too smart, I tell him sometimes.

"We have conversations and I say, 'Easy. This is not like an exam. Just talk to me. You can say yo. You can say wassup.' But as a talent level, he’s going to be really good for a lot of years, when he takes over eventually. We took him early in the draft so that's just common sense, but he's special."

The Bills traded up to select Allen with the No. 7 pick. He'll enter training camp in July competing with returnee Nathan Peterman and free-agent addition AJ McCarron for the starting job.