Allen grew up in Firebaugh, California, a town with vast farm acreage, but fewer than 10,000 residents. He went on to play football at junior college and then Wyoming, and now plays for the small-market NFL team that chose him No. 7 in the draft nearly seven years ago.

The Buffalo Bills are running it back with their running backs. Buffalo is re-signing Ty Johnson and fullback Reggie Gilliam, which will keep its entire position group intact from last season's offense that led the NFL in rushing touchdowns and finished ninth in the league in rushing yards.

"It didn't seem like from my perspective I was taking a whole lot less," Allen said Wednesday, three days after agreeing to the deal with the Bulls. "But the way I make sense of i