Opening Shot: After a brief cold-open with superstar quarterback Josh Allen sitting for his first interview, we get a montage of sorts as players pack their bags (literally) to head off for training camp in Rochester, New York. It follows the tone we’ve come to expect from Hard Knocks–slices of real life building up to the season.

There wasn’t much drama during the premiere of Hard Knocks with the Buffalo Bills, which didn’t sit well with one analyst, who described the premiere as “blah.”

The NFL docuseries “Hard Knocks” goes behind-the-scenes of the NFL’s pre-season. This year it also goes behind-the-scenes of python hunting in Florida, as Buffalo Bills defensive end A.J.