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Joe McKnight missed phone calls that could have altered fate

If Anthony Lynn had his way, Joe McKnight would have been in Buffalo this past summer. Maybe, even longer.

The Bills assistant coach had envisioned bringing in his former player for a post-NFL draft workout in the hopes that the organization would sign the running back before training camp.

“We talked twice a week there for a while,” Lynn said by phone Friday afternoon. “He was sending me workout video and I was showing our personnel people and I said, ‘Look, just trust me on this one. I know this cat. And he’s ready to roll.’”

But Lynn said he and his promising pupil never connected.