P Colton Schmidt flourishing in second season

Colton Schmidt attributes his success in season two with the Bills to an atmosphere of comfort at One Bills Drive and good old repetition.

Colton Schmidt is sprinting barefoot down the street in his Bakersfield, Calif. neighborhood. He’s wearing nothing but shorts. It’s roughly 7 a.m. in early September, and immediately after getting out of bed, he began running. He’s chasing his opportunity to be a punter in the NFL. Literally chasing. He’s sprinting after his mother, who is in her car on the way to work. The Bills had just called him about a tryout minutes earlier, and he needs a ride to the airport.

That story is old now. Schmidt is in his second season with the Bills, and he has come into…