With limited practice reps last season, it is important for Hodgins to build chemistry with quarterback Josh Allen. He will have to capitalize on the opportunities he is given in training camp and during the preseason. So far this offseason, Allen has been impressed with what Hodgins has been able to do on the field.
"He's a longer body guy," Allen said to the media via Zoom. "He's surprisingly quick and I'm not talking long speed, he's got that too, but just a short game quickness and getting off of jams and making it a good release. He can do a lot of different things and I think they've been kind of switching them at the X and the Z. So, he's got the ability to play multiple positions. You saw him high point a pretty nice thrown ball today and go up and get it. With those, not everybody has the ability to do that. His body control has been fantastic and above that, he's a guy that likes to have fun, a guy that always has good energy, a fun guy to be around, and never a bad moment for him. He's enjoying the process and I know that he wasn't super happy with what happened last year with the shoulder and whatnot, but he's been here grinding and getting better with our training staff and it'll pay dividends when he's on the field."
Sean McDermott finds position versatility very valuable in this league and is proud of the work that Hodgins has done so far. The ability for the 6' 3" wide receiver to line up anywhere on offense is a big advantage for the Bills. McDermott told Hodgins to just control what he can control during his rehab and when he came back on the field to make all his reps count.
"A guy like Isaiah, I think is off to a phenomenal start again because of his process and the offseason getting himself healthy and now here we stand in the last week of offseason practices and I think he's putting himself in position to make a real move. So that remains to be seen, obviously, with work to be done, but I'm very proud of his mindset and the way he's gotten himself physically ready to go."
With the addition of Emmanuel Sanders this offseason, Hodgins has had many talented veteran wide receivers to lean on and learn from in his first two years as a pro. Before becoming a Buffalo Bill, his father James Hodgins - a former NFL fullback who won Super Bowl XXXIV with the St. Louis Rams - told him everything he needed to know about becoming a pro.
"I feel like my dad passed a lot on to me just really knowing the ins and outs of the NFL," Hodgins said. "Obviously it changes every year but him just teaching me how to last in the NFL and some pro habits that I need to have. What they're looking for and how I need to act and what I can do every practice. He played with a lot of great receivers like Larry Fitzgerald, Anquan Boldin, Torry Holt, Isaac Bruce and he would tell me just to practice like these guys and follow what they would do. I studied how they would practice and how they would compete so I felt like I took a little bit of all that."
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