The Buffalo Bills have begun releasing players to reduce their 91-man summer roster down to the initial 53-man roster mandated by the NFL for Week 1 of the regular season. The moves Buffalo’s front office needs to make in order to be compliant must be completed by Sunday, August 30 at 6 p.m. EDT.
Every NFL team’s 53-man roster is a constantly moving target, given the nature of the game. So while a player may not make it onto the Bills’ initial 53-man roster for Week 1, a release now doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the end of the road for many of these guys. There’s always potential for a player to return to Buffalo as part of the team’s practice squad.
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Add in the unfortunate injury reality, and it’s worth keeping a lot of the names below fresh in your mind as the season goes on. It’s one of the toughest points of the season for front offices and coaches, where it’s less about parting ways due to inability and more about choosing carefully due to roster constraints.
Will Buffalo’s leadership group headed up by president of football operations/general manager Brandon Beane make the right moves that take them over the hump? The oddsmakers at FanDuel Sportsbook believe that to be true, currently listing the Bills with the best odds of making the playoffs in the AFC (-330), and the second-best odds (+1000) of winning Super Bowl LXI.
Those are pretty lofty expectations for a team being led by a first-time NFL head coach in Joe Brady and a first-time NFL defensive coordinator in Jim Leonhard. The reason those odds exist is because of quarterback Josh Allen.
Buffalo Bills’ current roster
Quarterback
Josh Allen
Kyle Allen
Shane Buechele
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Running Back
James Cook III
Ray Davis
Frank Gore Jr.
Ty Johnson
Ben VanSumeren (FB)
Ian Wheeler
Wide Receiver
Skyler Bell (R)
Keon Coleman
Stephen Gosnell
Mecole Hardman Jr.
Ja’Mori Maclin (R)
DJ Moore
Joshua Palmer
Dante Pettis
Khalil Shakir
Tyrell Shavers (Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform)
Trent Sherfield
Quentin Skinner
Max Tomczak (R)
Tight End
Jackson Hawes
Dalton Kincaid
Dawson Knox
Keleki Latu
Shane Zylstra
Offensive Tackle
Spencer Brown
Dion Dawkins
Chase Lundt
Jude Bowry (T/G)
Tylan Grable (T/G)
Interior OL
Lloyd Cushenberry (C)
Sincere Haynesworth (C)
Alec Anderson (C/G)
Connor McGovern (C/G)
Sedrick Van Pran-Granger (C/G)
Nick Broeker (G)
Bruno Fina (G) (R)
Ar’maj Reed-Adams (G)
O’Cyrus Torrence (G)
Da’Metrius Weatherspoon (G)
Austin Corbett (G/C)
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Defensive Line
DeWayne Carter
Travis Clayton (International Pathway Program)
Zane Durant (R)
Greg Gaines
Landon Jackson
Zion Logue
Phidarian Mathis
Ed Oliver
T.J. Sanders
Deone Walker
Outside Linebacker/Edge Rusher
Bradley Chubb
Mike Danna
Cade Denhoff (R)
Michael Hoecht
Andre Jones Jr.
TJ Parker (R)
Greg Rousseau
Inside Linebacker
Joe Andreessen
Terrel Bernard
Jimmy Ciarlo
Kaleb Elarms-Orr (R)
Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (Reserve/Injured)
Theron Gaines
Keonta Jenkins
Otis Reese IV
Dorian Williams
Cornerback
Dee Alford
Christian Benford
Te’Cory Couch
Jordan Dunbar (R)
Sam Franklin Jr.
Maxwell Hairston
Jordan Hancock
Davison Igbinosun (R)
Anthony Kendall
D.J. Miller
Toriano Pride Jr. (R)
Dorian Strong (Reserve/Non-Football Injury)
Kani Walker (R)
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Safety
Cole Bishop
C.J. Gardner-Johnson
Damar Hamlin
Jalon Kilgore (R)
Wande Owens
Geno Stone
Specialists
K Tyler Bass
LS Reid Ferguson
P Tommy Doman Jr. (R)
Mitch Wishnowsky
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