Buffalo Rumblings
The Buffalo Bills have a plethora of options along the interior defensive line. Whether those options are any good or not depends on one’s view of the group as a whole, and it’s based almost solely on conjecture given the Bills’ change to a new scheme this season.
Will some of the holdovers from last year’s club fit into Jim Leonhard’s defense? Or will they have to find a team that plays something more similar to former head coach Sean McDermott’s defense in order to find NFL success? In today’s installment of “91 players in 91 days,” we discuss someone who has been on Buffalo’s practice squad for two seasons, a player looking to make the 53-man roster outright this year.
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Name: Zion Logue
Number: 93
Position: DT
Height/Weight: 6’6” 325 lbs.
Age: 24 (25 on 7/13/2026)
Experience/Draft: 1; selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth round (No. 197 overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft
College: Georgia
Acquired: Signed with Bills’ practice squad on 8/27/2026
Financial situation (per Spotrac): Logue signed a reserve/futures deal in January. That two-year pact is worth $2.272 million in total with $7,000 guaranteed. If he’s released, Buffalo will carry the total of the guarantees in the form of a dead cap charge this season. If Logue makes the 53-man roster, he carries a cap hit of $1,078,500 this season.
2025 Recap: Logue spent the offseason with Buffalo last year, and he participated in training camp and all three preseason games. He totaled two tackles in those exhibition contests. Buffalo released Logue as part of their final roster cuts at the end of the preseason, but they re-signed him to the practice squad the following day. After Ed Oliver suffered an injury in Buffalo’s 41-40 season-opening victory against the Baltimore Ravens, Logue was the practice squad call-up to replace him in the lineup for games against the New York Jets, Miami Dolphins, and New England Patriots. Logue earned half a sack in the win over the Jets, his first career sack. He had a tackle against the Jets and a tackle against New England. After his third and final practice squad elevation was used, Logue was not signed to the active roster, so he did not appear in another game for the Bills last season.
Positional outlook: Logue is one of eight defensive tackles on the roster. Ed Oliver, Tommy Akingbesote, Phidarian Mathis, T.J. Sanders, Zane Durant, DeWayne Carter, and Deone Walker are the others. Landon Jackson and Kody Huisman are listed as defensive ends, but they both will play a similar role to most of the defensive tackles here. Logue, for his part, is likely a nose tackle, so his direct competition includes at least Walker, Mathis, and Carter. Offensive tackle Travis Clayton has spent time working out as a defensive lineman this summer, as well.
2026 Offseason: Logue is healthy and he participated in offseason work to date.
2026 Season outlook: Logue has played in five games for the Bills over the...
