Buffalo Rumblings
The Buffalo Bills announced their full list of roster transactions on Tuesday evening, bringing them to the 53-man roster to maintain compliance with NFL rules. While we know that the first 24-72 hours immediately after the initial maneuvers are fluid, we can react to what we have and know that the roster isn’t likely to undergo a massive overhaul in the next few days. At least not until practice squads are sorted out and the bottom of some rosters experience some churn.
Let’s take a look at each position room…
Josh Allen
Mitchell Trubisky
The Bills could have saved some money on the cap this year by keeping Mike White and releasing Trubisky, but the former first-round pick by the Chicago Bears handily outplayed White in the preseason. Shane Buechele lands back with Buffalo as the practice squad quarterback.
RB James Cook
Ray Davis
Ty Johnson
Reggie Gilliam
Wire to wire, this has been the projected outcome all along for the running backs room. While Frank Gore Jr. continues to look good in his reps during preseason, there wasn’t ever much likelihood of him bumping one of the other three tailbacks off the roster, and the Bills continue to remain committed to the flexibility that a fullback brings their roster. Gore passed through waivers and landed back on the Bills’ practice squad.
Keon Coleman
Joshua Palmer
Khalil Shakir
Curtis Samuel
Tyrell Shavers
Elijah Moore
Two questions have lingered around the Bills’ wide receivers room this offseason:
The answer to both of those questions ended up being “yes.” Shavers got time with the special teams units over the course of the preseason and demonstrated his ability to contribute there to a point where the coaching staff clearly felt comfortable having him as an option for activity on game day. Post-draft signee Elijah Moore managed to make the roster as well, bringing a different skill set than some of the remainder of the room with his agility and separation skills.
Dalton Kincaid
Dawson Knox
Jackson Hawes
Like the running back room, the tight ends seemed set barring injury since the draft. Hawes got some work in the receiving game in the last preseason game, but immediately slots in as the blocking TE3 who might get a surprisingly large amount of snaps from the jump.
Dion Dawkins
David Edwards
Connor McGovern
O’Cyrus Torrence
Spencer Brown
Ryan Van Demark
Alec Anderson
Sedrick Van Pran-Granger
Chase Lundt
The Bills not keeping Kendrick Green is the biggest surprise here, and even that isn’t a shocker. He did sign back on with Buffalo’s practice squad as a utility interior offensive lineman. Sixth-round pick Chase Lundt manages to make it to the initial 53, breaking the trend of many late Day 3 picks from the team...
