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No big surprises in Bills’ initial 53-man roster

No big surprises in Bills’ initial 53-man roster

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…


Quarterbacks

Josh Allen
Mitchell Trubisky

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Buffalo Bills add 16 players to 2025 practice squad

Buffalo Bills add 16 players to 2025 practice squad

The Buffalo Bills released their first practice-squad list of the 2025 NFL season. It’s a list that includes some familiar names to Bills Mafia. Buffalo still has one spot open thanks to the inclusion of offensive lineman Travis Clayton, whose spot on the practice squad doesn’t count with him part of the NFL International Player Pathway Program.

Buffalo Bills 2025 practice squad roster

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Many former Buffalo Bills released on cutdown day

Many former Buffalo Bills released on cutdown day

NFL cutdown day is one of the saddest days in the NFL season. Every team has to get their roster to 53 players ahead of the regular season, which kicks off next week. With most of the teams ending the preseason numbered between 80 and 90 players, that means a lot of releases happening all at once.

The Buffalo Bills sorted their roster plans out, which now includes a few former Bills returning home. Remember, general manager Brandon Beane is known to bring people back home to Buffalo if the price is right. So who’s out there still, ready to...

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90 Buffalo Bills players in 90 days: S Taylor Rapp

90 Buffalo Bills players in 90 days: S Taylor Rapp

The Buffalo Bills have toiled through an entire offseason program, working through minicamp, training camp, Hard Knocks, and the preseason. Now, they’re ready for the regular season to begin. With the team’s 53-man roster set — for now — we have a clearer picture of each positional group. After an offseason full of speculation, we can finally begin to focus on the real games.

One position in particular has captivated Bills fans this summer, and that’s the safety room. While one starter has been known for some time, the second man in the secondary’s final line of defense has been...

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Buffalo Rumblinks, 8/27: Bills set their 53-man roster

Buffalo Rumblinks, 8/27: Bills set their 53-man roster

When you have a team built to win a Super Bowl, the competition to earn a spot on the 53-man roster is going to be intense, and that was the case with the decisions facing general manager Brandon Beane and head coach Sean McDermott heading into the 2025 NFL season. By 4 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, August 26, the Bills and the other 31 NFL teams had to trim their rosters down to 53 active players, and, for the most part, the roster decisions were fairly straightforward this year.

Training camp and preseason darling Tyrell Shavers earned one of six...

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Jordan Poyer returns to Bills

Jordan Poyer returns to Bills

Some fans were trying to get reality and they got their wish. According to Jordan Schultz, veteran safety Jordan Poyer will be returning to the Buffalo Bills. He is joining the practice squad.

Poyer spent last season on a subpar Miami Dolphins team and if you go by some comments he has made on social media, he seemed to be missing his guys back in Buffalo. He was one of the first guys that head coach Sean McDermott brought in to transform the culture of the football team and boy did he make the most of it. In seven seasons...

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Buffalo Bills’ 1st 53-man roster of 2025 NFL season is set

Buffalo Bills’ 1st 53-man roster of 2025 NFL season is set

The Buffalo Bills have announced their first 53-man roster of the 2025 NFL season. To get to that league-mandated number, One Bills Drive parted ways with a total of 31 players, placed five others on Injured Reserve (IR), and will have to wait six weeks before a pair of newcomers are off the suspended list.

Among those on IR, the team’s top draft pick this past April, first-round cornerback Maxwell Hairston, and also offensive tackle Tylan Grable are designated as return-to-play candidates. They can resume practicing after four weeks with a 21-day window to be moved to the active roster...

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Bills 2025 Best Bets: AFC East division odds

Bills 2025 Best Bets: AFC East division odds

The Buffalo Bills are heavy favorites in 2025 — that is, heavy favorites to win a lot, which of course includes the AFC East, and extend their current record five-straight division titles dating back to the 2024 NFL season. Since quarterback Josh Allen took full command, the franchise has been among the best in the league — in fact the Bills have made the playoffs every year with Allen other than his rookie season.

Will the rest of the AFC East challenge Buffalo and its first-place finisher schedule (based off 2024 season) for 2025? For now, it’s wise to take...

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Buffalo Bills activate Sedrick Van Pran-Granger ahead of roster cutdown

Buffalo Bills activate Sedrick Van Pran-Granger ahead of roster cutdown

The Buffalo Bills have activated second-year offensive lineman Sedrick Van Pran-Granger from the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list, the team announced on Tuesday. The move comes hours before the NFL’s deadline for teams to cut their 90-man offseason rosters to 53 players ahead of the regular season starting.

Van Pran-Granger, 23, had been sidelined by a calf injury for most of the summer. He was drafted by the Bills in the fifth round of the 2024 NFL Draft, and last season, he appeared in 16 of Buffalo’s 17 games. He even made one start, the season finale against the...

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Buffalo Bills 2025 roster cuts tracker, news, live updates

Buffalo Bills 2025 roster cuts tracker, news, live updates

We’re less than 24 hours away from the NFL roster cut deadline of 4 p.m. EDT on August 26. That’s the point when all 32 NFL teams must be roster compliant, with their 53-man roster set ahead of the opening week of the 2025 NFL regular season. The Buffalo Bills have a lot of difficult decisions to make, which lead to conversations no one envies.

The Bills’ roster boasts experienced talent at almost every level, and unseating established vets is nearly impossible for the newest faces at One Bills Drive. While nearly four dozen individuals will be released, it doesn’t...

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Jordan Phillips will actually sign to Bills’ PS, per reports

Jordan Phillips will actually sign to Bills’ PS, per reports

It’s been a whirlwind couple of days for Bills Mafia, what with the NFL’s 53-man roster deadline looming over the Buffalo Bills and their contemporaries. Yet beyond that, there’s the recent news that defensive tackle Jordan Phillips is set to re-join Buffalo for the fourth time in his career. Phillips loves the organization and the fan base, has always played his best for One Bills Drive, and said that 2025 was all about the Bills or retirement.

Well, he’s not retiring. Instead, initial reports claimed that Phillips was set to sign with Buffalo as part of the team’s 53-man roster....

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90 Buffalo Bills players in 90 days: WR Keon Coleman

90 Buffalo Bills players in 90 days: WR Keon Coleman

Entering the 2024 NFL season, the Buffalo Bills knew they needed a wide receiver. They had just traded Stefon Diggs, whose bellyaching had led him to wear out his welcome in nearly the same manner as it had with the Minnesota Vikings. The team knew it needed to add weapons for quarterback Josh Allen, and they had a great chance at doing so given the high regard in which the receiver class was held last year.

After a few tradebacks, the Bills did eventually nab their man at wideout — adding a big-bodied playmaker whose calling card in college was...

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