At Monday’s training camp practice, Buffalo Bills linebacker Baylon Spector left the field during team drills with a trainer and a slight limp. It was diagnosed as a calf injury and Spector, who had been dealing with calf injuries since at least the final weeks of the 2024 season, looked very frustrated as he walked off.

It turns out he was right to be frustrated, as the team released the veteran on Wednesday and signed former New York Jets UDFA Jimmy Ciarlo out of Army. He spent 2024 on IR with the Jets.

Spector was placed on the waived/injured list,...

The Buffalo Bills make their “Hard Knocks” debut on HBO Max tonight, giving Bills Mafia and NFL fans an unprecedented look behind the curtain of the inner workings within Buffalo’s summer home at St. John Fisher University. Led by quarterback Josh Allen and head coach Sean McDermott, the Bills are intent to finally make good on their lofty Super Bowl aspirations as a perennial playoff contender this decade.

To do so, they’ll have to add to their franchise-record five consecutive AFC East titles. But they’ll have to endure road that’s even more difficult in January if they hope to finally...