The Buffalo Bills are doing their best to prevent the next few weeks from being “the dog days of summer”
The ribbon cutting on New Highmark Stadium is next week, and the buzz surrounding the team’s first new stadium since 1972 will help to make the time between mandatory minicamp and training camp a little less boring than it might be in a “normal” (read as: non-stadium opening) year. In order to gain alignment with the ebb and flow of seasonal content, what better time is there to go through a 53-man roster prediction?
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Here’s the truth: these types of exercises have been less exciting for the Buffalo Bills (and for me as an author) recently, because there’s less mystery. My wife doesn’t really like reading thriller books or murder mysteries as much as she used to because she can usually guess the ending. That’s not to say I’m going to get all of it right (in fact, I likely won’t), but the spots that are “up for grabs” with a team that’s been a playoff team and conference championship contender for the better part of a decade are fewer than they were during the drought years. These open roster spots are also notably lower on the depth chart. The Bills have a open and public left guard competition, an injury at linebacker that seemingly opens the door for a rookie, and a highly-drafted scheme fit at cornerback who might make noise against a previous first-rounder. To be honest, though, some of what I just mentioned might just be me (or us) attempting to fill a vacuum with more intrigue than is warranted.
Whatever the case, the Bills still have to make roster decisions, and evaluating when these roster bubble players are on the field during the preseason and with whom they play alongside will help us gain further accuracy into our roster prediction. Let’s start with mine:
Quarterback – 2
Josh Allen
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Kyle Allen
Along with tight end, this room might be the easiest to predict.
Running Back – 4
James Cook
Ray Davis
Ty Johnson
Ben VanSumeran
The “tailback” part of this room seems highly likely to be run back with the same cast of characters as 2025. The question is twofold: 1. do they keep a full back and 2. who will it be? Given undrafted free agent Jackson Acker’s missed practice time and the Bills’ history of fullback usage under Joe Brady, I’m going with an affirmative answer alongside VanSumeran for this projection.
Wide Receiver – 6
DJ Moore
Khalil Shakir
Keon Coleman
Joshua Palmer
Skyler Bell
Trent Sherfield
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Moore, Shakir, Coleman, Palmer, and Bell seem to be the clear top five on the roster, though some rumblings (pun intended) of a Palmer release have started to percolate. Given the criticisms lobbied at the wide receiver room over the last few years, I’m going to leave him on this roster and assign the sixth spot to a proven special teams player (a necessary component of any sixth receiver).
Tight End – 3
Dalton Kincaid
Dawson Knox
Jackson Hawes
As I mentioned above, this one feels pretty simple.
Offensive Line – 10
Dion Dawkins
Alec Anderson
Connor McGovern
O’Cyrus Torrence
Spencer Brown
Austin Corbett
Tylan Grable
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Sedrick Van-Pran Granger
Jude Bowery
Lloyd Cushenberry
Regardless of the outcome of the Bills’ left guard competition, both Anderson and Corbett feel likely to make the roster. If the team decides to keep nine offensive linemen, Sedrick Van-Pran Granger and Lloyd Cushenberry are likely fighting it out for the final spot, but having veteran depth on the interior line feels worthy of a 10th spot.
Defensive Line – 7
TJ Sanders
Deone Walker
Ed Oliver
Landon Jackson
DeWayne Carter
Zane Durant
The Bills shiftin to a 3-4 front changes the math at defensive line compared to previous seasons, but having multiple 4i/5-tech players (Sanders/Oliver/Jackson/Durant) and multiple nose tackles (Carter and Walker, who will likely play in wider alignments as well) feels like the appropriate way to address the new scheme.
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Linebacker – 8
Gregory Rousseau
Dorian Williams
Terrel Bernard
Bradley Chubb
TJ Parker
Kaleb Elarms-Orr
Joe Andreessen
Mike Danna
Danna’s contract makes his placement on the team a likelihood, and Parker/Elarms-Orr are high enough draft picks to make their jobs safe in year one. Give Dorian Williams’ injury, Andreessen’s spot feels strongly held and this group feels like a likely outcome.
Cornerback – 6
Christian Benford
Maxwell Hairston
Davison Igbinosun
Dee Alford
Jordan Hancock
Toriano Pride Jr.
Flexibility is what gives the bottom three on this roster their staying power. Alford can play inside and outside, Hancock can play nickel or safety, and Pride can play inside and out.
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Safety – 5
CJ Gardner-Johnson
Cole Bishop
Jalen Kilgore
Geno Stone
Sam Franklin
Keeping five safeties instead of the historical four is a result of two items: 1. Sam Franklin is primarily a special teamer (and a good one at that) and 2. Jalen Kilgore is a rookie, which means Geno Stone, despite a modest contract, gets to stay and place the team one higher in the safety room than they usually are.
Specialists – 3
Reid Ferguson
Tommy Doman Jr.
Tyler Bass
When teams draft punters, they typically play them, which makes Doman Jr. the call here at punter.
…and that’s the way the cookie crumbles. I’m Bruce Nolan with Buffalo Rumblings. You can find me on Twitter and Instagram @BruceExclusive and look for new episodes of “The Bruce Exclusive” every Thursday on the Rumblings Cast Network — see more in my LinkTree!
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