‘The two draft picks from 2022 will get their shots to be starters. Christian Benford was a sixth-round pick from Villanova. He won the battle last year, beating out top pick Kaiir Elam from Florida to start Week 1 — but Benford was hurt midway through the season and didn’t return. Elam showed flashes of why the Bills picked him in the first round, but he needs to be more consistent and stay away from penalties if he wants to be a starter in 2023.’
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Pittsford businesses prepare to host Bills fans during training camp
‘”I think it is gonna be busy a lot of bills fans come by and we have had players in the past come by it is definitely gonna be busy. It is hot this week so we are expecting but that is good for business and other local businesses around us,” said employee, Ian Bird.’
Mobile CPR training station to debut at Bills training camp
‘The interactive device guides users through the steps of CPR. Users can practice chest compressions and receive real-time feedback.’
Bills all-star kick returner Nyheim Hines is out for season due to knee injury
‘The news of the knee injury comes days before the first day of Bills training camp at St. John Fisher University.’
Ryan O’Halloran: If there is Diggs drama with Bills, it’s on McDermott to stop it
‘If Diggs can’t be reined in and the sideline blowups and leaving-the-locker-room-in-a-huff episodes continue – worsened by his unwillingness to regularly provide his thoughts to the media – this season could turn into a bleep show. Don’t give me this narrative locally of how Diggs should get a pass because he wants to win so badly and is ultra-competitive. Yuck.’
Bills’ Reid Ferguson takes Grills Mafia movement to new level with Cue 42 BBQ
‘“It came around pretty organically, probably in the spring of 2021 when I was home doing a lot of grilling,” Ferguson said. “I was in Buffalo for that offseason. We were expecting our first child. That’s when I got into the social media aspect, I’d post whenever I’d make something, fans in the Buffalo community started to cling onto it. I started using the hashtag a bunch. I started creating this little BBQ community of Bills fans. It’s kind of taken off. I get tagged in Grills Mafia pictures or videos or tweets and Instagram posts almost every day. It’s great to see how it’s taken off.”’
Bills missing early minority contracting goals on new stadium, upsetting Legislature leader
‘“I am, absolutely, just disgusted at their lack of transparency, at their ability to ignore the language in the legal document that the Buffalo Bills signed that says that they are accountable to outreach in a very specific way,” she said. “If they think that I’m going to stand for them submitting a bunch of waivers and ‘good faith effort’ when I have a laundry list of people who are sitting here saying, ‘We want to work. We just don’t know how we can figure it out,’ they are sadly mistaken.”’
Buffalo Bills training camp: Depth chart, and Sal Maiorana’s 53-man roster picks
‘Harris looks like the main backup with Hines perhaps earning a role as a pass catcher, but I think he’s going to be used primarily as the punt and kick returner. As for Murray, I’m going back and forth between keeping him or cutting him and adding him to the practice squad. In the past, the fourth RB has been Taiwan Jones who played only special teams, and Murray won’t do that. Gilliam should continue in his small role as the only fullback on the roster.’
Buffalo Bills’ 90-man roster by jersey number to start training camp
‘The Bills currently sit at the maximum 90 roster spots. This year the NFL has one cut date on Aug. 29 to reduce rosters to 53.’
Buffalo Bills working out former third round pick ahead of training camp
‘Sternberger, 27, was a third round pick of the Green Bay Packers in the 2019 NFL Draft. Sternberger appeared in 18 games over two seasons in Green Bay and recorded 12 receptions for 114 yards and one touchdown. He also scored a touchdown in the NFC Championship Game with the team in 2019. He was released by the Packers in 2021 after serving a two-game suspension for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy.’
One surprise Buffalo Bills cut candidate on offense and defense
‘Lawson has been strong against the run his entire career and has the ability to get after the quarterback so there’s a chance he makes the final roster, but with plenty of competition nothing is guaranteed for the veteran this summer.’
Bills training camp preview: Linebackers
‘Brandon Beane did not use a top asset to replace Edmunds, creating one of the best starting job battles in years for training camp. Tyrel Dodson is the veteran backup who’s been fairly capable in spot starts. After that, it’s a pair of third-round youngsters. Terrell Bernard was just ok in 110 defensive snaps as a rookie. Dorian Williams is this year’s day two hope. AJ Klein is also still around in case all of the above fails.’
What they’re saying | NFL analysts weigh in on biggest Bills’ camp storylines
‘With newcomers Latavius Murray and Damien Harris, there is no shortage of talent in the Bills’ running back room. According to The Athletic’s Joe Buscaglia, James Cook — who rushed 89 times for 507 yards last season — has the potential to be the lead back in an offense in need of a revamped rushing attack.;
‘It will be different’: Bills’ Sean McDermott on the spot as defensive play-caller
‘Translation: McDermott will call plays for the first time since 2016, and he is not just zagging in a zig-type world. He will attempt to achieve something historic in a season in which the Bills – following last year’s clunker of a finish in the playoffs against Cincinnati – are staring directly at a Super Bowl window that, each year, creaks a little closer to slamming shut. No pressure, Sean. “It will be different,” McDermott said. “It’s been a little bit since I’ve done it.”’
Your guide to all 90 players on the Bills’ training camp roster
‘Nyheim Hines: Bills’ top return man might have trouble getting snaps on offense.’