Archives for July 5, 2024

‘Do the Bills trust him to play safety in a backup role, but more importantly, be a core special-teamer? They didn’t last year. He appeared in only five regular-season/playoff games and played 17 defensive snaps and 94 special-teams snaps. The Bills released Jordan Poyer in March, and Micah Hyde remains unsigned, but they re-signed Taylor Rapp (last year’s third safety), added veteran Mike Edwards from Kansas City and drafted Utah’s Cole Bishop in the second round. Plus, Cam Lewis has the versatility to play safety and nickel. Hamlin is obviously an inspirational story after returning to play after going into cardiac arrest on the field in January 2023, but he needs a good camp to earn a roster spot.’

‘In the six decades since, Booker has emerged as one of Buffalo’s foremost citizens. Though he was born in Arkansas, on July 5, 1939, and grew up in Illinois, he is by now Buffalo to the bone. He’s been an administrator of Erie County’s CETA employment program, director of equity and diversity at Erie Community College, and a leader of the Buffalo Bills Alumni Foundation while it raised more than $2.7 million for a range of local causes.’