The Bills are going heavy at quarterback and kicking specialist and a little short at wide receiver in order to get the roster down to the 53 man limit by the Friday deadline. With still more than a week before the opening game at the Jets, the Bills have decided to keep both Tyler Thigpen and Tarvaris Jackson behind starter Ryan Fitzpatrick at quarterback. In a bit of a surprise, all the wide receiver past the top 4 of Stevie Johnson, Donald Jones, David Nelson and TJ Graham have been released. For the moment Brad Smith is both a 5th receiver and a 4th quarterback. Veteran defensive lineman Dwan Edwards was also released.
Here are the names of the players released on Friday
WR Kamar Aiken OL Mark Asper TE Kevin Brock RB Zach Brown
LB Tank Carder OL James Carmon WR Marcus Easley DE Robert Eddins DT Dwan Edwards DT Jarron Gilbert DB Isaiah Green | WR Derek Hagan DT Kellen Heard WR Ruvell Martin LB Scott McKillop P Shawn Powell WR Naaman Roosevelt DB Nick Saenz OL David Snow RB Johnny White OL Keith Williams |
