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The Buffalo Bills have begun releasing players to reduce their 91-man summer roster down to the initial 53-man roster mandated by the NFL for Week 1 of the regular season. The moves Buffalo’s front office needs to make in order to be compliant must be completed by Sunday, August 30 at 6 p.m. EDT. Buffalo Bills roster cuts tracker, 2026 The Buffalo Bills must reduce their 91-man roster by a total of 38 players to meet the NFL’s 53-man mandate by August 30. Every NFL team’s 53-man roster is a constantly moving target, given the nature of the game. So while a player may not make it onto the Bills’ initial 53-man roster for Week 1, a release now doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the end of the road for many of these guys. There’s always potential for a player to return to Buffalo as part of the team’s practice squad. Add in the unfortunate injury reality, and it’s worth keeping a lot of the names below fresh in your mind as the season goes on. It’s one of the toughest points of the season for front offices and coaches, where it’s less about parting ways due to inability and more about choosing carefully due to roster constraints. Will Buffalo’s leadership group headed up by president of football operations/general manager Brandon Beane make the right moves that take them over the hump? The oddsmakers at FanDuel Sportsbook believe that to be true, currently listing the Bills with the best odds of making the playoffs in the AFC (-330), and the second-best odds (+1000) of winning Super Bowl LXI. Those are pretty lofty expectations for a team being led by a first-time NFL head coach in Joe Brady and a first-time NFL defensive coordinator in Jim Leonhard. The reason those odds exist is because of quarterback Josh Allen. Buffalo Bills’ current roster Quarterback Josh Allen Kyle Allen Shane Buechele Running Back James Cook III Ray Davis Frank Gore Jr. Ty Johnson Ben VanSumeren (FB) Ian Wheeler Wide Receiver Skyler Bell (R) Keon Coleman Stephen Gosnell Mecole Hardman Jr. Ja’Mori Maclin (R) DJ Moore Joshua Palmer Dante Pettis Khalil Shakir Tyrell Shavers (Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform) Trent Sherfield Quentin Skinner Max Tomczak (R) Tight End Jackson Hawes Dalton Kincaid Dawson Knox Keleki Latu Shane Zylstra Offensive Tackle Spencer Brown Dion Dawkins Chase Lundt Jude Bowry (T/G) Tylan Grable (T/G) Interior OL Lloyd Cushenberry (C) Sincere Haynesworth (C) Alec Anderson (C/G) Connor McGovern (C/G) Sedrick Van Pran-Granger (C/G) Nick Broeker (G) Bruno Fina (G) (R) Ar’maj Reed-Adams (G) O’Cyrus Torrence (G) Da’Metrius Weatherspoon (G) Austin Corbett (G/C) Defensive Line DeWayne Carter Travis Clayton (International Pathway Program) Zane Durant (R) Greg Gaines Landon Jackson Zion Logue Phidarian Mathis Ed Oliver T.J. Sanders Deone Walker Outside Linebacker/Edge Rusher Bradley Chubb Mike Danna Cade Denhoff (R) Michael Hoecht Andre Jones Jr. TJ Parker (R) Greg Rousseau Inside Linebacker Joe Andreessen Terrel Bernard Jimmy Ciarlo Kaleb Elarms-Orr (R) Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (Reserve/Injured) Theron Gaines Keonta Jenkins Otis Reese IV Dorian Williams Cornerback Dee Alford Christian Benford Te’Cory Couch Jordan Dunbar (R) Sam Franklin Jr. Maxwell Hairston Jordan Hancock Davison Igbinosun (R) Anthony Kendall D.J. Miller Toriano Pride Jr. (R) Dorian Strong (Reserve/Non-Football Injury) Kani Walker (R) Safety Cole Bishop C.J. Gardner-Johnson Damar Hamlin Jalon Kilgore (R) Wande Owens Geno Stone Specialists K Tyler Bass LS Reid Ferguson P Tommy Doman Jr. (R) Mitch Wishnowsky Think you’ve got what it takes to make a play with the Buffalo Bills in 2026? Head over to FanDuel Sportsbook now to put it to the test!