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Ralph Ventre covers the Buffalo Bills for Sports Illustrated, tracking roster moves, practice squad decisions, and player availability through the preseason and into the regular season.
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Is Ralph Ventre accurate? Across 13 graded calls in 5 articles, Ralph Ventre scores 60% accuracy and a MissedTakes Score of -69.8, which means their calls were worse than a naive guess on the same claims. That is a provisional record, fewer than ten graded articles, so the numbers are not yet meaningful and they are not ranked on the leaderboard.
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Christian Benford to make the roster
“In all likelihood, however, they'll need to add a cornerback to the 53-man roster this week. Whether it's an external addition or a current practice squad member, Buffalo may have to move Benford to IR in order to create a spot.”
Greg Dortch to make the roster
“In all likelihood, the Bills will call up Greg Dortch from the practice squad to handle punt return duties.”
Sam Franklin Jr. to make the roster
“Special teams ace Sam Franklin's spot is safe... received veteran roster lock treatment as an inactive on Thursday.”
Joe Andreessen to make the roster
“Third-year backup linebacker Joe Andreessen faced some uncertainty over the offseason, but it turns out that he apparently remains in his hometown team's plans... it's likely a sign that he locked up his roster spot”
Damar Hamlin to make the roster
“his experience has paid dividends this summer, and he's trending toward earning one of four safety spots.”
Javon Solomon to make the roster
“These four Bills' backups appear safe come cutdown day ... He has since, however, made a strong case as to why Buffalo needs to keep him.”
Joe Andreessen to make the roster
“Only days away from the cutdown deadline, it appears as if Andreessen is safe.”
Ty Johnson to make the roster
“These four Bills' backups appear safe come cutdown day, especially after listening to what head coach Joe Brady and defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard had to say about them. ... RB Ty Johnson”
Khalil Shakir to make the roster
“With DJ Moore, Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman, Joshua Palmer and fourth-round rookie Skyler Bell seemingly destined for roster spots”
Skyler Bell to make the roster
“fourth-round rookie Skyler Bell seemingly destined for roster spots”
Keon Coleman to make the roster
“With DJ Moore, Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman, Joshua Palmer and fourth-round rookie Skyler Bell seemingly destined for roster spots”
Josh Palmer to make the roster
“With DJ Moore, Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman, Joshua Palmer and fourth-round rookie Skyler Bell seemingly destined for roster spots”
DJ Moore to make the roster
“With DJ Moore, Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman, Joshua Palmer and fourth-round rookie Skyler Bell seemingly destined for roster spots”