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Getty Images Bills cornerback E.J. Gaines is the latest player to opt out of the 2020 season. Gaines has informed the team he won’t be playing because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the team respects that, Bills G.M. Brandon Beane said today. “We want to win here. But the first part of winning...

Getty Images The Bills brought back all five starting offensive linemen this year, but they are going to need a new right guard anyway. Jon Feliciano started all 16 games at that position last season, but he’s not going to be available for a while. According to multiple reports, Feliciano had...

Getty Images NFL teams are going to have to be adaptable as they try to play the 2020 season amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the Bills showed one example of that adaptability on Thursday. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that the team sent their rookies home and conducted team meetings...

Getty Images The Bills have five players on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Two players, including one rookie, tested positive Thursday after three negative tests for each, Marcel Louis-Jacques of ESPN reports. That’s what prompted the team to send everyone home for virtual meetings Thursday. The...

Getty Images Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley isn’t quite ready to get on the field. The Bills announced that Beasley has been placed on the non-football injury list on Wednesday. An upper back injury was given as the reason for the move. Beasley won’t be able to practice until he’s off the...

Getty Images The Jaguars claimed offensive lineman Garrett McGhin off waivers from the Bills, the team announced Tuesday. McGhin originally signed with the Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2019. He spent training camp and the preseason with Buffalo but did not make the roster. The Panthers...

Getty Images As big names and big bodies continue to fill the opt out list, the Bills suddenly have a big hole to fill. According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, Bills defensive tackle Star Lotulelei has opted out for the season. Lotulelei was due to make a guaranteed $4.5 million this year...

Getty Images The Bills placed rookie defensive back Isaiah Brown on the reserve/COVID-19 list, according to the league transactions report. The league now lists 24 players from 14 teams on the list. Brown signed as an undrafted free agent out of Florida International. He made 12 starts last...

Getty Images LeSean McCoy won a ring last season with the Chiefs, though he was inactive for the Super Bowl. He wants to win another. That’s his desire to continue his career. McCoy, 32, remains a free agent but expects to have a job this season. “Right now, I’m just talking to a couple of...

Getty Images The current New York state guidelines for professional sports amid the COVID-19 pandemic call for no fans in the stands for games, but the Bills haven’t given up hope that things will change. The team posted a letter they sent to season ticket holders to their website on Thursday...

Getty Images Bills defensive tackle Ed Oliver had all charges stemming from his May arrest in the Houston area dismissed. “The charges against Ed Oliver are being dismissed by the district attorney in Montgomery County [because of] the lack of evidence,” Houston attorney Gary Patterson told...

Getty Images News that all charges against Ed Oliver were dismissed prompted an “I told you so” from the defensive lineman on social media and a statement of support from the Bills. “We are pleased with the ruling today regarding Ed Oliver,” the Bills’ statement reads. “We supported and worked...

Getty Images Several NFL players took to Twitter around noon Eastern on Sunday to blast the NFL for what the players say is the lack of a coherent plan to keep them healthy while having a safe and successful season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In tweets that were obviously part of a coordinated...

Getty Images After the Bills’ postseason loss in January, linebacker Lorenzo Alexander said he was retiring. Now he’s not so sure. Alexander told Pat McAfee that if the Bills are in playoff contention and they find that they have a need for him, he would be open to discussing a mid-season...

Getty Images Lorenzo Alexander is retired from the Bills (for now), but he remains a member of the NFL Players Association executive board, and he says players — plus coaches and other staffers — need to be tested for COVID-19 every single day if the season is going to be played safely...

Getty Images Baseball’s plan for a truncated season has hit an unexpected hurdle. Canada’s lone MLB team won’t be permitted to play in Toronto this year, because Canada has declined to allow it. “Unlike preseason training, regular-season games would require repeated cross-border travel of...

Getty Images New Era Field is out. A new name will be adopted for the stadium in which the Bills play. Erie County executive Mark Poloncarz, whose name comes up whenever issues regarding public financing for the venue emerge, has expressed a preference: “Veterans Stadium.” “Now that the...

Getty Images The New Era era is old news in Buffalo. Via the Buffalo News, the Bills and the hat and apparel company have agreed to terminate the naming-rights relationship at the team’s stadium. “The Buffalo Bills and New Era Cap Company jointly announce that New Era has asked to be released...

Getty Images With the presence of fans in stadiums still very much of a question, another important (or sometimes more important) component is in danger as well. According to Derek Gee of the Buffalo News, the Orchard Park Town Board discussed how to regulate what has become known as one of...

Getty Images Negotiations between the NFL and NFL Players Association regarding the safety protocols that will be in place for training camp and the regular season are set to continue on Wednesday and one of many things being discussed is the use of face shields on helmets. Oakley has...