ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Bills open training camp Wednesday at One Bills Drive in Orchard Park, New York. The Bills finished the 2020 season with a 13-3 record, which produced their first AFC East championship since 1995. A deep playoff run led them to the AFC Championship Game, where they fell to the Kansas City Chiefs.
Buffalo returns 20 starters from last season's team, as well as coach Sean McDermott, defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier, offensive coordinator Brian Daboll and special teams coordinator Heath Farwell. Here's a 53-man roster projection.
QUARTERBACK (3): Josh Allen, Mitchell Trubisky, Jake Fromm
Allen established himself as one of the best quarterbacks in the league last season, and Trubisky gives Buffalo perhaps the league's best backup quarterback with 50 starts under his belt from his time with the Chicago Bears. Fromm has a ways to go before he's relied upon as a primary backup, but his status as a fifth-round pick last year earns him a roster spot.
RUNNING BACK (4): Zack Moss, Devin Singletary, Taiwan Jones, Matt Breida
The Bills are committed to the Singletary-Moss tandem, and adding Breida gives them a potential home run element that neither Moss nor Singletary provides. Jones is a special teams ace who is unlikely to see many snaps on offense.
WIDE RECEIVER (6): Stefon Diggs, Emmanuel Sanders, Cole Beasley, Gabriel Davis, Isaiah Hodgins, Isaiah McKenzie
Diggs is one of the five best wide receivers in the league and should be Buffalo's No. 1 target in 2021. Beasley, Sanders and Davis will make it difficult for defenses to key on Diggs, and Hodgins offers unmatched size. McKenzie should have a gadget role on offense and also make an impact on special teams.
TIGHT END (3): Dawson Knox, Jacob Hollister, Tommy Sweeney
The Bills are expecting a big season from Knox, but brought in Hollister to add competition to the room. Sweeney also returns after a foot injury and myocarditis ended his 2020 season before it began.
OFFENSIVE LINE (9): Dion Dawkins, Cody Ford, Mitch Morse, Jon Feliciano, Daryl Williams, Spencer Brown, Tommy Doyle, Forrest Lamp, Ryan Bates
Buffalo spent three draft picks on offensive linemen this year -- Brown, Doyle and Jack Anderson. Brown and Doyle are in position to make the roster as backup tackles, with Anderson likely beginning the season on the practice squad. Dawkins, Ford, Morse, Feliciano and Williams represent the Bills' best five linemen, but injuries kept the group from playing a single snap together in 2020. Bates and Lamp are versatile interior linemen.
DEFENSIVE LINE (10): Jerry Hughes, Mario Addison, Gregory Rousseau, Carlos Basham Jr., Darryl Johnson, AJ Epenesa, Star Lotulelei, Harrison Phillips, Ed Oliver, Vernon Butler
The defensive line was a focal point for the Bills this offseason as they spent their first two picks on ends Rousseau and Basham. Those two, along with 2020 second-round pick Epenesa, are locks to make the roster. Veterans Hughes and Addison are entering the final year of their contracts and likely their final years in Buffalo, but both have a role on the 2021 team as situational pass-rushers and locker-room leaders for what is an otherwise young group of ends. Oliver will celebrate the return of the space-eating Lotulelei, whose presence should open rushing lanes for him that weren't there in 2020. Butler and Phillips round out the deepest defensive line Buffalo has had under GM Brandon Beane.
LINEBACKER (5): Tremaine Edmunds, Matt Milano, A.J. Klein, Tyler Matakevich, Tyrel Dodson
Milano earned a hefty payday this offseason and lines up next to Edmunds (who should receive a contract extension of his own soon) for the third straight season. Klein started slow but played a valuable role when Milano was injured last season, and Matakevich is a special teams contributor. Dodson is a young player who proved to be reliable when called upon early last season.
CORNERBACK (6): Tre'Davious White, Levi Wallace, Dane Jackson, Rachad Wildgoose, Taron Johnson, Siran Neal
White is a perennial Pro Bowler and Wallace returns as a three-year starter. Jackson, a seventh-round pick in 2020, made plays when his number was called last season and could challenge Wallace for the starting job opposite White. Johnson is the team's starting nickel cornerback and entering the final year of his contract. Wildgoose, a sixth-round pick in 2021, will compete with Cam Lewis for the job behind Johnson. Neal, a converted safety, is a special teams star.
SAFETY (4): Micah Hyde, Jordan Poyer, Jaquan Johnson, Damar Hamlin
Hyde and Poyer are one of the NFL's best safety tandems. Johnson, a sixth-round pick in 2019, is a versatile playmaker behind Poyer, and the rookie Hamlin should play a hybrid role as a depth option and special teams contributor.
SPECIALISTS (3): Tyler Bass, Reid Ferguson, Matt Haack
Buffalo made Ferguson the highest-paid long-snapper in the league this offseason, and punter Haack joins the team after four seasons with the Miami Dolphins. Bass set a franchise record for points scored during his rookie season last season and has the leg strength to be successful through the windy Buffalo winters.