Buffalo Bills depth chart
AFC East · updated Mon Oct 5
Week 5 (updated Mon Oct 5): the Bills depth chart lists Josh Allen at QB, James Cook III at RB, DJ Moore, Khalil Shakir and Keon Coleman at WR, Dalton Kincaid at TE and Tyler Bass at K.
Depth chart as of · injury tags for Week 5
What changed on the Bills depth chart
No new starters since . 7 backup moves are marked in the tables below.
Bills offense
Swipe for the backups
| Pos | Starter | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Josh Allen | Kyle Allen | ||
| RB | James Cook III | Ty Johnson ▲ Up | Ray Davis ▼ Down | |
| WR1 | DJ Moore | Joshua Palmer | Tyrell Shavers PUP | |
| WR2 | Khalil Shakir | Greg Dortch ▲ Up | ||
| WR3 | Keon Coleman | Skyler Bell ▼ Down | ||
| TE | Dalton Kincaid | Dawson Knox | Jackson Hawes | Keleki Latu |
| Offensive line | ||||
| LT | Dion Dawkins | Jude Bowry | ||
| LG | Alec Anderson | Austin Corbett | ||
| C | Connor McGovern | Lloyd Cushenberry III | ||
| RG | O'Cyrus Torrence | Ar'maj Reed-Adams | ||
| RT | Spencer Brown | Tylan Grable | ||
Bills defense
Swipe for the backups
| Pos | Starter | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| LDE | T.J. Sanders | Landon Jackson | |
| NT | Deone Walker | Greg Gaines | |
| RDE | Ed Oliver | DeWayne Carter | Zane Durant |
| WLB | Greg Rousseau | Michael Hoecht | Mike Danna |
| LILB | Dorian Williams | Kaleb Elarms-Orr | |
| RILB | Terrel Bernard | Joe Andreessen | |
| SLB | Bradley Chubb | TJ Parker | Javon Solomon |
| LCB | Christian Benford | Davison Igbinosun New | Dorian Strong |
| SS | Cole Bishop | Damar Hamlin | Jalon Kilgore |
| FS | C.J. Gardner-Johnson | Sam Franklin Jr. | |
| RCB | Maxwell Hairston | Te'Cory Couch New | Kani Walker New |
| NB | Dee Alford | Jordan Hancock |
Bills special teams
Swipe for the backups
| Pos | Starter | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K | Tyler Bass | |||
| P | Tommy Doman Jr. | |||
| PR | Greg Dortch | Dee Alford | Ray Davis | Khalil Shakir |
| KR | Greg Dortch | Ray Davis | Ty Johnson | |
| LS | Reid Ferguson |
Starters, backups and the marks
Each row is one spot in the formation, starter first and the backups in order behind him. The offense lists three wide receiver spots (WR1–WR3), so the first name in each is a starting receiver. The fantasy positions — quarterback, running back, receiver, tight end and kicker — are in purple, and a player with a page on this site links to it.
New starter, New, ▲ Up and ▼ Down compare this chart with the one from about a week earlier () , position by position: a receiver moved from one WR spot to another is not new.
Out, Doubtful and Questionable come from the team's official injury report for the week, and IR, PUP and the other reserve lists from nflverse's weekly rosters — the same availability every weekly board on the site uses. They cover the fantasy positions; a team's depth chart is often slower to change than its injury report.
A depth chart is the team's own ordering, not a snap count: a listed starter can still split the work. For who actually gets the ball, see the target share leaders and the handcuff rankings; for this week's statuses, the NFL injury report.
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