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Brandon Tate will be the Buffalo Bills returner in 2017

With Tuesday’s release of return man Rashad “The Rocket” Ross, a speedster brought in by the Buffalo Bills to challenge for return duties, it is clear that head coach Sean McDermott has total confidence in wide receiver/return specialist Brandon Tate to handle punt and kickoff return duties in 2017.

Tate led the Bills in both kickoff return yards and punt return yards in 2016. But despite proving himself as an asset on special teams, McDermott and the Bills signed Ross, a fourth-year wide receiver/return specialist out of Arizona State who earned his nickname thanks to his blistering speed (4.