The Buffalo Bills were required to cut their roster down to 81 players by 4:00pm Tuesday afternoon. To meet that requirement, they released five players from their roster, the team has announced. The players removed were LB Tyrell Adams, OL Tyler Gauthier, TE Bug Howard, WR Lance Lenoir, and S Tariq Thompson.
Adams is the biggest surprise of the bunch. He signed a one year, $1.13 million contract with the Bills this offseason. Adams had 125 tackles in 12 starts last season for the Houston Texans, but didn’t distinguish himself in practice or games when compared against other players like Tyrel Dodson, Joe Giles-Harris, and Andre Smith.