It’s only on paper and certainly not official, but if you’re a Buffalo Bills fan hoping rookie C.J. Spiller will see plenty of action in his first regular season NFL game, it looks promising.
Bills.com has listed the “unofficial” team depth chart. Sitting first on the list of running backs is Spiller. Both Fred Jackson and Marshawn Lynch are listed as second teamers.
The team’s website also lists Spiller as the first kick returner and backup punt returner to Roscoe Parrish.
At the end of the day, especially just a Monday, the listed depth chart doesn’t mean a lot. Having versatile veterans like Lynch and assuming his hand is good enough to go, Jackson waiting on the sideline may shorten Spiller’s leash some. But we all knew coming into this season that Buddy Nix didn’t use the ninth overall pick of the draft on Spiller to be a gadget type of player.
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I spoke to recently released Buffalo Bills running back Andre Anderson Sunday night, and he told me that he is going to join the Cleveland Browns practice squad.
Considering most people expected either Ryan Fitzpatrick or Brian Brohm to be the odd man out among Bills quarterbacks, it was at least semi-surprising to see Levi Brown get released by the team on Saturday as they got down to the 53-man roster limit. After initially being taken back by the move it appeared a certainty he’d spend a season on the team’s practice squad, assuming he wasn’t claimed by another team.
A wrap up for this past weekend’s high school football openers:
