The season hasn’t started, and it’s already over for defensive tackle DeWayne Carter.
Jordan Schultz reports that the second-year backup tore his Achilles and will miss the season. The Bills still list Carter on their roster, but Carter confirmed on social media that his season was done.
On Instagram, Carter posted a photo of himself in a hospital bed with the caption: “God doesn’t make mistakes. I’ll be back. Thank you for all of the prayers and well wishes! John 13:7.”
Carter, a third-round pick in 2024, missed five games last season with a wrist injury and appeared in 11, making 14 tackles.
The Bills will be without veteran defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi the first six games as he serves a suspension for violating the NFL’s performance enhancing substances policy.
Four weeks ago tomorrow, Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons asked to be traded. Cowboys owner and G.M. Jerry Jones shrugged it off as a negotiation tactic.
He’s reportedly not shrugging now.
ESPN reports that “several teams” have spoken to the Dallas Cowboys about a potential Parsons trade. And, for the first time, the Cowboys “appear willing to at least listen.”
Adam Schefter of ESPN.com adds that the Cowboys “would like to resolve the situation, one way or the other, in the coming days.”
If nothing else, trade talks coupled with, potentially, a new offer could bring the situation to a head. Maybe Parsons decides to take the best offer and stay. Or maybe he embraces a new team, even if it will be short handed in the near future, due to whatever they give up to get him.
Presumably, a Parsons trade package would include multiple first-round picks. And the new team would have to pay him upwards of $45 million per year in annual new money on an extension.
The Cowboys also could be inclined to ship Parsons, if anywhere, to an AFC team. The Packers have been linked to Parsons; the Cowboys should want to not have to compete with his team for playoff spots and/or seeding.
In the AFC, if teams like the Bills and Ravens are serious about catching the Chiefs, both should be burning up the phone lines to get a deal done. The Chargers and Broncos would also be intriguing destinations.
Or the Chiefs could get involved, if only to keep a rival from getting one of the best defensive players in the league.
The NFL and Nike have found a new way to get fans to buy merchandise in the form of new “Rivalries Uniforms,” the first eight of which have been unveiled today.
The AFC East and NFC West teams will wear newly designed “Rivalries” uniforms once this season, always in a home game against a division rival. More “Rivalries” uniforms will be unveiled during the 2026, 2027 and 2028 season until all 32 teams have worn them, and they’ll become part of the regular uniform rotation, in addition to teams’ existing alternate uniforms.
The NFL and Nike will begin selling the “Rivalries” apparel on September 10, and they’re all being displayed by Nike here.
The schedule for the debut appearances of the eight “Rivalries” games is as follows:
Arizona Cardinals: Sept. 25 vs. Seattle Seahawks
Miami Dolphins: Sept. 29 vs. New York Jets
Buffalo Bills: Oct. 5 vs. New England Patriots
New England Patriots: Nov. 13 vs. New York Jets
Los Angeles Rams: Nov. 16 vs. Seattle Seahawks
New York Jets: Dec. 7 vs. Miami Dolphins
Seattle Seahawks: Dec. 18 vs. Los Angeles Rams
San Francisco 49ers: Jan. 4, 2026, vs. Seattle Seahawks
Veteran safety Jordan Poyer said this offseason that the fantasy ending to his career would be a return to Buffalo. He’s getting his wish.
Poyer is signing with the Bills today, his agents told Jordan Schultz.
The 34-year-old Poyer played for the Bills from 2017 through 2023 and now will get a second shot in Buffalo in what could be his final NFL season. He was a first-team All-Pro in 2021 with the Bills and was a team captain and leader of their defense.
After originally entering the NFL as a seventh-round pick of the Eagles in 2013, Poyer was waived during his rookie season and claimed on waivers by Cleveland, where he stayed with the Browns through 2016. After his seven-year stint with the Bills, Poyer played in Miami in 2024.
Last year Poyer started 16 games for the Dolphins, and the Bills will expect him to contribute right away despite missing all of the offseason. Poyer knows the defense, knows his coaches and knows his teammates, and he should be able to fit right in.
Bills head coach Sean McDermott said recently that it will be a while before cornerback Maxwell Hairston will be able to return from a knee injury and we learned on Tuesday that the first-round pick will miss at least four games.
Hairston was placed on injured reserve with a designation to return as part of the team’s cuts on Tuesday. Offensive lineman Tylan Grable also landed on the list.
The Bills also expect to get defensive linemen Michael Hoecht and Larry Ogunjobi back. Both players are on the suspended list and are eligible to return in Week 8.
In addition to the previously reported cuts of quarterbacks Shane Buechele and Mike White, the Bills also waived or released running back Frank Gore Jr.; wide receivers Deon Cain, Stephen Gosnell, K.J. Hamler, Laviska Shenault, and Kristian Wilkerson; tight ends Zach Davidson and Keleki Latu; offensive linemen Jacob Bayer, Travis Clayton, Mike Edwards, Dan Feeney, Richard Gouraige, and Kendrick Green; defensive linemen Paris Shand, Marcus Harris, Zion Logue, Jordan Phillips, and Casey Rogers; linebackers Jimmy Ciarlo, Keonta Jenkins, and Edefuan Ulofoshio; and defensive backs Daequan Hardy, Dane Jackson, and Darrick Forrest.
