Bills release K Stephen Hauschka, P Lachlan Edwards

The Buffalo Bills have released kicker Stephen Hauschka and punter Lachlan Edwards.

The Buffalo Bills have released kicker Stephen Hauschka and punter Lachlan Edwards, the team announced Thursday afternoon.

Perhaps the more notable cut, Hauschka initially joined Buffalo’s roster in the 2017 offseason. He was stellar in his first season, making 88% of his kicks for a Bills team that broke its long-standing playoff drought.

Hauschka struggled to maintain consistency, however, making just 78% of his field goal attempts in his second season with the Bills. Despite his shaky campaign, Buffalo’s brass maintained confidence in Hauschka, inking him to a two-year extension shortly before the start of the 2019 season.

Though the veteran kicker wasn’t necessarily a liability for the Bills in his third season with the team, he wasn’t automatic, either, again making just 78% of his kicks.

Buffalo added competition for Hauschka in the 2020 offseason in the form of Tyler Bass, a kicker out of Georgia Southern whom the Bills selected in the sixth-round of the 2020 draft. Bass, a 23-year-old with a cannon for a leg, apparently showed more promise than Hauschka in training camp, prompting the Bills to move on their stalwart at kicker.

The move gives Hauschka a bit more than two weeks to latch on with another team before the start of the regular season.

While Hauschka leaves Buffalo after a three-year stint, Edwards leaves after a one-week stay. The Bills signed the veteran punter on Aug. 19 to compete with Corey Bojorquez for the punting job. Though circumstances could change in the weeks leading up to the regular season, it looks as though Bojorquez is in line to hold onto his role as the team’s starting punter.

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