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Power rankings: Bills start to fall out of top-10s

Power rankings: #Bills start to fall out of top-10s:

The Buffalo Bills lost against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday Night Football in Week 9.

Following every week, national media across the country rank all 32 NFL teams based on their performance in the current season.

These are combined into a power ranking poll where fans of one team can see how their team stacks up season compared to other teams.

Bills Wire has collected several power rankings polls from national media outlets for to see how well (or unwell) Buffalo is being viewed in the eyes of the national press.

Check out how the Bills ranked in national media power rankings following the team’s defeat against the Bengals:

Josh Allen briefly limps off at Bills training camp, but returns

Josh knows how to worry #BillsMafia the past few days:

Josh Allen sure knows how to keep Buffalo Bills fans worried during the past few days of training camp.

During the fifth day of camp, the Bills put pads on and had full hitting for the first time this summer. Buffalo’s offense called a trick play during that Monday session and one particular snap called for Allen to run out as a receiver.

Sounds fun, ended bad.

Defensive back Taron Johnson got a hit on Allen and the quarterback got up a bit slowly… but was all right in the end. The two hugged it out, even.

On Tuesday, another scare from Allen.

According to multiple reports including The Athletic, Allen briefly limped off after a play during team drills. The QB was reportedly looking at his right leg with the athletic training staff… but he was cleared in the end:

After returning, Allen reportedly did not miss any other snaps. The Bills could keep him out as a precautionary, but at this time, he’s evidently OK enough to stay out on the field.

Bills Wire will provide any updates, if required.

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Former Bills WR Tanner Gentry signs with Toronto Argonauts

Former #Bills WR Tanner Gentry signs with Toronto Argonauts:

The Buffalo Bills have lost a depth wide receiver to the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL.

The team announced the signing of Tanner Gentry on Tuesday. Gentry posted the update himself on his social media account on Twitter and said “new chapter” regarding the update:

Gentry, 28, has spent parts of the past two seasons in Buffalo. In college, Gentry played alongside Bills quarterback Josh Allen at Wyoming. He went on to sign with the Chicago Bears following the 2017 NFL draft, the year before Allen was a first-round pick by Buffalo.

During his time in Buffalo, Gentry was on the practice squad. He was active for three games in 2022 but did not record a catch and only had one target.

Gentry’s position on the Bills practice squad was considered to be due to his close relationship with Allen. But with Gentry not venturing far up to Toronto, the two won’t be too far apart.

Because of Gentry’s final standing in 2022 as a member of the taxi squad, he was able to sign in the CFL prior to the start of free agency in March.

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Bills restructure Dion Dawkins’ contract, free salary cap space

#Bills restructure Dion Dawkins’ contract, free salary cap space:

General manager Brandon Beane slid a little nugget into his press conference this week about reconstructing someone’s contract en route. Now we have our answer.

On Thursday, the Bills reworked the deal of offensive lineman Dion Dawkins.

According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, Beane has dusted off his “ol’ faithful.” Once again, the Bills converted salary dollars on Dawkins’ contract to a signing bonus. That freed up $5.6 million in cap space for the Bills.

It’s a move that Beane has pulled off with contract reconstructions in the past to help free up cap space.

Following the changes, the Bills now have approximately $10.1M in cap space with the 2022 NFL regular season around the corner, per Spotrac.

In August 2020, Dawkins signed a four-year extension.

In recent weeks, Buffalo has had headlines connecting the team to free agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr… mostly because of pass rusher Von Miller. The wideout is still recovering from an ACL injury so he most likely won’t be signed by anyone in the NFL for a bit.

Regardless, the Bills typically do not free up salary cap in an effort to make specific moves right before a season.

In years past, Beane has wanted his team to have some flexibility on the cap when a season starts just in case something were to happen and a move would be needed.

Eventually that could be Beckham, but it likely will not be imminent.

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