The Buffalo Bills do in fact keep seven wide receivers
There was speculation all throughout training camp and the preseason that the Buffalo Bills were going to keep seven wide receivers. The performance of Jake Kumerow and Marquez Stevenson, with his ability on kick/punt returns, could not be ignored. Especially Stevenson after his punt return against the Bears.
Keeping seven wide receivers isn’t something that the Bills usually do. It is quite uncommon around the NFL as a whole.
There was certainly some competition for the sixth, and apparently seventh spot on the receiver depth chart in Buffalo. Isaiah Hodgins, Steven Sims, and Tanner Gentry were all players that were looking to crack the 53 man roster.
Hodgins is an especially tough player to let go due to his upside as a red zone threat that he flashed at Oregon State. If he does not sign on somewhere else, the Bills should absolutely bring him back to the practice squad.
The Bills have one of the deepest wide receiver corps in the entire NFL, and arguments could be made that Hodgins, Sims, and Gentry should all be on NFL rosters. It speaks to the depth of the position that Buffalo’s hand was forced into keeping seven wide receivers on the initial 53 man roster.