The Bills will have several new faces at the receiver position in 2024 with Gabe Davis having departed in free agency and Stefon Diggs expectedly being traded away. Training camp will prove to be a crucial point in the offseason as Buffalo looks to rebuild its WR depth chart. 
Plenty of uncertainty remains regarding the final roster spots, and performances this summer will dictate who survives final cuts. Before camp opens, however, a shortlist of wideouts can be considered locks to make the Bills. As ESPN’s Alaina Getzenberg writes, returnee Khalil Shakir, free agent addition Curtis Samuel and second-round rookie Keon Coleman fall into that category.
Shakir is the only receiver currently on the roster who has caught a pass from Josh Allen in his career. The 24-year-old has operated in a rotational capacity to date, although his 15.8 yards per catch average suggests he could establish himself as a notable vertical threat in Buffalo’s passing game. Samuel has much more experience – 91 games, 58 starts – during his time with the Panthers and Commanders, although he has generally served in a complementary role.
Samuel, 27, has recorded more than 656 yards only once in his career (2020). He could manage to match or exceed his career-best 851 yards during his tenure in Buffalo if it includes starting duties, though. The former second-rounder signed a three-year deal with a base value of $24MM in March, so he will be expected to serve as a consistent producer for the Bills.
Coleman’s addition came about after Buffalo traded out of the first round. Allen supported the decision to draft the Florida State alum, whose size (6-4, 210 pounds) and jump-ball skills make him an intriguing prospect. Regardless of how he, Samuel and Shakir fare, second-year tight end Dalton Kincaid and lead running back James Cook are of course in line for an uptick in targets in 2024.
To little surprise, Getzenberg adds that Marquez Valdes-Scantling can also be considered a roster lock. The former Packers and Chiefs speedster joined the Bills on a one-year deal after dining with Allen. Valdes-Scantling has struggled with drops during his career, but he will provide Buffalo with a known commodity in the pass-catching corps during a season in which uncertainty is present.
Other wideouts like Mack Hollins, Chase Claypool, KJ Hamler and Andy Isabella are also in place to compete for a roster spot. Their performances over the course of the summer will be worth watching, but the bulk of Buffalo’s receiver room is in place based on where things currently stand.
When your QB is your best RB, you’re screwed. Simple as that. No balance at all in the Bill’s O.
Josh would be the “best RB” on more than half the teams in the NFL right now
Salary lot cheaper also
Do you really want your QB to be your best RB? I’d hope not.
You’re application to join the Bobby Douglass fan club has officially been denied…lol.
Latest on Bills WR situation: They have no wide receivers.
Perhaps they can work a deal with Denver for Sutton – as Denver is only planning on winning 4 games this year.
Watch defenses implode this year as they don’t know who to cover and get burned as their schemes fail bc no one has any idea who will receive the targets. Tom Brady made a Hall of Fame career out of doing the very same thing.
One game the TE’s go off, another the backs out of the backfield, the next the slot and do on.
Not having a “number 1” receiver not takes the burden of having to feed him the ball to keep him happy
Three years ago Allen lead the league with the most touchdowns to different receivers/TE/Eligible OL etc
Will be a fun season to watch as defenses get exposed
Yeah, Jerry Rice proved how foolish it is to have a number 1 receiver. No chance of succeeding if a team takes that approach.
Never said it was foolish to have a #1 WR, what I did comment on was the difficulty defending very good WR’s with no clear cut devotion of targets that coordinators must account for. Also the TE’s Know and Kincaid are excellent ball catchers not WR’s, and then add the RB’s with good hands
That’s was the comment so either agree or disagree