Bills forced to bring in emergency reinforcements just days before upcoming preseason game

Herndon is a versatile player who has shown flashes at both the boundary corner and slot corner throughout his career, while also getting more than a couple of snaps in as the deep safety. While playing primarily in the slot position for the Jaguars last season, Herndon had six pass breakups and 14 stops while generating a career-high seven pressures as a blitzer.

A Swiss-army knife of sorts, as Herndon's career snap counts show him all over the field.

• 1,495 at boundary corner
• 1,195 at slot corner
• 234 in the box
• 167 at deep safety
• 18 at the line of scrimmage

Welcome to Buffalo, Tre Herndon

The undrafted free agent out of Vanderbilt most recently played for the Saints in 2024 and was with the Jaguars from 2018-2023. Herndon has played in 84 games with 34 starts over his seven years in the league. Herndon also had brief stints with the Colts and the Giants.

With an already depleted unit at safety, the acquisition, if nothing else, will provide some key depth.

Both starting safeties for the Bills were unable to suit up for the team's first preseason game . With both Taylor Rapp and Cole Bishop participating in light drills for the team this morning, it's unclear when they'll be back at full health, hence the reinforcements.

His signing did have some members of the Bills Mafia scratching their heads. Does this mean either starting safety might be out for longer? Was there another injury at safety, or was this just the front office bringing in more bodies to compete?

Either way, with the regular season just a few short weeks away and injuries allowing others to rise to the occasion, it'll all be on Herndon on how much he can absorb of the defense and show out during his reps both in practice and in the upcoming preseason matchup against the Chicago Bears.

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