Key Takeaways

• The Bills executed a player-for-player roster swap by elevating Anthony Kendall from the practice squad to the active 53-man roster and releasing edge defender Mike Danna to clear a spot.
• Danna, a two-time Super Bowl champion with Kansas City, had been inactive for three of the first four games and logged eight defensive snaps in Week 2 when Ed Oliver was injured pregame.
• Kendall joined Buffalo in training camp and has 16 NFL games of experience from the 2023 season with the Tennessee Titans; he is a 26-year-old who played at Baldwin Wallace University (Division III) and earned 2022 DIII All-America honors.
• The move comes as the Bills contend with a banged-up secondary: top cornerback Christian Benford returned from an injury, but slot corner Dee Alford missed Week 4 with an ankle issue, nickel backup Jordan Hancock is on IR, and Te'Cory Couch is also banged up.
• Kendall appeared on the active game-day roster and recorded his first defensive snaps in the second quarter of Monday night’s game, his first live NFL regular-season action since December 31, 2023, when he had one tackle and 23 special-teams snaps for the Titans against the Texans.
• Head coach Joe Brady had indicated such roster flexibility exists to address injuries, suggesting Kendall’s promotion is tied to immediate injury-related contingencies and that Danna could be reinserted on a practice-squad basis if needed.