Over the past month or so, we've been busy breaking down the Buffalo Bills' roster on a position-by-position basis. Dubbed our State of the Bills Roster series, we've taken a look at all 87 players currently with the team, excluding veteran linebacker Reggie Torbor, whose signing last week followed our breakdown of the team's linebackers by several days. (Rian Lindell, Brian Moorman and Garrison Sanborn were not covered, either; all three are high-quality performers and locks to be members of the 2010 Bills.)
Click the link above, or click here, for every State of the Bills Roster post that's run here, in the event that you're playing catch-up.
It's entirely too early for roster projections, considering it's only June 8, but I thought it'd be fitting to conclude this iteration of the series with my first official projection of the summer. By the time early September rolls around and football is right around the corner, you'll be bored stupid with this type of post, anyway, so I'll get this in while the getting's good. After the jump, you'll find the projection; it's a relatively safe and straightforward projection, but if you have questions or comments, I'll address all of them in the comments section.
| Pos. | # | Starter | # | Backup | # | Reserve |
| WR | 84 | James Hardy | 13 | Steve Johnson | ||
| LT | 77 | Demetrius Bell | 69 | Jamon Meredith | 71 | Ed Wang |
| LG | 67 | Andy Levitre | ||||
| C | 63 | Geoff Hangartner | ||||
| RG | 70 | Eric Wood | 60 | Kyle Calloway | ||
| RT | 74 | Cornell Green | 73 | Kirk Chambers | ||
| TE | 89 | Shawn Nelson | 82 | Michael Matthews | 80 | Derek Schouman |
| WR | 83 | Lee Evans | 11 | Roscoe Parrish | 81 | Marcus Easley |
| QB | 5 | Trent Edwards | 4 | Brian Brohm | 10 | Levi Brown |
| RB | 22 | Fred Jackson | 21 | C.J. Spiller | 23 | Marshawn Lynch |
| FB | 38 | Corey McIntyre | ||||
| LE | 99 | Marcus Stroud | 92 | Alex Carrington | ||
| NT | 96 | Torell Troup | 95 | Kyle Williams | 75 | Lonnie Harvey |
| RE | 98 | Dwan Edwards | 91 | Spencer Johnson | ||
| LOLB | 90 | Chris Kelsay | 53 | Reggie Torbor | ||
| LILB | 54 | Andra Davis | 45 | Arthur Moats | ||
| RILB | 51 | Paul Posluszny | 55 | Kawika Mitchell | 50 | Nic Harris |
| ROLB | 58 | Aaron Maybin | 57 | Danny Batten | 59 | Antonio Coleman |
| LCB | 24 | Terrence McGee | 27 | Reggie Corner | ||
| SS | 20 | Donte Whitner | 43 | Bryan Scott | ||
| FS | 31 | Jairus Byrd | 37 | George Wilson | ||
| RCB | 29 | Drayton Florence | 28 | Leodis McKelvin | 25 | Ellis Lankster |
| K | 9 | Rian Lindell | ||||
| P | 8 | Brian Moorman | ||||
| LS | 65 | Garrison Sanborn |
Cuts: QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, RB Chad Simpson, RB Rodney Ferguson, RB Joique Bell, WR Chad Jackson, WR Felton Huggins, WR Naaman Roosevelt, WR David Nelson, WR Donald Jones, TE Jonathan Stupar, TE Joe Klopfenstein, OL Nick Hennessey, OL Cordaro Howard, OL Christian Gaddis, OL Sean Allen, OL Andre Ramsey, OL Jorge Guerra, OL Jason Watkins, DE John McCargo, DE Rashaad Duncan, DE Will Croner, OLB Aaron Schobel (retired), OLB Chris Ellis, ILB Keith Ellison, ILB Ryan Manalac, ILB Mike Wright, CB Ashton Youboty, CB Cary Harris, CB Lydell Sargeant, CB John Destin, FS Brett Johnson, SS Jon Corto, SS Dominique Harris