The Buffalo Bills have done a good job developing quality offensive linemen over the last decade or so. None of their offensive linemen were first-round draft picks, and many of the linemen on their current roster were either Day 3 draft picks or undrafted free agents.
Another thing Buffalo tends to do with their offensive linemen is cross-train them at multiple positions. This allows the team to keep fewer linemen active on game days, as they can be sure that they have players who can fill in at multiple spots
if necessary. But, it also gives players a chance at cracking the starting lineup in multiple ways.
In today’s installment of “91 players in 91 days,” we discuss a young offensive lineman who might be able to earn a starting nod at his secondary position.
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Name: Tylan Grable
Number: 68
Position: T/G
Height/Weight: 6’5”, 313 pounds
Age: 26 (27 on 10/4/2026)
Experience/Draft: 3; selected by Buffalo in the sixth round (No. 204 overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft
College: UCF
Acquired: Sixth-round draft choice
Financial situation (per Spotrac): Grable enters the third year of his four-year rookie contract, a pact worth $4,189,912 overall. For the 2026 season, Grable’s cap hit is $1,117,478 if he makes the 53-man roster. If Buffalo releases him, they’ll carry a dead-cap charge of $84,956.
2025 Recap: Grable seemed poised to make the 53-man roster for the second straight year, but a concussion suffered during the preseason led the team to place him on Injured Reserve (IR) at the end of August. Those lingering concussion symptoms kept him sidelined through much of the campaign, but the Bills finally activated him from IR on November 29.
Grable didn’t appear in a game for the Bills until Week 18, when he started at left tackle and played nearly every snap in the Bills’ 35-8 win. He was inactive for both of Buffalo’s playoff games.
Positional outlook: Grable is one of two players listed at both tackle and guard; rookie Jude Bowry is the other. The other offensive tackles on the current roster are Spencer Brown, Dion Dawkins, Chase Lundt, and Travis Clayton. Clayton also has done some work on the defensive line this offseason.
The other players listed at either guard or center/guard include O’Cyrus Torrence, Connor McGovern, Alec Anderson, Austin Corbett, Sedrick Van Pran-Granger, Bruno Fina, Ar’Maj Reed-Adams, Nick Broeker, and De’Matrius Weatherspoon.
2026 Offseason: Grable is healthy and he participated in offseason work.
2026 Season outlook: Reading the tea leaves (and the comments) on our site, it seems that most people expect either Alec Anderson or Austin Corbett to take over at left guard for veteran David Edwards, who signed with the New Orleans Saints this offseason. Those are both fair guesses, but don’t count Grable out in the competition for that spot. He’s someone Buffalo clearly likes a lot, and it wouldn’t surprise me at all if he has a chance to claim that gig.
Buffalo cross-trains its linemen partially so that the backups can fill in at multiple spots, but it also allows the team to make sure that the best five players, in the eyes of the coaching staff, can be on the field together. If the Bills think that Grable is among the best five players on the offensive line, he’s going to be the starting left guard. If they don’t, then he’ll be battling for a reserve role similar to what he’s held when healthy over the last two seasons.
Buffalo thought highly enough of Grable to make him active on game days when he was a rookie over Ryan Van Demark, who started games for the Bills over the last two seasons. That tells me that they see him as someone who can help the team on Sundays if necessary. Grable and Bowry are the wild cards in the left guard competition, and while I wouldn’t call either of them a favorite, they aren’t exactly nobodies, either.
I’m not willing to go out on a limb and say that Tylan Grable will be the starting left guard, but I am willing to say that it won’t surprise me if he sees some first-team reps in practice at some point this summer. He’s a good athlete and a useful piece up front, and I expect that he’ll be on the team come September. What his role will be is anybody’s guess, but he’s good enough to push for playing time if he’s healthy.
