The Buffalo Bills have multiple options along the offensive line. They return four of their five starters from last season, as they are only missing David Edwards, who was the starting left guard. The Bills even return most of their reserves, although they did lose swing tackle Ryan Van Demark, who signed with the Minnesota Vikings this offseason.
Those two departures may seem small, but they open up competition in a positional group that was largely free of drama last season. Who will win the left
guard spot? Who will be the swing tackle? These seem like separate questions, but given the Bills’ propensity for cross-training their linemen, each competition might contain similar combatants.
In today’s edition of “91 players in 91 days,” we discuss a tackle who might need to throw his hat into the guard competition in order to show enough versatility to retain his roster spot.
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Name: Chase Lundt
Number: 77
Position: OT
Height/Weight: 6’7” 304 lbs.
Age: 26 (27 on 6/16/2027)
Experience/Draft: 2; selected by Buffalo in the sixth round (No. 206 overall) of the 2025 NFL Draft
College: UCONN
Acquired: Sixth-round draft choice
Financial situation (per Spotrac): Lundt enters the second year of his four-year rookie contract, which is worth $4,404,924 overall. For the 2026 season, he carries a cap hit of $1,056,231 if he makes the 53-man roster. Buffalo is on the hook for a dead cap charge of $153,693 if he’s released.
2025 Recap: Lundt essentially redshirted for his first professional year, as he was a healthy scratch on game days far more often than he dressed for contests. He appeared in two games, playing three offensive snaps against the New Orleans Saints in Week Four and five special teams snaps against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week Thirteen. A knee injury ended his season prematurely, as he was ruled out for Buffalo’s game against the Cleveland Browns before landing on injured reserve on December 19.
Positional outlook: Lundt is one of six players listed at offensive tackle on the roster. Dion Dawkins, Spencer Brown, Jude Bowry, Tylan Grable, and Travis Clayton are the others. Bowry and Grable are listed at tackle/guard, while Clayton has been spotted working out on the defensive line.
2026 Offseason: Lundt is healthy and participating in offseason work to date.
2026 Season outlook: For a tall man, Lundt doesn’t have terribly long arms—his are 32 5/8” long—so there was some speculation prior to the draft that he would be a candidate to move to guard. However, as much as the Bills love to cross-train their reserve offensive linemen, they left Lundt solely at tackle, and they kept him on the roster in what was essentially a one-year stash. It’s fair to wonder about his spot on the 2026 roster given that Buffalo drafted a superior prospect in Jude Bowry this spring, and they’ll also presumably add a healthy Tylan Grable back into the mix.
Buffalo usually keeps nine or ten offensive linemen on their 53-man roster. Dion Dawkins, Spencer Brown, Connor McGovern, and O’Cyrus Torrence are clear locks for the starting lineup. Alec Anderson and Jude Bowry are as close to locks as they can be for the roster, and I’d call Tylan Grable pretty safe, as well. That’s seven players right there. Is Lundt good enough to slide into that eighth or ninth spot? Some of it might depend on who wins the left guard job vacated by David Edwards. Some of it might also depend on how well some of the interior reserves, like Sedrick Van Pran-Granger, Lloyd Cushenberry, and Austin Corbett, among others, play this summer.
Lundt could also be asked to cross-train at guard this offseason, which would obviously help his chances at remaining on the roster. Just because he was with the team last year doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll be here this year, as one could make the argument that he was only on the team because Grable landed on injured reserve with a concussion to start the season, and the symptoms lingered long enough for him to remain on injured reserve through December.
Lundt has a very good chance at the 53-man roster, but he also could find himself on the outside looking in once final cuts are made. He’ll need to prove that he’s ready to take a step forward this summer before the Bills commit to making him a fixture on the roster.
