Buffalo Bills announce location, dates and times for 2024 training camp

The Buffalo Bills announced their full training camp schedule on Monday. The team’s preseason workouts will take place at St. John Fisher University in Pittsford, New York.

Pittsford, a suburb of Rochester, is about an 80-minute drive from Buffalo. This will be the 23rd year St. John Fisher has hosted the Bills for camp. This is a partnership that began in 2000 and has continued despite a two-year hiatus during the COVID years.

The Bills face their most important training camp in recent memory. The personnel changes on both sides of the ball raised questions about whether they were still Super Bowl contenders. Quarterback Josh Allen is expected to lead the franchise through the transition period.

Buffalo Bills 2024 training camp schedule

Full list of camp practice dates and times:

• July 24 at 9:45 a.m. ET
• July 25 at 9:45 a.m. ET
• July 26 at 9:45 a.m. ET
• July 28 at 9:45 a.m. ET
• July 29 at 9:45 a.m. ET
• July 30 at 9:45 a.m. ET
• August 1 at 9:45 a.m. ET
• August 2 at 5:30 p.m. ET (Highmark Stadium; Bills Blue-Red Scrimmage)
• August 4 at 11:45 a.m. ET
• August 5 at 9:45 a.m. ET (closed to the public)
• August 7 at 9:45 a.m. ET
• August 8 at 9:45 a.m. ET

Bills preseason schedule

• August 10 (1 p.m. ET) vs. Chicago Bears (Highmark Stadium)
• August 17 (7 p.m. ET) at the Pittsburgh Steelers (Acrisure Stadium)
• August 24 (1 p.m. ET) vs. Carolina Panthers (Highmark Stadium)

What to watch during training camp and preseason

The Bills have four main areas of interest heading into training camp: wide receiver, interior offensive line, cornerback depth and safety.

Buffalo has traded longtime No. 1 wide receiver Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans. This also allowed No. 2 Gabe Davis to leave in free agency, and he ultimately signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars. This leaves 241 goals up for grabs in 2024.

Khalil Shakir, Curtis Samuel and rookie Keon Coleman will likely start, but the competition will be tight. Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Chase Claypool, Mack Hollins, Andy Isabella, KJ Hamler and Justin Shorter are also fighting for a chance to catch passes from Allen this fall.

On the offensive front, the trio of left tackle Dion Dawkins, right guard O’Cyrus Torrence and right tackle Spencer Brown is likely locked in. Guard David Edwards and rookie center Sedrick Van Pran-Granger are expected to battle for a spot, with the versatile Connor McGovern filling the unfilled role.

Rasul Douglas, Christian Benford and Slot Taron Johnson form a trio of high-end cornerbacks. However, many questions remain behind them in the corner. The recent emergence of 2022 first-round pick Kaiir Elam has been a welcome sight heading into training camp.

Finally, the battle to replace the elite safety duo of Micah Hyde (considering retirement) and Jordan Poyer (signed with the Miami Dolphins) will be crucial. Taylor Rapp, Mike Edwards and rookie Cole Bishop lead the pack, although Hyde suggested he could return.

All of these questions will be answered before the Bills kick off the regular season with a Week 1 matchup against the Arizona Cardinals on September 8.

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