EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: This is the eighth story in a series of previewing Buffalo Bills position groups ahead of training camp.<\/p>\n
On paper, the Buffalo Bills transition out of the Micah Hyde-Jordan Poyer era went well.<\/p>\n
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