ORCHARD PARK \u2014 Tyrell Shavers has one NFL target to his name. Just one. In three games.<\/p>\n
But it was a 69-yard catch-and-run touchdown during a late-season win over the New York Jets. Forget the previous two games in which he played just 22 snaps, that touchdown was the confidence booster Shavers needed to move forward with the Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n
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