Bills release kick off specialist Jordan Gay

Kickoff specialist Jordan Gay has been released today by the Buffalo Bills, according to the team site. Gay has been at the center of a special teams experiment in the last few seasons, as the Bills were one of the only teams to experiment with a kickoff specialist. Gay had an opportunity to challenge Dan Carpenter for the kicker position this preseason, but blew it when he missed a field goal and an extra-point. Those misses and the new touchback rules were reason enough for Gay to not make the original 53-man roster. He was however held on the practice squad. He was promoted back to the game day roster when Seantrel Henderson was suspended by the NFL for the first four games. With dangerous threats like Devin Hester and Patrick Peterson in the rear view mirror, it may be that the Bills decided his services were no longer necessary.

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