Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Bobby Babich spoke about the challenges that rookie safety Cole Bishop must overcome at training camp.
The Buffalo Bills are looking for new key contributors across their entire roster, with the safety position being one of its most glaring with regard to needed leaders. Buffalo is currently searching for not one, but two new starters after the offseason departures of Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer, who combined for 202 starts throughout their seven years in Orchard Park., with the other job firmly up for grabs.
Bishop is perhaps the most intriguing long-term name of the three, as Buffalo invested significant capital into him in the 2024 offseason; the team selected him in the second round of the 2024 draft, indication that it views the versatile safety—who tallied 198 tackles, 12 pass deflections, and three interceptions throughout his time at Utah—as a future starter.
“When you say the word ‘challenge’ with Cole, I think the biggest challenge is making sure he stays in a day-by-day mentality,” Babich said. “You can’t think too far ahead, you literally have to take it drill by drill, rep by rep, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, meeting by meeting. That’s how you have to go about your day in this league, otherwise, it is such a long season, it’ll chew you up and spit you out.
Bishop seems like a tailor-made fit for a Buffalo defense that likes to deploy its safeties interchangeably, as he’s a 6-foot-2 defender who is as comfortable in deep coverage as he is in the box. He’s certainly a long-term option for the team, but given the fact that the Bills expect to be quite competitive this season, one could easily envision the team rolling with a player with more scheme or general NFL experience than the rookie.
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