The Bills added another wide receiver on Wednesday, but the move looks far more like camp housekeeping than a sign of anything bigger.
Buffalo signed Dante Pettis after the second day of training camp and also designated Jalen Virgil as waived/NFI. The roster shuffle came after the Bills had brought in five players for tryouts following practice on Thursday, according to Alaina Getzenberg, with three of those players listed as wide receivers: Pettis, KhaDarel Hodge and Isaiah Winstead.
Roster moves ⬇️
- Signed WR Dante Pettis
- Designated WR Jalen Virgil as waived/NFI pic.twitter.com/mv0aI6HiBR
- Buffalo Bills PR (@BuffaloBillsPR) July 30, 2026
That kind of transaction can set off a little noise around Buffalo, especially at a position that has drawn plenty of attention in recent years. The Bills finally changed that picture this past offseason by adding DJ Moore, giving Josh Allen a true No. 1 target and easing some of the pressure that had hung over the passing game.
Still, because the wide receiver room has been such a talking point, every new face tends to trigger speculation about what it might mean for the offense. This one probably shouldn’t.
Pettis entered the league as a second-round pick by the San Francisco 49ers in 2018, and that rookie season was his best stretch to date. He finished with 427 yards and five touchdowns. Since then, he hasn’t topped 245 yards or three touchdowns in a season.
His career has taken him from San Francisco to the New York Giants, then to the Chicago Bears, and most recently to the New Orleans Saints over the last two seasons. For a player drafted that high, the track record hasn’t matched the billing.
Virgil’s departure opened the door for another receiver to come in, so the signing itself wasn’t a shock. What was a little more notable was that Brandin Cooks wasn’t the player Buffalo chose, especially with Cooks having made it clear he wants to be back with the Bills.
For now, Pettis looks like exactly what this move suggests: a body for training camp, with a chance to show something more if he can make noise on the field. But based on the resume, it would be a surprise if this turns into much beyond that.
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