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Buffalo Bills sign Cole Beasley to 53-man roster ahead of playoffs

In a way, Cole Beasley is only now officially back with the Buffalo Bills. Although he already was.

Before meeting the Miami Dolphins (9-8) in Sunday’s wild card round, the Bills (13-3) announced that Beasley had been added to the active roster.

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In December, the 33-year-old was added to the team’s training roster and has already made appearances with the Bills through cab squad call-ups. Albeit minimal.

In two games since returning to Buffalo, Beasley has made just two catches on two targets, both for nine yards.

He only played 17 total snaps on offense, but he managed to win a few against the Cincinnati Bengals, but that game was lost as a no contest due to Damar Hamlin’s injury.

Signing Beasley to the playoff list gives the Bills an extra draft spot against the Dolphins. Buffalo has two in every game and can still use one on colleague John Brown if they wish, but the team no longer has to use both on two players in the same position group.

In Week 18 against the New England Patriots, the Bills only challenged Brown.

In a related move, offensive lineman Justin Murray was fired. He was active for five games that season and appeared in a total of 23 snaps for the Bills, 22 of which were on special teams.

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