Buffalo Bills safety Cole Bishop spent his rookie season as a reserve after being selected in the second round of the 2024 NFL draft. Now it's time for the high-upside defensive back to earn a starting spot by leapfrogging Damar Hamlin on the depth chart.

Bishop is trending toward doing exactly that based on the early offseason workouts. Bills defensive coordinator Bobby Babich told Sal Maiorana of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle they've witnessed substantial progress from the second-year safety.

"The jump we've seen from Cole from that first year as a rookie to this year has been really good so far," Babich said. "There's a lot of room left, but it's been really good so far. I think it's just the comfortability of what we're doing. It's the more reps he gets of one call, that you j

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