Bills' Tyler Kroft: Making progress

Kroft, who is on the Bills' preseason PUP list as he recovers from a broken foot suffered during OTAs in May, has shed his walking boot, Jay Skurski of The Buffalo News reports.

Coach Doug McDermott said that while Kroft is "making positive progress," there's still no timetable for the tight end's return to practice. Shedding his walking boot is definitely a step in the right direction, but Kroft -- who signed with the Bills this offseason with the expectation of starting -- is no lock to be ready to play in Week 1. With fellow tight ends Dawson Knox and Jason Croom currently tending to hamstring injuries, the team's healthy options at the position are down to Lee Smith, Tommy Sweeney, Nate Becker and Keith Towbridge.