Bills replaced injured TE Schouman and RT Butler with Meredith and Stupar

With both tight end Derek Schouman and right tackle Brad Butler suffering season-ending injuries, the Buffalo Bills signed rookie offensive tackle Jamon Meredith off Green Bay Packers’ practice squad and promoted tight end Jonathan Stupar on Tuesday to fill in the positions.


Both Butler and Schouman were hurt during Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and will spend the rest of the season on Bills’ injured reserve. Butler was hurt late in the second quarter when Buccaneers defensive lineman Stylez White rolled into the back of Butler’s legs while attempting to strip the ball from quarterback Trent Edwards. And Schouman twisted his knee while being tackled after a 6-yard catch and was carted off the field late in the third quarter.

The replacement for Schouman, Stupar, spent most of last season in bills jersey on Buffalo’s practice squad, had a solid preseason but failed to make the Bills roster after the team made its final cuts. And Meredith, the replacement for Butler, was drafted in the fifth round by the Packers. Although he had 29 starts at South Carolina, he failed to make Green Bay’s roster.