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ORCHARD PARK, N. David Perron Jersey .Y. -- With their depth at wide receiver thinned by injuries, the Buffalo Bills lured former first-round pick Percy Harvin out of retirement to sign with the team for the rest of the season.Harvin, 28, announced his retirement in April after ending last season on injured reserve. The Bills signed Harvin during the 2015 offseason, and he played in the first five games of last season before he was sidelined by lingering hip and knee injuries.Harvin had his injured knee scoped in January and said Tuesday that he decided to retire because his body wasnt allowing him to play at the level he wanted.It was time for me to just step back, let my body heal without trainers putting a timeline on it or being rushed, he said.I actually thought I was done. I was at peace pretty much the first five weeks of the NFL [season]. I really wasnt focused on football, I didnt have an urge to go play. I was just kind of relaxing and letting my mind just chill. As the five weeks went by, the next month came and the body started feeling good, so the mind started wandering a little bit.General manager Doug Whaley told WGR 550 on Tuesday that senior vice president of football administration Jim Overdorf floated the idea of re-signing Harvin.?The team approached its former receiver about two weeks ago with the idea of returning, Harvin said.The Bills have been without Sammy Watkins (foot) for the past six weeks, and he is not eligible to return to play from injured reserve until Nov. 27. Robert Woods has also been limited in recent weeks with a foot injury, while depth options Greg Salas (groin/injured reserve), Marquise Goodwin (concussion) and Brandon Tate (concussion) also have missed time.Because Harvin has not practiced or played in over a year, Whaley acknowledged that the receiver might not be able to play Monday night against the Seattle Seahawks.Hes a dynamic playmaker, Whaley told reporters Tuesday. Well see if he can regain that form. He has confidence in himself, and we have confidence that he can get back to that level. When that will happen, obviously thats going to take some time. Maybe its not, but thats what the practices are for, and thats why we wanted to get him in now.With Seattle coming up and then the bye week, and then the week before [Week 11 against] Cincinnati, we can get a good three weeks of working him in and getting him back to football shape and integrated into this offense.Whaley said that there was minimal contact with other teams prior to Tuesdays 4 p.m. NFL trade deadline and the Bills preferred re-signing Harvin because it did not require giving up draft assets or a player in a trade.In Buffalo last season, Harvin showed brief flashes of what made him a star early in his career. He caught a 51-yard touchdown pass in the regular-season opener and caught 19 receptions for 218 yards in five games before being sidelined because of his injuries. When Harvin did not travel to London with the Bills for a Week 7 game last October, coach Rex Ryan said, I dont know where he is right now.That whole thing, it was a bunch of frustration, not knowing whether to rehab, whether to go with the doctors up here, whether to listen to my body, Harvin explained Tuesday. It was a lot of things I was trying to play out in my head.To make room on their 53-man roster for Harvin, the Bills placed sixth-year starting safety Aaron Williams on injured reserve because of a neck injury.Williams did not practice or play last week after being blindsided on a block from Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jarvis Landry on Oct. 23. Williams was taken to a hospital for evaluation but was later cleared to travel back to Buffalo with his team. Landry was later fined $24,309 for the hit, which was flagged for unnecessary roughness but did not result in an ejection.Williams father told The Associated Press last week that his son would reconsider his playing future after this season. Williams, 26, missed 13 games last season because of a neck injury suffered when trying to make a diving tackle in a Week 2 loss to the New England Patriots. He was taken from the field in an ambulance during that game and experienced numbness in parts of his body that required surgery to shave vertebrae in his neck.Whaley did not rule out making Williams the Bills designated player to return from injured reserve later this season, although Williams is not eligible to return to practice until Dec. 13 and cannot play until the regular-season finale against the New York Jets.Harvin, who was selected with the 22nd overall pick of the 2009 draft out of Florida, has 351 career receptions for 4,020 yards and 22 touchdowns. 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They might even be the best in Jacksonville Jaguars history, better than that other tandem that started giving defenses fits two decades ago.I have the same feelings about those guys that our fans do, said retired Jaguars receiver Jimmy Smith, a five-time Pro Bowl selection. We are all hopeful that these guys are the second coming. Lets get it right, though: I dont want these guys breaking my records, but I want them to win. Im sure Keenan (McCardell) feels the same way.Smith and McCardell have plenty of breathing room in the record books -- at least for now. But if 2015 was any indication, Hurns and Robinson will end up holding many of Jacksonvilles receiving marks by the end of their careers.Hurns caught 64 passes for 1,031 yards and 10 touchdowns in his second season. The Jaguars rewarded him with a four-year, $40.6 million contract extension that included $20 million guaranteed.Robinson was even better, notching 80 receptions for 1,400 yards and 14 scores. Robinson set a franchise record for TDs by a receiver and made the Pro Bowl in his second year.Jacksonville hadnt had a 1,000-yard receiver since 2005.So what will they do for an encore?The Jaguars arent even sure, but they wont be surprised by anything. After all, Hurns and Robinson were the most accomplished receiver combination aged 24 or younger in NFL history last season.The work ethic and the want-to attitude for those two guys is unbelievable, quarterback Blake Bortles said. They obviously hear all of the hype and all of this stuff about each other and about themselves individually, and it does not bother them one bit. They come to work every day and want to get better, want to be a part of this team and want to make us successful.Its impressive and fun to be around every day.The A-Team has individual strengths, too.Hurns, signed as an undrafted rookie from Miami in 2014, is durable, dependable and versatile. Hes missed just one game in two years, dropped one pass last season, and plays from the slot as well as he does outside.You can run a lot of different routes and you get great, great matchups, Hurns said.Robinson, a second-round pick from Penn State in 2014, has freakish athletic skills, including the ability to make circus catches near the sideline and outjump defenders downfield.Hes unbeliievable, Bortles said. Tomas Hyka Jersey. He has a mind and a motor that doesnt stop, and even though he put up good numbers last year, he is going to continue to work his tail off and wants to be better each and every year. He is a guy you love playing with, and I definitely love to throw it to him because he is a playmaker.Other things to know about the Jaguars before they open the season Sunday against Green Bay:BETTER BORTLES? Bortles ranked second in the NFL (behind Tom Brady) with 35 TD passes last season, but he also led the league in fumbles (14), interceptions (18) and sacks (51). So theres plenty of room for growth. The third-year starter spent a week in California working with mechanics guru Tom House and believes being in the same scheme for a second straight year will help. The numbers and stuff that we were able to put up were great, but I didnt think we did it consistently, he said.DEFENSE SPENDING: After firing coordinator Bob Babich and promoting Todd Wash to replace him, the Jaguars spent more than $125 million in free agency on Malik Jackson, Tashaun Gipson and Prince Amukamara, and used the teams first four drafts picks on that side of ball. It was a massive makeover to one of the leagues worst units. Now, the Jags have the second-highest paid defense in the league and raised expectations. One concern: Theyre counting on Dante Fowler Jr., who missed his rookie season because of a knee injury, and rookie Yannick Ngakoue to generate a consistent pass rush.WOE LINE: Jacksonville allowed an NFL-high 122 sacks the last two years, a glaring weakness on an improving offense. The team believes Brandon Linder returning from a shoulder injury and moving to center will solidify things up front. But the big concern is the left side, where offensive tackle Kelvin Beachum is coming off knee surgery, and Luke Joeckel has little experience at guard.FANTASY WATCH: Bortles, Hurns and Robinson are Jacksonvilles top fantasy plays, but tight end Julius Thomas and running back Chris Ivory should be viable options. Thomas is healthy again after missing much of last season with a broken bone and torn tendon in his right hand. 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