Examining Buffalo’s greatest positional needs and who could fit the Bill as a free-agent signee.
The new NFL year begins on Wednesday, and the Buffalo Bills have done quite a bit of work — releasing six players and restructuring a few deals last week — to go from being more than $40 million over the salary cap to nearly cap-compliant heading into the 2024 season,
With the beginning of the league year comes the start of free agency, and in today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks, we offer up a free agency primer for Bills fans — including running through potential fits at the safety, defensive line and wide receiver positions.
Free-agency primer
Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane has already told fans the team will “be shopping at some of the same stores we were shopping at last year... We’re not going to Main Street in New York City or wherever those high-end stores are,” when it comes to free agency.
With that being said, we know Beane will be kicking the tires on available free agents as he looks to reload his roster. Linked here: a look at Buffalo’s greatest positional needs, a run through the available free-agent defensive linemen, safeties, wide receivers and other positions to see who could fit the Bill as potential targets; plus additional ways Buffalo can create more salary cap space, whether it makes sense to bring in free-agent running back Derrick Henry, and more!
- Free agency preview: Defensive line is loaded with talent, but can Bills afford to take advantage? - Buffalo News
- Free agency preview: Bills have plenty of options in safety market - Buffalo News
- Free agency preview: Gabe Davis could benefit from franchise tag - Buffalo News
- Free agency preview: Rounding up rest of the positions for Buffalo Bills - Buffalo News
- How the Bills can clear cap space, help roster in free agency: Mock offseason, Part 1 - The Athletic (subscription required)
- GM for a Day: Charting a course for the Buffalo Bills’ offseason - Buffalo News
- Buffalo Bills 2024 free agency primer: Salary cap, biggest needs - Democrat & Chronicle
- NFL free agency 2024 best available players, led by Danielle Hunter, Saquon Barkley - The Athletic (subscription required)
- 3 former pre-draft visitors Buffalo Bills could target in NFL free agency 2024 - newyorkupstate.com
- Ryan O’Halloran: Free agent running back Derrick Henry makes sense for Bills - Buffalo News
- 2024 NFL free-agency tracker: From Danielle Hunter to Jamal Adams, see where top 150 players land - The Athletic (subscription required)
- NFL free agency: Best and worst deals of the last 4 years and where all 32 teams rank - The Athletic (subscription required)
Even more Bills News
Debating whether Buffalo would be better suited addressing the wide receiver or the edge rusher position in the NFL Draft; plus, if the Bills are wasting the prime of quarterback Josh Allen’s career, and the latest on the proposed bison statues for Buffalo’s new stadium.
- Bills Mailbag: What’s a bigger draft priority – wide receiver or edge defender? - Buffalo News
- Are the Bills squandering Josh Allen? ‘Everybody wants the head coach fired’ - The Athletic (subscription required)
- Bills reveal plans for 16-foot bison statues at new stadium - ESPN.com Buffalo Bills blog
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