‘Croom, 26, spent the 2017 season on the Bills’ practice squad. He caught 22 passes for 259 yards and one touchdown in 2018. He was a long-shot last summer to make the 53-man roster but missed virtually all of spring work and training camp with a hamstring injury before being put on the injured list.’
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GM for a Day: Charting a course for the Bills’ 2020 offseason
‘As of Friday afternoon, Spotrac lists the Bills as having $78.4 million in cap space, which is the fourth-highest total in the NFL. That figure does not take into account Spain’s deal, so we’ll call it $73.9 million for ease of calculations. That’s still a good chunk of change. In the offseason, only a team’s top 51 contracts count against the salary cap, so Spain’s deal would push the contract of Christian Wade ($515,000) out of the top 51.’
Free agency provides options for filling Lorenzo Alexander’s LB role
‘The primary Alexander role the Bills need to fill is that of a strong-side linebacker who can set the edge against the run when the Bills need to play their base 4-3 defense.’
Free agency or draft? Decisions await Bills at running back, safety
‘The options in the draft are attractive and plentiful. It’s a good year to find a rookie running back, even into the fifth round. Will the Bills want to cover their bases in free agency?’
Here are 10 of the best free agent signings in Buffalo Bills history
‘In addition, Alexander became a driving force in the locker room helping to set the culture when McDermott and Beane took over the team. His retirement following 2019 will be difficult for the Bills to overcome.’
Here are 10 of the worst free agent signings in Buffalo Bills history
‘In looking back through the 27 years of NFL free agency, it was interesting to me that it was easier to find signings the Buffalo Bills hit on than the ones they missed on.’
Sources: Bills re-sign TE Jason Croom to 1-year deal
‘Croom, 26, first signed with the Bills as an undrafted free agent out of Tennessee in 2017, but didn’t record his first NFL snap until the following season.’
Buffalo Bills’ 2020 NFL free-agent signings: Josh Norman added to already-stout defense
‘Norman presumably comes to Buffalo to be the starting corner opposite Tre’Davious White. It means Norman will have an opportunity to play a role other than “de facto top cornerback” for the first time since 2014 — which could ultimately do the veteran some good. On a grand scale, Buffalo beat out three other interested parties because of its talent on defense and its readiness to compete, which is a testament to how the perception of the Bills has changed.’
Bills seven-round mock draft 2020: Why waiting on a receiver could pay off for Buffalo
‘Rd. 1, No. 22 overall: K’Lavon Chaisson, EDGE, LSU.’
Report: Bills re-sign tight end Jason Croom
‘Croom comes back to a crowded tight end room, as Tyler Kroft took a pay cut and the Bills drafted Dawson Knox and Tommy Sweeney last year in the 2019 NFL Draft. Veteran Lee Smith is also under contract for 2020 as well. Croom was expected to compete with those players in 2019, but wound up on injured reserve after suffering an injury in the preseason.’
Report: Bills re-sign Jason Croom to one-year extension
‘Croom is coming off a season where was placed on injured reserve after sitting out all of training camp and the preseason. He joined the Bills back in 2017 and spent most of that season on the practice squad. The next year he led all Bills tight ends with 22 passes for 259 yards and a touchdown. He’s currently one of six tight ends on the Bills roster.’
Trust the Process: Brandon Beane and Sean McDermott earn national praise for personnel decisions
‘”This is an organization that’s turned over pretty much their entire roster from before they got there,” said ESPN NFL analyst Bill Barnwell. “And how many of their decisions have gone right? You can count on one hand the ones that have gone wrong. They’ve gotten so many things right over the past couple of years.”‘