‘Williams, who spent last season with the Carolina Panthers, had 33 total tackles, seven quarterback hits and a sack in 2023. The 31-year-old spent three seasons in Denver prior to his time in Carolina and had a career-high 4.5 sacks in 2022 as a defensive end.’
BillsBeat - March 29, 2024
Bills sign DT Austin Johnson to one-year deal
‘Johnson, who was drafted in 2016 by the Tennessee Titans, started 17 games for the Los Angeles Chargers last season in his second season in L.A. He finished with 46 total tackles and a forced fumble.’
BillsBeat - March 28, 2024
Former Bills cornerback Tre'Davious White heading to Los Angeles Rams
‘Across seven seasons in Buffalo, White tallied 18 interceptions, with a career high of six picks in 2019. He had 68 passes defensed, five forced fumbles, 12 tackles for loss and 311 total tackles. But despite all the big plays, head coach Sean McDermott will also always think of the person underneath the helmet when it comes to White.’
Bills notebook: Buffalo's injury report resolution passes; Goodell considered exempt list for Miller
‘The Bills’ second proposal did not pass as written, but the Competition Committee presented its own version that did: “to expand the Standard Elevation rules to permit clubs to elevate a bona fide Quarterback an unlimited number of times from its practice squad to its Active List to be its Emergency Third Quarterback.”’
Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen reveals the 2024 NFL Draft WRs that have caught his eye
‘“Can I not like the guys that probably won’t be there? I think the top three guys, Malik Nabers, Rome Odunze and Marvin Harrison Jr., are three pretty great prospects,” Allen told the hosts. “Then you get to that kind of secondish tier–if you will–of Bryan Thomas, Adonai Mitchell. I think Keon Coleman, Troy Franklin, Xavier Worthy are all there (and) Xavier Legette. To watch these guys at the combine, some fast, big, tall, heavy dudes. It was pretty impressive to watch.”’
Roster construction comes into question amid NFL's bid to rejuvenate kickoffs
‘Buffalo, like most teams, have kept special teams-only players on the roster like linebacker Tyler Matakevich and cornerback Siran Neal. Two years ago, running back Taiwan Jones played on the team in two stints over five seasons as a special teams ace. More than 75% of Neal’s career snaps came on special teams since being drafted by the Bills in 2018. After signing with Buffalo in 2020, Matakevich appeared in every game, playing 1,490 snaps and only 2.8% came on defense, while only five of Jones’ 820 snaps from 2020-2022 came on offense.’
Five things learned about Bills from NFL league meetings
‘The Bills signed Samuel to a three-year, $24 million deal. Offensive coordinator Joe Brady will have the task of scheming him up in those different roles to create mismatches, but expect Samuel to be used in a variety of ways.’
BillsBeat - March 27, 2024
NFL approves kickoff rule change in hopes of balancing excitement and safety
‘The kicking team will kick off from its 35-yard line, and 10 members of that team will line up on the receiving team’s 40-yard line. At least nine players from the receiving team will line up between their 30 to 35-yard line.’
Former Buffalo Bills running back Damien Harris announces his retirement
‘In Week 6, while the Bills were playing the New York Giants, Harris suffered a neck injury and concussion and had to be taken off the field in an ambulance. The injury ended his season.’
Why the Bills need to draft a wide receiver in first or second round
‘Diggs will be 31 in November, it seems like he’s starting to go into gradual decline, and there’s a possibility the Bills could move on from him after the 2024 season, even though the dead cap hit would be steep. If not 2024, certainly after 2025. Hollins is on a one-year contract and he’s likely nothing more than a special teams contributor as opposed to a reliable offensive option.’
New NFL kickoff rules adopted for 2024: What to know about the radically different format
‘The Bills returned only 17 kickoffs for 349 yards, far and away the lowest totals in franchise history. They had 29 of Tyler Bass’ kickoffs returned for 649 yards and one touchdown.’
Goodell: NFL considered exempt list for Von Miller
‘”We did consider that,” Goodell told reporters at the annual league meetings in Orlando, Fla. “We felt it was not appropriate at the time based on all the facts.”‘
'Was never going to be easy': Experts discuss reaction to rumored PSL prices at new Buffalo Bills stadium
‘”They are going to be staged, they are going to be flighted cost-wise, based upon, again, supply and demand,” said Cimperman. “When you start to get into the corners, the end zones, and upstairs, historically — I haven’t seen the pricing, but historically — in other venues that pricing is less than it is for premium 50-yard-line seats.”‘
What the Bills are saying about the new kickoff format + other rule changes for the 2024 NFL season
‘”The two hot areas that we need to address are some of the injury data that’s coming off of the play, one, and then two is: this needs to be a real play,” said Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott to SiriusXM at the NFL owners meetings. “That’s how the game was constructed years and years ago and keeping the form and structure of that in our game is important. That the fans can see an exciting play but it doesn’t go to extremes.”‘
BillsBeat - March 26, 2024
Sean McDermott: Bills moving on from Tre'Davious White 'tragic in some ways'
‘“And when you go 17 years not making the playoffs, you bring in players and people like the ones you mentioned, and they made a huge impact on our organization on the field, but also off the field, and their leadership, I think, will be felt for years to come.”’