It is time! The 2019 free-agent market has already kicked off, and we’re here to keep you up to date on all the comings and going of the Buffalo Bills, new and old. In this article we will track where every Bills free agent visits and signs as well as all the players whom the Bills bring in for a visit, and where they ultimately sign. You will want to bookmark this post and we will constantly update it through the free-agency period.
Announced agreements and roster moves
- WR Duke Williams Signed / One year, veteran minimum / Film breakdown
- OL Spencer Long Agreed to contract / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown
- CB Kevin Johnson Agreed to contract / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown / Injury analysis
- RB Frank Gore Agreed to contract / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown
- TE Tyler Kroft Agreed to contract / Contract breakdown / Film Breakdown
- OC Mitch Morse Agreed to contract / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown / Injury Analysis
- WR John Brown Agreed to contract / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown
- WR Cole Beasley Agreed to contract / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown
- OT Ty Nsekhe Agreed to contract / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown
- OG Jon Feliciano Agreed to contract / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown
- KR Andre Roberts Agreed to contract / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown
- OT LaAdrian Waddle Agreed to contract / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown
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TE/OTJake FisherAgreed to contract/Contract breakdown/Film breakdown/Health analysis - LB/ST Maurice Alexander Agreed to contract / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown Part I & Part 2
- CB E.J. Gaines Agreed to contract / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown
- RB/ST Senorise Perry Agreed to contract / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown
- OG Quinton Spain Rumored visit 3/22 / Agreed to contract / Film breakdown
- DE Eli Harold Agreed to contract / One year, veteran minimum / Film breakdown
- RB T.J. Yeldon Agreed to contract / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown
- TE Lee Smith Agreed to contract / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown
Rumored interest
- P Marquette King Conflicting interest reports 4/8
Rumored interest but went elsewhere
- TE Dwayne Allen Rumored visit 3/6 / Signed with Miami Dolphins
- TE Jesse James Rumored interest 2/28 / Signing with Detroit Lions
- DE Trey Flowers Rumored interest 3/11 / Signing with Detroit Lions
- DE Dee Ford Rumored trade interest 3/9 / Traded to San Francisco 49ers
- RB Le’Veon Bell Rumored interest 3/12 / Signing with New York Jets
- WR Odell Beckham, Jr. Rumored interest 3/12 / Traded to Cleveland Browns
- ST/LB Mark Nzeocha Rumored visit 3/14 / Re-signing with San Francisco 49ers
- ST/CB Neiko Thorpe Rumored visit 3/22 / Re-signing with Seattle Seahawks
- DE Frank Clark Conflicting trade interest reports 3/7 / Traded to Kansas City Chiefs
- DE Ziggy Ansah Confirmed visit 3/14 / Rumored visit with Saints 3/15 / Waiting on April medical check / Signing with Seattle Seahawks
- TE Ben Watson Reported interest 5/9 / Signed with New England Patriots
Antonio Brown trade dead
- Report: Antonio Brown traded to the Buffalo Bills
- Additional sources cast doubt on Brown to Bills trade
- One possible reason for trade/no-trade reports around Brown
- Brandon Beane: Antonio Brown is not coming to Buffalo
- Brown traded to Raiders, agrees to massive contract
So Antonio Brown isn't coming to Buffalo. Commemorate those few hours of breathless reports with this shirt from @breakingtco.https://t.co/nzOl2F9Wzk pic.twitter.com/Ww1RZkoMXm
— Buffalo Rumblings (@BuffRumblings) March 8, 2019
Bills 2019 free agents
UFAs Returning
- LB Lorenzo Alexander Re-signed / One year, $3 to $4.55 million
- QB Matt Barkley Re-signed / Two years, $3.8 million plus incentives
- QB Derek Anderson Re-signed / One year, veteran minimum
- LB Deon Lacey Re-signed / One year, veteran minimum
- OG Jeremiah Sirles Re-signed / One year, veteran minimum
- DT Jordan Phillips Re-signed / One year, $4.5 million
UFAs Unsigned or Leaving
- TE Charles Clay Released / Signed with Arizona Cardinals
- OG John Miller Signed with Cincinnati Bengals: three years, $14.8 million
- C Ryan Groy
- OT Jordan Mills Visiting Houston Texans 3/18 / Visiting Cincinnati Bengals 4/1
- RB Taiwan Jones Signed with Houston Texans
- WR Deonte Thompson Signed by New York Jets
- RB Chris Ivory Released 3/26
RFAs
- CB Lafayette Pitts Re-signed / One year, veteran minimum
- P Matt Darr Officially not tendered / Signed with New York Jets
- TE Logan Thomas Officially not tendered / Signed with Detroit Lions
ERFAs
- LS Reid Ferguson Re-signed / Three years, $2.745 million
- DE Eddie Yarbrough Officially tendered
Reserve/Future
- DT Kyle Peko Signed
- WR Cam Phillips Signed
- DT Robert Thomas Signed