It is time! The 2020 free-agent market will kick off soon, 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.
General coverage
- Transcript & video: Brandon Beane’s press conference (4/2)
- Buffalo Bills go from cap-flush to cap-strapped in first few days of free agency
- How Brandon Beane rebuilt the Bills
- Bills’ fan confidence is sky-high following initial wave of free agency
- Free agency moves allows Bills to be Best Player Available in the 2020 NFL Draft
- NFL pundits high on Bills following free agency haul
- Bills’ depth chart after week one of free agency
- Free agents still available for the Bills (3/29)
- NFL closing all team facilities due to COVID-19
- NFL Physicians halting physicals amid coronavirus response
- Listing the former Carolina Panthers the Bills have brought to Buffalo
- Ranking the Bills moves (so far) from legal tampering period
- Recapping the first week of free agency in the AFC East
- All of our free agency articles in chronological order
- Free Agency Primer: important dates, information to know
- Buffalo Bills pre-free agency depth chart
- Offensive, defensive line could be main targets for Bills
- Lots of reasons free agents should sign in Buffalo
- List of potential Bills’ veteran cuts and fan confidence
The Bills can sign these veterans before free agency even opens
Bills trade for Minnesota Vikings WR Stefon Diggs
- Trade announcement
- Contract breakdown
- How the trade came together
- Behind-the-scenes look at how the trade happened
- What the trade means for Josh Allen
- All-22 Analysis
- Injury history
- The Athletic spoke with three of his former coaches to gain perspective
- Beane: Diggs will be “ready to roll” before draft pick would have
- Josh Allen is “on cloud nine” after Bills trade for Diggs
- Bills, Vikings may have coronavirus contingencies built into trade
- Opinion: Bills are isolating the Josh Allen variable with Stefon Diggs trade
- Bills 2020 NFL Draft picks after the big Stefon Diggs trade
- No, the Bills didn’t give up too much for Stefon Diggs
- Pre-order your Stefon Diggs Bills jersey now!
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— Buffalo Rumblings (@BuffRumblings) March 17, 2020
Signings
- CB Josh Norman (Washington via Carolina Panthers) Reported signing 3/9 / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown / Injury history
- LB A.J. Klein (New Orleans via Carolina) Reported signing 3/16 / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown / Scouting report / Injury history
- DE Mario Addison (Carolina Panthers) Reported signing 3/16 / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown / Scouting report / Injury history
- LB Tyler Matakevich (Pittsburgh Steelers) Reported signing 3/17 / Contract breakdown / Film analysis / Scouting report / Injury history
- DL Quinton Jefferson (Seattle Seahawks) Reported signing 3/17 / Contract breakdown / Film analysis / Scouting report / Injury history
- DT Vernon Butler (Carolina Panthers) Reported signing 3/17 / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown / Scouting report / Injury history
- RB Taiwan Jones (Houston Texans via Buffalo) Reported signing 3/18 / Contract breakdown / Film Breakdown / Injury history
- CB E.J. Gaines (Bills - released in August) Reported signing 3/27 / Contract breakdown / Film breakdown / Injury history
- OT Darryl Williams (Carolina Panthers) Reported signing 3/27 / Contract breakdown / Film analysis / Scouting report / Injury history
Rumored interest, still unsigned
- Cleveland Browns WR Rashard Higgins Rumored interest 3/19
Rumored interest, signed elsewhere
- Carolina Panthers TE Greg Olsen Signs with Seattle 2/18 / Visit / Rumored interest
- Cleveland Browns LB Christian Kirksey Signs with Green Bay 3/16 / Rumored interest 3/12
- San Francisco 49ers WR Emmanuel Sanders Signs with New Orleans 3/20 / Rumored interest 3/16
- Denver Broncos CB Chris Harris Signs with Los Angeles 3/18 / Rumored interest 3/16
- Houston Texans DT D.J. Reader Signs with Cincinnati 3/17 / Rumored interest 3/8
- Denver Broncos CB Chris Harris Signs with Los Angeles 3/18 / Rumored interest 3/16
- Los Angeles Chargers RB Melvin Gordon Signs with Denver 3/20 / Rumored interest 3/19
- Carolina Panthers OG Greg Van Roten Signs with Jets 3/21 / Rumored interest 3/17
- Pittsburgh Steelers NT Javon Hargrave Signs with Eagles 3/16 / Rumored interest reported 3/24
Bills 2020 free agents
Re-signed
- OL Spencer Long Option picked up 3/11 / Should the Bills pick up Long’s option?
- OG Quinton Spain Re-signed 3/12 / Contract breakdown / 2019 All-22 Analysis / Contract projection
- S Jordan Poyer Contract extension 3/17 / Contract breakdown
- WR Isaiah McKenzie Re-signed / Bills won’t tender / Contract projection
- S Dean Marlowe Re-signed / Contract projection / 2019 All-22 Analysis / Contract breakdown
Gone
- DE Shaq Lawson Signs with Miami 3/16 / Contract projection / 2019 All-22 Analysis
- DT Jordan Phillips Signs with Arizona 3/17 / Contract projection / 2019 All-22 Analysis
- CB Kevin Johnson Signs with Clevland 3/19 / Contract projection / 2019 All-22 Analysis
UFAs
- CB Kevin Johnson Rumored interest from Denver 3/17 / Contract projection / 2019 All-22 Analysis
- RB Frank Gore Contract projection / 2019 All-22 Analysis
- OT LaAdrian Waddle Contract projection
- OLB Julian Stanford Contract projection
- S Kurt Coleman Contract projection
- DT Corey Liuget Contract projection
- LB Maurice Alexander Contract projection
- RB/ST Senorise Perry Contract projection
- LB Lorenzo Alexander Retirement announced 1/4
RFAs
- WR Isaiah McKenzie Re-signed / Bills won’t tender / Contract projection / Film analysis
- S Dean Marlowe Re-signed / Contract projection / Contract breakdown
ERFAs
- TE Jason Croom Signed / Contract projection
- CB Levi Wallace Signed / Contract projection / 2019 All-22 Analysis
- WR Robert Foster Signed / Contract projection
Bills 2020 Reserve/Future Signings
- TE Nate Baker
- LB Tyrel Dodson
- WR Nick Easley
- CB Cam Lewis
- WR Ray-Ray McCloud III
- LB Del’Shawn Phillips
- T Victor Salako
- RB Christian Wade
- QB Davis Webb
- DE Jonathan Woodard
NFL free agents by position group (from prior to legal tampering)
- Backup QB
- Running back (Part II)
- Fullback
- Wide Receiver
- Tight End
- Guard
- Right tackle
- 1-tech defensive tackle
- Defensive end
- Linebacker
- Cornerback
- Kicker
- Punter
Podcasts
- Q&A: What is Diggs’s impact on the rest of Buffalo’s offensive playmakers? (4/7)
- CTW: Recapping Brandon Beane’s press conference (4/6)
- BBR: Matt Parrino talks Bills free agency (4/1)
- Q&A: Trading Dion Dawkins, adding Yannick Ngakoue or Cam Newton (3/31)
- Billieve: Exploring the Carolina connection (3/30)
- N&N: Recapping Brandon Beane’s three-year plan to get here (3/27)
- N&N: Breaking down the new-look Bills defensive line (3/26)
- BBR: Ryan Talbot joins us to chat free agency, Stefon Diggs (3/25)
- Q&A: Bills free agency, 2020 roster locks (3/24)
- CTW: Free agency recap & Stefon Diggs trade (3/22)
- Billieve: recapping free agency, what we want to see moving forward (3/21)
- N&N: Ranking the remaining Bills needs with Greg Tompsett (3/20)
- N&N: Ranking the free agent signings so far with Nate Geary (3/19)
- Q&A: Recapping a furious 24 hours including Diggs, free agents, and Brady is leaving New England (3/17)
- N&N: Instant reaction to additions of Diggs, Addison, Klein (3/16)
- CTW: Matthew Fairburn talks free agency, coronavirus (3/16)
- Billieve: Buffalo’s free agency wish list (3/15)
- N&N: Recently released players and their fit on the Bills (3/14)
- BBR: How would you feel about Derrick Henry signing in Buffalo? (3/11)
- Q&A: Josh Norman, Bills keep three pending FAs, compensatory picks (3/10)
- CTW: Under-the radar free-agent WRs (3/9)
- Billieve: State of the Bills’ defensive ends (3/8)
- N&N: Offensive free agents to consider (3/5)
- N&N: Defensive free agents to consider (3/6)
- Q&A: What to address in free agency before the draft (3/3)
- CTW: Which Bills free agents should the team re-sign? (3/2)
- Q&A: Adding a WR in free agency, Yannick Ngakoue (2/25)
- BBR: Three big-swing free agents for Buffalo (2/19)
- BBR: Free-agent WR group is uninspiring (2/13)
- Q&A: What’s Bills’ biggest free agency need? (2/11)
- Q&A: Should the Bills re-sign all their own free agents? (1/28)
- Billieve: Free-agent breakdown, part 2 (1/26)
- BBR: Running backs the Bills should consider in free agency (1/23)
- Q&A: Buffalo Bills’ free-agent defensive linemen (1/22)
- Billieve: What to do with Lawson, Phillips, and Spain (1/19)
- BBR: Should Jordan Phillips be extended? (1/18)
- N&N: Jordan Phillips thinks he’s a top-3 DT (1/15)
- Q&A: Should Buffalo re-sign Jordan Phillips? (1/14)
- BBR: Should Buffalo pursue A.J. Green? (1/12)
- BBR: What to make of the Bills’ free agent class (1/10)