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Getty Images The NFL has set the salary cap at $182.5 million for the 2021 season on Wednesday and they’ve also set the amount that teams will have to pay if they exercise their fifth-year option on 2018 first-round picks. The Collective Bargaining Agreement that the NFL and NFLPA agreed to...

Getty Images Wide receiver John Brown signed a three-year deal with the Bills in March 2019, but he will not be playing out the final year of that pact. In a message posted to his Instagram story on Wednesday, Brown wrote “Thank you for the 2 years Buffalo” in a farewell message to the city...

Getty Images The Bills announced they have released receiver John Brown and defensive lineman Quinton Jefferson. They still have more trimming to do before the start of the league year. To that end, the Bills agreed to a restructure of defensive tackle Vernon Butler‘s contract, Marcel...

Getty Images The NFL announced its 2021 compensatory draft picks, which now include special compensatory picks rewarding teams for developing minority coaches and executives. The selections this year are from the third to sixth rounds. With the CBA limiting the number of compensatory...

USA TODAY Sports The contract given by the Cowboys to quarterback Dak Prescott was driven not by the market but by his franchise-tag leverage. His contract, however, could now drive the market. Other quarterbacks and their agents surely are paying attention. Other quarterbacks and their agents...

Getty Images Center Mitch Morse will be taking less money to stick with the Bills in 2021. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Morse has agreed to a pay cut. Morse will cut his salary by nearly $2 million as part of the deal and can earn some of it back through incentives. Under the...

Getty Images The Bills just finished their most successful season in a couple decades, winning the AFC East and advancing to the AFC Championship Game. But with those accomplishments come expectations. Team owner Kim Pegula said during a Monday morning interview on NFL Network that last...

Getty Images With free agency beginning in a week, Buffalo defensive back Micah Hyde has developed a recruiting pitch. The 30-year-old has played for the Bills since 2017 and just signed a two-year, $19.25 million extension with the club to keep him under contract through 2023. During a video...

Getty Images The Bills played the entire 2020 regular season without fans, but were able to have them on hand for their first two home playoff games in decades. It appears fans will be back for the 2021 season as well, but it will cost a bit more for them to get in the building. A letter sent...

Getty Images With the Raiders moving on from guard Richie Incognito, one of his old teammates wants him to return to Buffalo. Bills offensive tackle Dion Dawkins, who was a rookie in 2017 when Incognito played his final season with the Bills, tweeted at Incognito that he should return to the...

Getty Images This year’s unprecedented quarterback carousel could become the new normal. For evidence of the regular upheaval to come, look no farther than the abnormal reality that not many teams have a starting quarterback who almost certainly will still be with the team in four years...

Getty Images The Bills signed linebacker Andre Smith to a two-year deal Saturday, the team announced. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports the deal is worth up to $3 million. Smith, 23, was scheduled to become a restricted free agent later this month. The Bills traded with the Panthers to...

Getty Images The Bills signed safety Micah Hyde to a two-year contract extension, the team announced Friday. Hyde was scheduled to become a free agent after the 2021 season. Buffalo now has both safeties — Hyde and Jordan Poyer — under contract for the foreseeable future. Poyer’s deal runs...

Getty Images The Los Angeles Chargers are signing kicker Tristan Vizcaino, according to former NFL kicker Nick Novak. Vizcaino appeared in one game last season for the San Francisco 49ers against the Seattle Seahawks. He converted all three field goal attempts and three extra points attempts...

Getty Images Free agent punter Michael Palardy is visiting the Bills on Friday, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. The Panthers cut Palardy last month. Palardy tore an anterior cruciate ligament while playing basketball with his son last offseason. He missed all of last season. Palardy joined...

The NFL was among six pro sports leagues that participated, along with the leagues’ players’ unions, in a study that revealed today that five professional athletes developed heart problems after testing positive for COVID-19. The study, published today, identified 789 professional athletes in...

Getty Images NFL teams may have to wait until after the Super Bowl to hire coaches, if a proposed rule change goes into effect. The Bills have submitted a proposal to the league office that would prevent hirings of new coaches until after the Super Bowl, according to Albert Breer of SI.com...

Getty Images The following are PFT’s top 100 free agents for the start of the 2021 league year. The rankings include prospective unrestricted free agents, as well as released players. The list will be updated as events warrant, with signings, tags and re-signings denoted when announced and/or...

Getty Images Thirteen days into his 33-day head start on free agency, defensive lineman J.J. Watt continues to look for a new team. Multiple teams reportedly are interested, but no deal has been done, yet. According to Diana Russini of ESPN.com, Watt “has received contract offers from multiple...

Getty Images Nearly two weeks into this 33-day head start on free agency, J.J. Watt has yet to sign with a new team. No reports have emerged regarding specific offers he has received from the various franchises that have expressed interest. Although the lack of a specific cap number could be a...