Overview
- Buffalo’s season ended with a 33-30 overtime loss to the Broncos, sending the team into a constrained offseason focused on retooling around Josh Allen.
- Estimates place the Bills between roughly $11 million and $13.3 million over the cap, limiting room for big-ticket signings.
- Options to create space reportedly include releasing Curtis Samuel (about $6.25 million saved), a post–June 1 move with Dawson Knox (about $9.7 million), and restructures for Josh Allen (about $12 million) and Spencer Brown (about $10 million).
- Priority needs identified by analysts include an outside playmaking wide receiver, additional edge rush help alongside Greg Rousseau, and a second starting-caliber safety to fit Sean McDermott’s two-high tendencies.
- Key decisions loom on numerous pending free agents, and Buffalo holds pick No. 26 and a full slate of 2026 draft selections, while one outlet has floated potential targets such as Jonathan Franklin-Myers, George Pickens, Boye Mafe and Reed Blankenship.