Bills
- The Bills re-signed DE Gregory Rousseau to a four-year, $80 million extension with $49 million fully guaranteed, including a $17.5 million signing bonus. The deal has base salaries of $2.377 million, $4.92 million, $16.41 million, $17.41 million, and $15.41 million. (Over The Cap)
- The contract also has a $14 million fully guaranteed option bonus. Rousseau will earn $5 million if he’s on the roster on the fifth day of the 2027 league year and another $3 million if he’s on the roster on the fifth day of the 2029 league year. (Over The Cap)
- He also can earn up to $340k in per-game roster bonuses from 2026 to 2029, and another $4 million in incentives is available. The deal includes a void year for salary cap purposes. (Over The Cap)
- The Bills have signed LB Michael Hoecht to a three-year, $21 million deal, which includes a $4.39 million signing bonus and $13.43 million in guarantees. His salaries are $3 million in the first year (fully guaranteed), $6.04 million in the second year (fully guaranteed), and $5.74 million in the third year. The deal also features a $30,000 per-game active roster bonus each season (up to $510,000), a $100,000 annual workout bonus, and up to $1 million in playtime and sacks-based incentives each year. The contract includes voidable years in 2028 and 2029. (Aaron Wilson)
- The Bills signed S Darrick Forrest to a one-year deal worth $1.337 million, including a $167,500 signing bonus. His salary is $1.17 million and qualifies for the veteran salary benefit. (Wilson)
- The Bills signed S Damar Hamlin to a one-year deal worth $2 million, fully guaranteed, including a $167,500 signing bonus. His salary is $1.832 million, fully guaranteed. (Wilson)
- The Bills signed WR Josh Palmer to a three-year deal worth $29 million in base value, with $15 million guaranteed, including an $8 million signing bonus. His salaries are $2.16 million (guaranteed), $9.66 million ($7.84 million guaranteed for injury at signing, $4.84 million guaranteed for skill and cap at signing, with an additional $3 million guaranteed if on the roster on the fifth day of the 2026 league year), and $7.4 million. He will earn a $20,000 per-game active roster bonus annually and is eligible for up to $2 million in incentives based on touchdowns and total yards each year. His contract will void in 2028-2029 if he is on the roster 23 days before the start of the 2028 league year. (Wilson)
- Bills QB Josh Allen‘s six-year, $330 million extension includes a $139,549,284 signing bonus and $111,500,000 option bonus. His $1,255,000 salary in 2025 is guaranteed, along with guaranteed salaries of $54,500,000 in 2026 and $34,500,000 in 2027, while his salaries of $18,500,000, $17,000,000, and $27,000,000 from 2028-2030 are non-guaranteed. He can also earn a $35,000,000 roster bonus in 2029 and $30,000,000 in 2030, along with $500,000 workout bonuses from 2026-2030. (OverTheCap)
- Bills OL Spencer Brown has an option due worth $16 million with an additional $2.971 million due on March 22 (OTC).
- The Bills signed OLB Joey Bosa to a one-year deal worth $12.61 million, with $12 million guaranteed at signing, including a $9 million signing bonus. His salary is $3.61 million ($3 million fully guaranteed). He can earn an additional $3 million through performance incentives for sacks and playtime. The contract contains four void years for salary cap purposes. (OTC)
- Georgia Tech DL Zeek Biggers met extensively with the Bills at his pro day. (Tony Pauline)
- Laurier QB Taylor Elgersma, a Canadian prospect who received an invite to the Senior Bowl, met extensively with the Bills at Buffalo’s pro day. (Tony Pauline)
- Arkansas DE Landon Jackson had dinner with the Bills before his pro day. (Tony Pauline)
- Bills GM Brandon Beane when asked about RB James Cook and CB Christian Benford: “We’ve definitely had dialogue with those guys….if you could draw up what I would want ideally in building this team is we draft, develop (on and off the field) and re-sign.” (Sal Capaccio)
Jets
The Jets landed Justin Fields as their quarterback at the start of free agency. One anonymous quarterbacks coach pointed out Fields can play the dual-threat role better than Sam Darnold, who signed with the Seahawks on the open market.
“Fields is the best athlete on the field every time he plays,” the coach said, Mike Sando of The Athletic. “He’s really young (26). He’s a tough guy, physically and mentally. He can play in that style of (dual-threat) offense at a higher level than Sam Darnold can play in a traditional style of offense.”
The coach also pointed out how OC Tanner Engstrand ran a completely different offense with the Lions, which means they’ll need “really good coaching” to make things work with Fields.
“What they did in Detroit on offense and what Fields does are at opposite ends of the spectrum,” the coach said. “It will take a really good coaching effort to put all that together.”
- The Jets signed CB Brandon Stephens to a three-year deal worth $36 million, with $22.98 million guaranteed, including a $10 million signing bonus. His salaries are $1.17 million, $11.4 million (fully guaranteed), and $12 million (fully guaranteed). He will earn $510,000 annually in per-game active roster bonuses. The contract includes three void years for salary cap purposes. (OTC)
- Syracuse QB Kyle McCord met at length with Jets QB coach Charles London at his pro day. (Tony Pauline)
- Rich Cimini reports Fresno State S Dean Clark will visit with the Jets on Wednesday.
Patriots
Tom E. Curran of NBC Boston takes a look at ways the Patriots can rebuild their offense going into the 2025 NFL Draft.
- Curran notes New England still hasn’t landed a left tackle and they could consider LSU’s Will Campbell or Missouri’s Armand Membou at No. 4 overall.
- At wide receiver, Curran also points out they are in a prime position to take Colorado’s Travis Hunter, but thinks they should address the tackle spot in the end.
- With the tight end position being deep in this year’s draft, Curran could see New England bring in a prospect given Austin Hooper and Hunter Henry are 31 years old.
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