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‘White played in Buffalo from 2017 to 2023, during which he was named first-team All-Pro and a Pro Bowler twice.’

‘A sixth-round draft pick of the Bills out of Villanova in 2022, Benford played just nine games as a rookie, then emerged as a key piece of the secondary as a second-year player. He’s logged at least two interceptions and 10 pass breakups in each of his last two seasons, even drawing a vote for Defensive Player of the Year, thanks to his breakout 2024 campaign.’

‘”It feels amazing to be back,” Hamlin said. “This is home, this is all I know as a pro. I’m connected to this place on a totally different level. So this is the place I want to be, where I want to spend my whole career if I can. It feels good to be back.”‘

‘”Coming in to Buffalo, I was a kid that just wanted to improve and learn and really show off my talents. But I was always put in the back seat,” Elam said on a conference call Monday. “So I continued to put my head down and work, and [I] continued to make plays throughout the season and in the playoffs and stuff like that. This time around [in 2024], I got less and less opportunities. I just took everything I learned from there and all the baggage and the improvements I felt like I needed to make and just packaged it up and worked on it every day. So I don’t really see it as a negative. I really just see it as a growing opportunity for me to go shine somewhere else.”‘

‘According to Beane, the Bills knew about Hoecht’s positive test when they signed him to a three-year, $21 million contract but did not know about Ogunjobi’s prior to agreeing with him on a one-year, $8.3 million deal.’

‘Allen’s new contract is worth an average of $55 million per year, which puts him behind Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, who is making an average of $60 million per year, which is the highest in the NFL.’

‘Elam was never able to find his footing in Buffalo, starting only 12 of his 29 games played in three seasons. He had two interceptions as rookie, but hasn’t registered any in each of the last two seasons, but Elam did total two of his career three tackles for loss in 2024. Elam’s 72.3 passer rating against as the primary defender in coverage ranks 103rd out of 255 NFL players who have had at least 80 passes thrown their way since 2022, the span of his career. His passer rating against was the fifth-best in Buffalo through his first three seasons.’

‘While he has proven to be a top-tier pass rusher, injuries have hampered Bosa in recent years. He missed nine games in 2018 and 23 combined games over the last three seasons due to injury.’

‘A former No. 3 overall pick, Bosa won Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2016 after recording 10.5 sacks and 17 tackles for loss. Bosa was named to his first Pro Bowl the following year and has had four seasons with at least 10 sacks. He made his fifth Pro Bowl in 2024 after recording five sacks and two forced fumbles in 14 games. ‘

‘In 2024, Palmer caught 39 passes for 584 yards and one touchdown. He came to L.A. as a third-round pick out of the University of Tennessee in 2021, and has caught 182 passes for 2,287 yards and 10 touchdowns in four NFL seasons. Palmer’s best campaign statistically came in 2022, when he caught 72 passes for 769 yards and three touchdowns.’

‘Miller, who turns 36-years-old on March 26, has just six sacks across the last two seasons, but he and the Bills are open to a return on a new deal ahead of his 14th NFL season, per NFL Media. He signed a six-year, $120 million deal with Buffalo in the 2022 offseason after helping lead the Los Angeles Rams to a Super Bowl LVI title to conclude the 2021 season. Miller, the second overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, leads the entire NFL in sacks since 2010 with 129.5, a figure that also ranks as the 16th-most since sacks became an officially tracked individual statistic in 1982.’

‘Allen is one of the NFL’s all-time great success stories. Regarded as extremely physically talented but raw and inaccurate coming out of Wyoming, Allen was selected seventh overall in 2018. After a so-so rookie season that included plenty of flashes but also more interceptions (12) than touchdown passes (10), Allen improved in his second year and then took a huge jump his third year, finishing second in MVP voting. He has been outstanding ever since, and over the past five seasons only the Chiefs have won more games.’

‘While Allen still had four years and about $140 million left on his current contract, the Bills clearly thought that this was the time to reward the reigning league MVP.’

‘Rousseau has played his entire career in Buffalo, joining the team as the No. 30 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. He finished the 2024 season with eight sacks, leading the team’s pass rushers and tying his career high. Rousseau also had a career-high 53 combined tackles and 36 solo tackles last year.’

‘Bernard was entering the final year of his rookie contract in 2025, so this deal now secures him for the foreseeable future. The 25-year-old entered the league as a third-round pick of the Bills in 2022 out of Baylor. Since heading to upstate New York, Bernard has blossomed into a key cog of Sean McDermott’s defense. Last season, he was named one of Buffalo’s two captains for the 2024 campaign.’