Buffalo Bills Depth Chart
- AFC East
- Stadium
- Bills Stadium
- Head Coach
- Sean McDermott
- Offensive Coordinator
- Brian Daboll
- Defensive Coordinator
- Leslie Frazier
- Special Teams Coach
- Heath Farwell
- Defensive Scheme
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The Buffalo Bills converted more than $11.7 million of wide receiver Stefon Diggs' base salary into a signing bonus on Tuesday, according to a source. The move saves the team around $8 million in salary cap space. Diggs was initially slated to make around $12.7 million in base salary this year, but that figure is now down to $990,000. Per Spotrac, Buffalo has $11,084,995 in salary cap space. The Bills now have more room for a potential trade, but they also have yet to sign first-rounder Greg Rousseau or third-rounder Spencer Brown. The team would also like to eventually sign quarterback Josh Allen to a long-term deal. Diggs led the league in catches and receiving yards last season and should be one of the first pass-catchers off the board in fantasy drafts this fall.
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen improved his deep passing numbers last year with the help of wide receiver Stefon Diggs, finishing with the second-most deep completions to wide open receivers (10). Allen went from a -10.1 percent completion percentage over expectation in 2019 to +7.1 percent in 2020, the second-largest jump in the league behind Daniel Jones. The 25-year-old also led the NFL in deep completions while on the run with eight. Buffalo's franchise signal-caller took the next step last year, and the addition of Diggs certainly helped his cause. Allen finished as the overall QB1 for fantasy managers last year, finishing with 4,544 passing yards, a 69 percent completion rate, 37 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He also added eight rushing scores. Allen is a no-brainer top-five fantasy QB.
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs led the league in receiving yards (1,535) last year in his first season with the team. Diggs' 166 targets produced a league-high 127 receptions, and he was the only receiver to catch passes at a rate that was 11.7 percent higher than expectation. He had the most receiving yards (685) on play-action targets in the league and also caught 50 passes for 490 yards on hitch routes, which were the most catches and yards by any player on any route in 2020, according to Next Gen Stats. Diggs caught 93 passes for 1,173 yards and five TDs on 120 targets when aligned out wide, the second-most catches and yards in the league. The 27-year-old has helped QBs record a 97.4 passer rating when targeted in tight windows since 2016, the second-highest rating among all wideouts. Simply put, Diggs is really good, and having quarterback Josh Allen throwing him passes has made him an elite fantasy pass-catcher.
The Buffalo Bills are bringing in free-agent wide receiver/kick returner Jeff Badet for a workout. Badet has played for the Minnesota Vikings and Washington Football Team. The 26-year-old was recently cut by Washington after playing in just three games for the team last season. Badet did not record any statistics in Washington while playing just 21 total offensive snaps. He was targeted just once in the passing game and did not come down with the catch. Badet joined the Vikings in 2018 and spent the year on the practice squad. He was cut before the start of the 2019 season and played in the XFL before joining Washington.
The Buffalo Bills picked up the fifth-year options for the 2022 season on quarterback Josh Allen and linebacker Tremaine Edmunds on Monday. Neither decision comes as a surprise. Allen, the seventh overall pick in 2018, broke out last year, passing for 4,544 yards and 37 touchdowns while finishing as the runner-up in the MVP voting. General manager Brandon Beane said a contract extension with Allen could be finished as early as this spring. He'll have a base salary of around $23.1 million fully guaranteed in 2022 and will be a top-tier QB1 this season. Edmunds, 23, is a two-time Pro Bowler and team captain. Like Allen, the Bills are expected to approach Edmunds about a contract extension in the near future. Edmunds will have a base salary of around $12.7 million fully guaranteed in 2022.