Most attention has turned to the upcoming 2020 NFL Draft at the end of April. But that doesn’t mean the free agent market has closed.
Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane recently spoke to reporters and admitted much of his attention is now on rookies. However, he also said that the young prospects don’t have his full attention. He’ll be sure to keep an eye on the open market, too.
Could there be any players still available that could interest the Bills? There certainly are.
Here are 10 players still on the open market for the Bills to consider:
RB Devonta Freeman
Age: 28
This connection between the Bills and Devonta Freeman have been made since before he was even cut by the Falcons this offseason.
Freeman could provide a complement to Devin Singeltary as a pass-catching option. He caught 59 catches in 2019 with the Falcons and 257 in his career, including 73 in the 2015 season. But by most accounts, Freeman took a step back last season. He only averaged 3.6 yards per carry last year, a career-low, but overall, Freeman is at 4.2 yards per carry for his career.
Still, Freeman could be a low-cost option to pair up with Singletary in Buffalo’s backfield. However, he’s not an overly-large player that would mix well with Singletary’s smaller, shifty game with the Bills and he’s not much of a special teams guy like TJ Yeldon would be. Overall as a back, Freeman has certainly had more success than Yeldon in his career, though.
Because it’s his Birthday let’s throw it back to when Devonta Freeman dropped a saints player pic.twitter.com/T2wHiOYpcz
— Jet Szn 🛫 (@arkesh_ray) March 15, 2020