The Buffalo Bills did a lot of maintaining in free agency. It wasn’t filled with big splashes, but that was never the plan.
Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane even said that at his end of season press conference. His goal was always to keep things in-tact. That happened as Buffalo re-signed several pieces of their roster, including offensive tackle Daryl Williams and linebacker Matt Milano.
For these accomplishments, Bleacher Report recently handed out grades for work done in free agency and Buffalo’s consensus mark was a B. Here’s the breakdown:
They did a solid job maintaining their roster. The Bills didn’t necessarily get any better, but they offset a potential major loss at wide receiver when John Brown left by signing Emmanuel Sanders. Plus, Buffalo retained cornerback Levi Wallace.
By comparison, the Bills did just as well as the rest of the AFC East, according to B/R. But we had a classic reaction to some teams. Each year, everyone loves the club that spends a ton at this time of the year.
No one made more splashes in free agency than the Patriots. That helped them land an overall mark of A-minus. That was the best divisional grade from B/R.
We’ll have to see if that spending was worth it on the field in 2021.
However, the Jets did spend more than the Bills during free agency, but they also earned a grade of B. The Dolphins were slightly being with a B-minus.
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