The Buffalo Bills have several starters who are free agents this offseason, and the players and team alike face important decisions on their future at their positions.
Two of those starters on defense, LB Tremaine Edmunds and S Jordan Poyer, are ranked among Pro Football Focus’s top 25 free agents in 2023.
PFF shared One key stat to know for PFF’s top 25 free agents in 2023 this past week, and the list features Edmunds at 17 and Poyer at 19 among top FAs.
In addition to the stat note, PFF recently predicted that Edmunds will be among the highest-paid linebackers in free agency during the 2023 off-season. The analytical football outlet also categorized Poyer as a player the Bills can’t afford to lose.
Bills GM Brandon Beane and the front office will have their work cut out for them in terms of evaluating the cost of retaining the two defensive starters or whether one or both players’ productivity can be replaced or improved upon by way of the draft, trade, or free agency.
Although it will take some economic ingenuity and maneuvering with the team’s cap situation, PFF makes a strong case for why the Bills to retain their defensive starters. With another starter on offense also a free agent in RB Devin Singletary, it remains to be seen if all three players will again suit up for Buffalo.
Here are the key PFF stats about each player: