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How much will it cost the Bills to pick up fifth-year option on Greg Rousseau?

How much will it cost the #Bills to pick up fifth-year option on Greg Rousseau?

The Buffalo Bills have until May 2 to decide what their next move with Greg Rousseau will be.

The pass rusher was the team’s first-round pick at the 2021 NFL draft. In 2024, he’s entering the final year of his four-year rookie contract.

However, the Bills have until early May to decide whether or not the team will exercise the fifth-year option on his rookie contract. Doing so will keep Rousseau around through the 2025 season and will give the player a nice pay day as well.

That total pay day varies on a position-by-position basis. A quarterback would naturally make more than a specialist. The number of Pro Bowl honors for a player (Rousseau had none) also factors in.

So that begs the question, what about a defensive end like Rousseau? Every position’s option total for teams can be found below:

Report card: Bills top Steelers, 31-17

Report card: #Bills top #Steelers, 31-17:

The Buffalo Bills have worked their way through the Pittsburgh Steelers and are now onto the Divisional round of the AFC postseason.

Buffalo put together an effort that was strong throughout the contest. But not all three phases. While not a team that has covered the spread often this season, Pittsburgh was behind it throughout most of the game because of a strong effort up-and-down the Bills roster.

With that, here’s Bills Wire’s report card following the team’s 31-17 Wild Card win:

Stock up, stock down following the Bills’ AFC Wild-Card win over the Steelers

Here is Bills Wire’s stock report following Monday AFC Wild Card win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Buffalo Bills made it back to the AFC playoffs in one of the more unlikely fashions as they finished the season with five-straight victories to clinch the AFC East title.

The season didn’t stop there as they still had to keep winning as their main goal is getting to the Super Bowl. That started with Monday’s AFC Wild Card game against the Pittsburgh Steelers via a 31-17 win.

To make this game more interesting than it was already as a win-or-go-home scenario, this contest was originally supposed to take place on Sunday. However, due to the dangerous conditions in Buffalo over the weekend, the NFL postponed the game until Monday.

The change in schedule didn’t seem to affect the Bills in a negative way as they took it to the Steelers from the beginning with a 14-0 lead in the first quarter.

Here is the stock report following the playoff win over Pittsburgh:

PFF: 5 highest-graded Bills players on defense in Week 18

Good games for these #Bills defenders:

The Buffalo Bills won a tight 21-14 final in their Week 18 matchup against the Miami Dolphins.

The Bills (11-6) had a few players that stood out above the rest in this one. On defense, the Bills were led by cornerback Christian Benford and his takeaway.

In terms of the players who helped Douglas pull out the win, Buffalo will hope such efforts remain throughout the rest of the 2023 playoffs as they aim for the Super Bowl.

According to Pro Football Focus, they’ll need these players to continue to play at a high level.

Here are the five highest-graded Bills players on defense against the Dolphins (11-6) in Week 18:

PFF: 5 highest-graded Bills players on defense in Week 17

The #Bills defense was led by these players vs. the #Patriots:

The Buffalo Bills won a tight 27-21 final in their Week 17 matchup against the New England Patriots.

The Bills (10-6) had a few players that stood out above the rest in this one. On defense, the Bills were led by cornerback Rasul Douglas and his takeaways.

In terms of the players who helped Douglas pull out the win, Buffalo will hope such efforts remain throughout the rest of the 2023 season as they aim to secure a postseason spot.

According to Pro Football Focus, they’ll need these players to continue to play at a high level.

Here are the five highest-graded Bills players on defense against the Patriots (4-12) in Week 17:

PFF: 5 highest-graded Bills players on defense in Week 16

PFF: 5 highest-graded #Bills players on defense in Week 16 vs. the #Chargers:

The Buffalo Bills won a tight 24-22 final in their Week 16 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers.

The Bills (9-6) had a few players that stood out above the rest in this one. On defense, the Bills were led by defensive tackle Ed Oliver’s pair of sacks.

In terms of the players who helped Oliver pull out the win, Buffalo will hope such efforts remain throughout the rest of the 2023 season as they aim to secure a postseason spot.

According to Pro Football Focus, they’ll need these players to continue to play at a high level.

Here are the five highest-graded Bills players on defense against the Chargers in Week 16:

Report card: Bills top Chargers, 24-22

Report card: #Bills top #Chargers, 24-22:

The Buffalo Bills kept rolling in Week 16 against the Los Angeles Chargers.

The Bills (9-6) took a 24-22 win. As the score indicates, everyone wasn’t perfect against Los Angeles (5-10). Some positions fared better than some others.

With that, here is Bills Wire’s position-by-position report card for Week 16:

Bills locker room reacts to James Cook’s career day vs. Cowboys: ‘Cook really becomes Chef’

#Bills locker room reacts to James Cook’s career day vs. Cowboys: ‘Cook really becomes Chef’

James Cook, take a bow. The Buffalo Bills wrecked the Dallas Cowboys and it was nearly all because of the running back’s efforts.

Cook had 221 yards from scrimmage in the 31-10 win. As a team, the Bills (8-6) put up 351 total on offense against the against Cowboys (10-4). That caught a lot of attention from onlookers and teammates alike.

Cook’s efforts made some, such as quarterback Josh Allen, feel inadequate.

“I felt like the kid that didn’t do anything in the class project and got an A,” Allen said.

Others were just downright impressed.

“I feel like I was just watching the same play. 10-yard gain. 10-yard gain. 10-yard gain,” defensive tackle Ed Oliver said.

A roundup of Bills reactions to Cook’s career day can be found below:

WATCH: Bills celebrations walking off the field after Cowboys win

Big dubs:

A “big dub” was on the mind of many Bills players on Sunday afternoon after beating the Cowboys.

Following the Bills’ 30-10 win, players wore their emotions on their sleeve… and at the top of their lungs. Buffalo’s team expressed their thoughts after the victory by screaming the “big dubs” phrase at the team cameras while they walked off the field and while walking into the locker room at Highmark Stadium.

And as usual, the screen grabs for the videos were pretty solid too.

Check out both in the clips below:

Stock up, stock down following the Bills’ win over the Cowboys

Here is Bills Wire’s stock report following Sunday’s 31-10 win over the Dallas Cowboys:

The Buffalo Bills (8-6) are at a part of their season where they need to win if they want a good chance at the playoffs. Coming into Sunday, the Bills had their toughest test of the rest of this year as they faced the red-hot Dallas Cowboys (10-4).

Buffalo ended up beating Dallas, 31-10, where passing was hard for both teams due to the rainy and windy conditions surrounding Highmark Stadium. With that in mind, the Bills resorted to running the football as an easier way to deal with the weather along with the fact that the Cowboys had a lot of trouble stopping their ground game.

Following the game that was, here is Bills Wire’s stock report following the lopsided win over the Cowboys: