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9 takeaways from Bills’ Sean McDermott’s end of season presser

9 takeaways from #Bills’ Sean McDermott’s end of season presser:

The Buffalo Bills have put the finishing touches on their 2023 season with locker cleanout day.

Players, coaches, and the entire organization laid out their final thoughts and the season that was and looked forward to the future. Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott was included amongst this bunch.

With that, here are nine takeaways from McDermott’s end of season presser:

Bills’ Taron Johnson on Micah Hyde, Jordan Poyer: ‘Hopefully they’re here’ next year

#Bills’ Taron Johnson on Micah Hyde, Jordan Poyer: ‘Hopefully they’re here’ next year:

The future is unclear for a cornerstone of the Buffalo Bills roster.

The Bills hired head coach Sean McDermott and eventually general manager Brandon Beane in 2017. In terms of player leadership, the safety tandem of Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer were the duo that quickly filled that role.

“Micah and Jordan (Poyer). When you say one, you have to say the other, right? McDermott said via video conference.

Now, the future for them is unclear. Hyde’s is very up in the air. He’s slated to be a free agent this offseason.

“I just have no idea what the future holds right now,” Hyde said at locker cleanout day after the Bills’ playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. “We’ll see. I’m in no rush. No rush at all.”

Poyer is under contract for one more season. The Bills would take on $2 million in dead cap if he’s released but Buffalo could clear near $5.5M in salary cap space. The team is estimated to be near $50M over the 2024 over the salary cap, according to Over The Cap.

As one could expect, teammates in the Bills locker room aren’t too concerned about all that. They know it’s a business. But the bonds between players is stronger than that and Taron Johnson showed it.

Johnson, who has played in Buffalo since 2018, hopes both are back and that all comes down to relationships built.

“Hopefully they’re here,” Johnson said.

Johnson discussing his teammates can be found in the News 8 clip below:

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Amid uncertain future, Micah Hyde calls signing with Bills ‘best decision’ he made

Is Hyde on the way out?

The Buffalo Bills lost to the Kansas City Chiefs, 27-24, in the NFL divisional round of the postseason.

It could have been the final time Micah Hyde suits up for the Bills.

Hyde is slated to be a free agent this offseason. Between age and a few recent seasons with neck injuries, the 33-year-old isn’t sure what’s ahead of him.

Then again, the NFL is a business too. The team might decide to go in another direction as well.

All things considered, Hyde was in a reflective mood during locker cleanout day in Orchard Park. The defender went down memory lane with media.

“When we first got here I was like, ‘What the hell am I doing?’ Hyde said. “But ended up being one of the best decisions I ever made.”

“I think it’s just, we helped the city of Buffalo and Buffalo helped us.”

Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott felt a similar way.

“Micah and Jordan (Poyer). When you say one, you have to say the other, right? McDermott said via video conference. “Driving to the game the other day, I thought to myself, I knew the defense was going to get announced [before the game] it was their turn. I was thinking to myself, this is another opportunity–knowing that we weren’t going to have another home game because Baltimore had won–One last time for these two to run out of the tunnel and hear their names called.”

In addition to the reflective moods between player and coach, the goodbye message that Hyde’s wife, Amanda, wrote on social media might be the cherry on top. Hyde very well could be gone.

For Hyde’s full discussion on his journey in Buffalo, see the attached WIVB-TV clip below:

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Full list of Bills players who will be free agents this offseason

Who will stay and who will go?

As another season of Buffalo Bills football has come to an end, so have another series of contracts that have been signed.

Whether it be grizzled veterans or players seeing the end of their rookie contracts, there are plenty of faces who will not long be under contract in Buffalo in March when free agency opens.

The Bills have plenty of time until then to sign players to extensions, but it’s never so cut-and-dry. According to Over The Cap, Buffalo is estimated to be $49 million over the 2024 NFL salary cap.

Moves must be made and general manager Brandon Beane will earn his own salary with the decisions ahead.

But what you’re here for: The full list of Bills free agents following the 2023 season is below:

Micah Hyde’s wife, Amanda, pens thank you to Bills Mafia

Could Hyde have played his last game with the #Bills?

It could be the end of the road for veteran safety Micah Hyde with the Buffalo Bills.

Or at least his wife, Amanda, made it sound possible.

The team captain will be a free agent in March. He’s now 33 and has sustained neck injuries over the past two seasons.

In a post to social media, Amanda Hyde’s post sounded a lot like a goodbye message to Buffalo and Bills Mafia.

“Thank you for making this place our home. Thank you for being so good to us. Thank you for making each season so special. And thank you for making this place so hard to leave. You will always have a piece of our hearts, and man, do we love you guys!” she wrote.

Her full message can be found below:

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Bills teammates react to Josh Allen’s incredible run vs. Steelers

Even they have to be fans:

Western New York and the greater NFL world were amazed by Josh Allen’s touchdown run against the Steelers.

The Bills QB certainly did his part on the play. Allen scampered 52 yards down the field when it looked like the Steelers thought he going to slide to the ground.

Neither happened and his teammates were just as shocked as the rest of us that Allen managed to stay on his feet and get into the end zone. It was the top highlight from the 31-17 win.

“Sometimes you can’t help but just sit back and be a fan,” tight end Dawson Knox said.

For more from Knox and others around the Bills locker room, see the attached 13WHAM-TV clip below:

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36 potential free agent targets for Vikings Monday’s Wild Card round

The Minnesota Vikings are likely to be active in free agency this March. These players are ones to keep your eye on during Monday’s games.

With the Minnesota Vikings entering year three of the Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Kevin O’Connell era, it’s a very pivotal offseason. Over the first two seasons, the Vikings sit at 20-14 and should have more injury luck next season.

Over the first two playoff slates, we took a look at potential free agents to keep eyes on on both Saturday and Sunday.

With Monday’s slate now up to two games, there are plenty of free agent targets to watch that could be members of the Vikings next season.

Bills’ Micah Hyde makes decision on Rasul Douglas: ‘We won the trade’

#Bills’ Micah Hyde makes decision on Rasul Douglas: ‘We won the trade’

The Bills defeated a chippy Patriots team 27-21 in Orchard Park on Sunday, extending their win streak to four straight contests.

Buffalo will head into next week’s regular-season finale against the Dolphins in Miami for the AFC Championship.

Sunday’s win could be the final AFC East meeting between defensive head coaches Sean McDermott and Bill Belichick, whose future with the Patriots organization is unclear.

And it was McDermott’s defense, for whom he is the primary play-caller, that shone, holding New England to only 294 total yards.

Buffalo caused four Patriots turnovers, including a pick-six by trade deadline acquisition CB Rasul Douglas.

Douglas tipped a pass by Patriots QB Bailey Zappe earlier in the game, which was then caught by teammate DT Ed Oliver for his first career interception, thanks to some single-handed acrobatics, before the cornerback reeled in two picks of his own.

All in the first half.

“That should have been another pick by me,” Douglas mused during his postgame media availability. “I should have had 3, honestly, cause I knew it was coming. I read it, but I was on the right side of the tight end and he kind of threw it to the left. So, I had to go around him and deflect it up and then I seen Ed diving for it, I was just happy that he caught it.”

Douglas has been a huge addition defensively in general, not to mention in the wake of another season-ending injury to CB Tre White.

“I don’t know what we gave up to get him… but we won the trade,” S Micah Hyde said about the Bills’ corner, per ABC 13 WHAM. 

Hyde’s comments were backed by their head coach, who noted the team’s resilience.

“They’ve been very resilient. And just the things that they’ve learned, I think, through the journey that have gotten us to here and then using them week to week to find a way to win games,” McDermott said to the press. “Today we knew wasn’t going to be easy and I thought that their resilient nature was on display in the second half.”

New England’s defense was still stingy despite their offense’s shortcomings, but it was Buffalo’s defensive group that won the day. The offense will look to bounce back and the team will aim to keep rolling into the win column next week in Miami.

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Bills players share their ideal teammates for a snowball fight

Who ya got?

Buffalo Bills players seem to like the snow.

In the 2022/23 season, fans and players will remember a frantic end to the game against AFC East rival Miami Dolphins where the special team unit cleared the snow for Tyler Bass to kick the winner and secure the division and home-field advantage for their Wild Card round the following week against the Dolphins.

Playing in Buffalo in December means cold weathers and plenty of snow for the Bills in Orchard Park. And Bills players who are the two teammates they would like to see in a snowball fight.

Many of the answered the obvious, quarterback Josh Allen, but interesting answers came as well. Some offensive lineman picked other offensive lineman teammates and more than a handful selected safety Micah Hyde.

You can watch the full clip here:

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Highlights of Bills practice ahead of Chargers matchup in Week 16

Highlights of #Bills practice ahead of #Chargers matchup in Week 16:

The Buffalo Bills are onto their next matchup in Week 16.

Awaiting the Bills (8-6) is is a clash against the Los Angeles Chargers (5-9). As it typically is, once midweek arrives, Buffalo turns the page to their next foe by having their first day of practice in Orchard Park in preparation for the contest en route.

The Bills will hope their practice and attention to detail will pay off in the form of another win this weekend. With the playoff picture at the center of everything the rest of the way this season, it’s sorely needed.

Check out highlights of the Bills’ practice this week shared to social media below by local media and the team in the list below: