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Like any offseason, the Buffalo Bills watched several unrestricted free-agents walk out the doors of One Bills Drive en route to new deals early in March. Free agency remains one of the NFL’s biggest off-field draws for fans due to the high-stakes nature of signing players to significant and often risky contracts.

Sometimes a team is better off letting their own free agents walk, rather than sign them to a bigger deal for production they may never find in-house. It’s not always about a player’s ability, but their fit within the system, and, course, the culture. However, most often it’s really just about what the front office can afford to do against the NFL salary cap.

For the Bills in 2026, it appears to be a mix of at least a couple things. There is, of course, the very real fact that Buffalo can’t just hand out money in all directions. President of football operations/general manager Brandon Beane has leveraged contract moves with current players, which has them a bit north (before officially losing Ryan Van Demark) of $11 million under the 2026 salary cap. But to retain every player from last season would require far more money, and that’s without even considering how they fit into the coming season’s plans.

There’s a new, but familiar, head coach in Joe Brady, and he’s brought in a new defensive coordinator, namely Jim Leonhard. Both are first-time coaches in their respective roles, and it’s quite possible that those free-agent players Buffalo has allowed to walk were no longer good fits with the Bills.

With only the benefit of understanding how each performed and fit the system prior to 2026, which of Buffalo’s free-agent losses to this point do you believe most harms the team in 2026? Is it backup quarterback Mitch Trubisky, fullback Reggie Gilliam, left guard David Edwards, defensive back cam Lewis, safety Darnell Savage Jr., defensive end A.J. Epenesa, or perhaps reserve offensive tackle Ryan Van Demark?

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