{"id":797190,"date":"2026-03-06T23:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/797190\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T23:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:36:29","slug":"dane-jackson-released-ahead-of-buffalo-bills-2026-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/797190\/","title":{"rendered":"Dane Jackson released ahead of Buffalo Bills\u2019 2026 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As part of the Buffalo Bills\u2019 moves to clear room on their salary cap ahead of the 2026 NFL season, cornerback Dane Jackson has been released by the team. Jackson is the third defensive back let go by the new regime, a unit led by first time head coach Joe Brady and first time defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/salsports\/status\/2030035946289197555?s=46&amp;t=hNoLBzlei5gT4vi8cHWHkA\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported by Sal Capaccio<\/a>, the Bills clear \u201c$1.2M of cap space\u201d in 2026 by releasing Jackson and the minimum active roster deal he was signed to late last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Though not an integral part of Buffalo\u2019s on-field plans in his return to One Bills Drive last season, Jackson did see the field in three regular-season games, totaling three combined tackles. Also appearing in both of Buffalo\u2019s playoff games last season, Jackson\u2019s role as veteran depth was tested when Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton chose to have quarterback Bo Nix target Jackson who was acting as cold relief for an injured Tre\u2019Davious White. It was a play that ended as a called touchdown for Denver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In five seasons and 55 games played between those two stints with the Bills, Jackson made 155 tackles (129 solo), two tackles for loss, three interceptions, 28 pass defenses, two forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery (per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/J\/JackDa02.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pro Football Reference<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jackson\u2019s time with the Bills spoke to former head coach Sean McDermott\u2019s ability to bring the best out of late-round and undrafted defensive backs in most situations. Though Jackson\u2019s second stint didn\u2019t go as well as his first with One Bills Drive, he was pressed into playoff duty after the team lost backup cornerback Ja\u2019Marcus Ingram to waivers while making their own successful yet unrequited waiver claim of cornerback Darius Slay Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As part of the Buffalo Bills\u2019 moves to clear room on their salary cap ahead of the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[215,214,53,56856,2090,2091,2086,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-797190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-bills","9":"tag-buffalo","10":"tag-buffalo-bills","11":"tag-buffalo-bills-salary-cap","12":"tag-buffalo-bills-news","13":"tag-buffalo-bills-roster","14":"tag-buffalobills","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116184860946966526","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}