The Buffalo Bills have a pretty substantial 2026 free-agent class brewing and Spotrac\u2019s estimated market values paint a clear picture: if president of football operations\/general manager Brandon Beane wants to keep any of the key pieces, the cap is going to demand some hard choices.<\/p>\n
Using Spotrac\u2019s projected market values, here\u2019s a quick snapshot of what Buffalo\u2019s free agents could be commanding in 2026:<\/p>\n
Joey Bosa, EDGE
Projected Market Value: $13.7 Million<\/p>\n
David Edwards, Left Guard
Projected Market Value: $19.9 Million<\/p>\n
Larry Ogunjobi, Defensive Tackle
Projected Market Value: $5 Million<\/p>\n
A.J. Epenesa, EDGE
Projected Market Value: $6.4 Million<\/p>\n
Matt Milano, Linebacker
Projected Market Value: $4.6 Million<\/p>\n
Mitchell Trubisky, Quarterback
Projected Market Value: $4.4 Million<\/p>\n
Tre\u2019Davious White, Cornerback
Projected Market Value: $1.2 Million<\/p>\n
DaQuan Jones, Defensive Tackle
Projected Market Value: $1.7 Million<\/p>\n
Damar Hamlin, Safety
Projected Market Value: $1.7 Million<\/p>\n
Cam Lewis, Cornerback
Projected Market Value: $1.5 Million<\/p>\n
Jordan Phillips, Defensive Tackle
Projected Market Value: $1.05 Million<\/p>\n
Matt Prater, Kicker
Projected Market Value: $1.5 Million<\/p>\n
Jordan Poyer, Safety
Projected Market Value: $1.3 Million<\/p>\n
Brandin Cooks, Wide Receiver
Projected Market Value: $3.0 Million<\/p>\n
Shaq Thompson, Linebacker
Projected Market Value: $2.4 Million<\/p>\n
Gabe Davis, Wide Receiver
Projected Market Value: $1.6 Million<\/p>\n
Darnell Savage Jr., Safety
Projected Market Value: $2.6 Million<\/p>\n
Ryan Van Demark, Offensive Line
Projected Market Value: TBD<\/p>\n
Mitch Wishnowsky, Punter
Projected Market Value: TBD<\/p>\n
Reggie Gilliam, Fullback
Projected Market Value: TBD<\/p>\n
In the secondary, the projected values for players like Damar Hamlin, Jordan Poyer, and Tre\u2019Davious White suggest Buffalo may have opportunities to retain experience without breaking the bank, but those decisions come with risk; with age and\/or injury history. Meanwhile, defensive back depth pieces like Cam Lewis are the type of contracts that can quietly add up when you\u2019re filling out the bottom half of the roster.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, Buffalo\u2019s offseason may come down to a familiar formula: pick one or two priority re-signings, look for cheaper replacements elsewhere, and hope the draft can supply at least one immediate contributor in each of the 3 phases. The projected market values make it clear, though, that keeping the team together \u201cas is\u201d is not an option, and Buffalo will have to let the majority of their free agents walk next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Buffalo Bills have a pretty substantial 2026 free-agent class brewing and Spotrac\u2019s estimated market values paint a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[56856,5165,2091,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-800570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-buffalo-bills-salary-cap","9":"tag-buffalo-bills-free-agency","10":"tag-buffalo-bills-roster","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116194247005926233","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800570","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=800570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}