The Buffalo Bills are releasing All-Pro safety Jordan Poyer in a bid to get under the salary cap ahead of free agency, multiple media outlets reported on Wednesday.
Poyer, who played seven seasons with the Bills, carried a cap hit of $7.72 million and a dead cap value of $2 million.
Poyer is just one of several reported cuts coming from the Bills.
The Bills are also releasing center Mitch Morse, return specialist Deonte Harty and special teams player Siran Neal, NFL Network reported. Morse was set to make $8.5 million in 2024. He carries a dead cap hit of $3 million. Harty will save the team $4.3 million.
ESPN reported that the Bills also are releasing cornerback Tre’Davious White and will designate him a post-June 1 cut and save $10.2 million. White is a two-time Pro Bowler, but last year he sustained a season-ending Achilles injury in Week 4.
ESPN also reported the Bills also plan to restructure the contract of cornerback Rasul Douglas to save approximately $2.5 million against their cap.
Poyer, 32, recorded 100 tackles and one sack in 16 games (all starts) last season.
Named an All-Pro in 2021 and a Pro Bowl selection in 2022, Poyer has totaled 806 tackles, 24 interceptions and 12 sacks in 155 career games (117 starts) with the Philadelphia Eagles, Cleveland Browns and Bills. He was selected by the Eagles in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL Draft.
Douglas, 29, had 61 tackles and five interceptions in 16 games (15 starts) last season split between the Green Bay Packers and Bills. He has 19 interceptions to go with 383 tackles and two forced fumbles over 105 career games (65 starts) for the Eagles, Carolina Panthers, Packers and Bills.
Morse, 31, started all 77 games he played in since joining Buffalo in 2019. The second-round pick of the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2015 draft has started all 126 games he’s played in since joining the league. He made the Pro Bowl in 2022.
White, 29, started all 82 games he played with the Bills since being drafted in the first round (27th overall) in 2017. He has 18 interceptions to go with 311 tackles.
–Field Level Media
