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Last Updated: March 12, 2024, 00:00 IST
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The Buffalo Bills reached an settlement on Monday to signal left deal with Dion Dawkins to a threeyear contract extension that locks up the starter by means of 2027, with the deal additionally anticipated to offer the crew wage cap aid this season.
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.: The Buffalo Bills reached an settlement on Monday to signal left deal with Dion Dawkins to a 3-yr contract extension that locks up the starter by means of 2027, with the deal additionally anticipated to offer the crew wage cap aid this season.
Also, the Bills re-signed backup defensive again Cam Lewis to a two-yr, $4 million contract, the participant’s agent Sean Stellato stated. Lewis was a pending unrestricted free agent, who returns after spending his first 4 NFL seasons with the Bills. ESPN.com first reported Lewis’ signing.
Dawkins was getting into the ultimate season of a 4-yr contract, and on account of rely greater than $16.6 million towards the wage cap. Buffalo has spent the previous few weeks slashing payroll after getting into the offseason projected to being a league-excessive $44 million over the cap.
Re-signing Dawkins solidifies the lengthy-time period way forward for quarterback Josh Allen’s main protector on a line present process modifications after veteran beginning heart Mitch Morse was minimize final week.
The settlement with Dawkins comes two days earlier than the NFL’s free company signing interval formally opens.
Dawkins, who turns 30 subsequent month, has been the Bills’ beginning left deal with since being chosen within the second spherical of the 2017 draft out of Temple. The three-time Pro Bowl choice is famous for his sturdiness in having beginning 106 common-season video games, plus 11 within the playoffs.
Dawkins can be a crew chief and neighborhood favourite for the charitable work he’s performed in Buffalo that led to him being the crew’s Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee for a second straight season final yr.
The 26-yr-previous Lewis selected to return to Buffalo as a result of he’s conversant in the crew’s defensive system and expertise taking part in each cornerback and security positions. The Bills secondary is present process a serious transition after the crew launched beginning security Jordan Poyer and beginning cornerback Tre’Davious White final week, and with beginning security Micah Hyde considering retirement.
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