Buffalo Bills News: Lorenzo Alexander’s 2019 contract
The Buffalo Bills have Lorenzo Alexander back for one more year and it comes on a deal that is quite team-friendly in terms of money.
We still have two months until the craziness of NFL free agency begins. Right now, Buffalo Bills fans can only wait for news about signings of the in-house free agents.
One of those came earlier this week when Lorenzo Alexander announced he will be back for one more year with the Bills.
The details of his new deal emerged Thursday.
#Bills LB and special teamer Lorenzo Alexander’s 1-year extension signed yesterday is worth a max value of $4.55M, source said. The base value is $3M, including $550K to sign.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 17, 2019
This is some great value for the team considering Alexander is a captain and should be the leader of the defense in 2019. Yet at the same time, perhaps his playing time could go down due to the youth at the linebacker position. Either way he is still making a small fortune to play in 2019.
Alexander was the biggest name among the free agents on the roster, yet some starters still remain in need of new deals.
We look at this news and more in a Friday edition of The Morning Charge. The weekend is here! Just in time for a monster snowstorm.
Buffalo Bills News:
An in-house free-agent decision this offseason (BuffaLowDown, Steven Kubitza)
This article looks at an ESPN.com piece outlining free-agent decisions to be made for all 32 teams. The Bills have a few offensive linemen in need of new deals. That may not come in Buffalo if the front office wants to shake things up at the position.
Josh Allen: Bills are ‘looking to build something special’ (The Buffalo News, Vic Carucci)
A recent interview with Josh Allen should have fans getting a bit pumped up for the 2019 season.
2019 NFL Draft: Mel Kiper has Buffalo Bills going defense in Mock 1.0 (NYup.com, Ryan Talbot)
Mel Kiper has his first mock draft out, if that excites anyone. For all those who want a top rookie defender, this mock draft is for you.
Bills were only team to contact QB Matt Barkley this season (Bills Wire, Nick Wojton)
No one else wanted Matt Barkley?
That worked out well for the Bills. It’s always funny how these things go, especially considering how some teams struggled to find any help at quarterback last year.