Bills 2025 free agents offered stopgaps but failed to bring game-changers

Brandon Beane is not lying when he continually points to the tight salary cap situation as a problem he has to deal with as general manager of the Buffalo Bills. Those constraints are real, and a major reason is that quarterback Josh Allen counted 13% of the entire salary cap in 2025, and that rises to approximately 18.5% of the projected 2026 cap of $304 million. With one player - albeit one who deserves it - set to account for nearly one-fifth of the entire salary cap is obviously an impediment to roster construction, but it’s also a fact of life in the NFL because that’s what superstars at that vital position had to be paid in order to employ them. Given the strain Allen puts on the...