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Free agency's impact: How the latest moves affect the Buffalo Bills

  • Mar 23, 2022
  • Mar 23, 2022 Updated Apr 19, 2026
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Now that the flurry of free agency has quieted down, let's learn more about the Buffalo Bills' recent acquisitions and their potential impacts on the team, and what the Miami Dolphins' blockbuster trade for wide receiver Tyreek Hill means for the Bills' draft strategy.

After two-year tour through AFC East, Shaq Lawson happy to be back with Bills

Shaq Lawson has watched from afar what the Buffalo Bills have built over the past two years.

Seeing that, he said Wednesday, made it an easy decision to want to come back.

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Bills DC Leslie Frazier: Von Miller will bring excitement in helping Buffalo reach goals

When the news that wide receiver Tyreek Hill had been traded from Kansas City to Miami became official, Leslie Frazier was in the middle of something.

Buffalo’s defensive coordinator, along with other coaches from the Bills staff, was at Buffalo City Mission, serving hot meals to those experiencing hunger or homelessness. He heard rumbles that Hill might be traded, but still had to confirm the trade was true.

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After two-year tour through AFC East, Shaq Lawson happy to be back with Bills

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Mark Gaughan: Dolphins' trade for Tyreek Hill should tip Bills' draft scales

The Miami Dolphins’ blockbuster acquisition of elite speed receiver Tyreek Hill on Wednesday has to tip the Buffalo Bills' draft scales a little bit more.

Cornerback already was a prime option for Buffalo with the 25th overall pick in the draft. The Bills should be leaning even more in that direction after Miami’s trade with the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Rams GM: ‘There’s only one of Von Miller, and he’ll go to the Hall of Fame because of it’

When Von Miller met with the media last week after signing a six-year contract to join the Buffalo Bills, he expressed how difficult a decision it was to leave the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams.

“It was tough man, it came down to the very end,” he said. “I feel like I let (the Rams) down. I feel like I’m breaking up with my girlfriend. That’s just me and the way I go about my business. But this was the one time in my life where I had to make a decision for me.”

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Blowout loss in Orchard Park in Week 3 made big impression on new Bills DT Tim Settle

The Buffalo Bills’ 43-21 walloping of the Washington Football Team in Week 3 last season might have been a forgettable experience for Washington fans, but it left a big impression on Tim Settle.

The fourth-year defensive tackle for Washington, now a new Bills free-agent signee, was mighty impressed with the team on the other sideline.

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