2024 Buffalo Bills season

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2024 Buffalo Bills season
Owner Terry and Kim Pegula
General manager Brandon Beane
Head coach Sean McDermott
Home field Highmark Stadium

The 2024 season will be the Buffalo Bills' 55th in the National Football League, their 65th overall, their tenth full season under the ownership of Terry and Kim Pegula, and their eighth under the head coach/general manager tandem of Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane.

Contents

This will be their first season since 2019 without wide receiver Stefon Diggs, as he was traded to the Houston Texans along with a sixth-round selection in this year's NFL draft and a fifth-round selection in the 2025 NFL draft in exchange for a second-round selection (that originally belonged to the Minnesota Vikings) in the 2025 NFL draft.

Transactions

Arrivals

PositionPlayer2023 team(s)Date signedNotes
WR K. J. Hamler Indianapolis Colts January 22, 2024 [1]
S Kendall Williamson Chicago Bears
P Matt Haack Cleveland Browns March 6, 2024 [2]
QB Mitchell Trubisky Pittsburgh Steelers March 7, 2024 [3]
WR Mack Hollins Atlanta Falcons March 14, 2024 [4]
LB Nicholas Morrow Philadelphia Eagles
WR Curtis Samuel Washington Commanders March 15, 2024 [5]
DE Casey Toohill March 19, 2024 [6]
S Mike Edwards Kansas City Chiefs March 20, 2024 [7]
C Will Clapp Los Angeles Chargers March 22, 2024 [8]
DT Austin Johnson March 28, 2024 [9] [10]
DT DeShawn Williams Carolina Panthers
OT La'el Collins Cincinnati Bengals / Dallas Cowboys April 9, 2024 [11]

Departures

PositionPlayer2024 teamDate signedNotes
DT Andrew Brown — Free Agent Contracts expired January 21, 2024
OT Germain Ifedi —Free Agent
LB A. J. Klein —Free Agent
C Greg Mancz —Free Agent
CB Josh Norman —Free Agent
WR Deonte Harty Baltimore Ravens April 14, 2024 [12] Released March 6, 2024 [13]
RB Nyheim Hines Cleveland Browns March 13, 2024 [14]
C Mitch Morse Jacksonville Jaguars March 13, 2024 [15]
CB Siran Neal Miami Dolphins March 13, 2024 [16]
S Jordan Poyer March 18, 2024 [17]
QB Kyle Allen Pittsburgh Steelers March 25, 2024 [18] Contracts expired March 13, 2024
WR Gabe Davis Jacksonville Jaguars March 13, 2024 [19]
LB Tyrel Dodson Seattle Seahawks March 14, 2024 [20]
DE Leonard Floyd San Francisco 49ers March 18, 2024 [21]
DT Poona Ford Los Angeles Chargers March 16, 2024 [22]
RB Damien Harris —Retired [23]
S Micah Hyde —Free Agent
CB Dane Jackson Carolina Panthers March 13, 2024 [24]
DT Linval Joseph —Free Agent
DE Shaq Lawson —Free Agent
LB Tyler Matakevich —Free Agent
RB Latavius Murray —Free Agent
DT Jordan Phillips New York Giants April 11, 2024 [25]
DT Tim Settle Houston Texans March 15, 2024 [26]
WR Trent Sherfield Minnesota Vikings March 14, 2024 [27]
CB Tre'Davious White Los Angeles Rams March 26, 2024 [28] Released March 13, 2024 [29]

Trades

PositionArrivedFromDate of tradeDeparted
C2024 5th-round pick Chicago Bears March 4, 2024 [30] Ryan Bates
WR2025 2nd-round pick
(via MIN)		 Houston Texans April 3, 2024 [31] Stefon Diggs
2024 6th-round pick
2025 5th-round pick

Draft

2024 Buffalo Bills Draft
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
1 28Traded to Kansas City [upper-alpha 1]
32Traded to Carolina [upper-alpha 2] from Kansas City [upper-alpha 1]
233 Keon Coleman WR Florida State from Carolina [upper-alpha 2]
60
391Traded to Green Bay [upper-alpha 3]
95from Kansas City [upper-alpha 1]
4128
133Traded to Kansas City [upper-alpha 1] compensatory
5141from Carolina [upper-alpha 2]
144from Chicago [upper-alpha 4]
160from Green Bay [upper-alpha 3]
163
6189Traded to Houston [upper-alpha 5] from LA Rams [upper-alpha 6]
200Traded to Carolina [upper-alpha 2] from Houston [upper-alpha 7]
204
7221from Kansas City [upper-alpha 1]
248Traded to Kansas City [upper-alpha 1]

Draft trades

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Bills traded first- (28th overall), fourth- (133rd overall) and seventh- (248th overall) round selections to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for first- (32nd overall), third- (95th overall) and seventh- (221st overall) round selections. [32]
  2. 1 2 3 4 The Bills traded first- (32nd overall) and sixth- (200th overall) round selections to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for second- (33rd overall) and fifth- (141st overall) round selections. [33]
  3. 1 2 The Bills traded a third-round selection (91st overall) to the Green Bay Packers in exchange for CB Rasul Douglas and a fifth-round selection (160th overall). [34]
  4. ↑ The Bills traded C Ryan Bates to the Chicago Bears in exchange for a fifth-round selection (144th overall). [30]
  5. ↑ The Bills traded WR Stefon Diggs, 2024 sixth- (189th overall) and 2025 fifth-round selections to the Houston Texans in exchange for a 2025 second-round selection (via MIN). [31]
  6. ↑ The Bills traded a 2023 sixth-round selection to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for 2023 seventh- and 2024 sixth-round selections (189th overall). [35]
  7. ↑ The Bills traded a 2023 sixth-round selection to the Houston Texans in exchange for 2023 seventh- and 2024 sixth-round selections (200th overall). [35]

Notes

Staff

Buffalo Bills staff
Front office
  • Owner/CEO/president – Terry Pegula
  • Owner – Kim Pegula
  • General manager – Brandon Beane
  • Assistant general manager – Brian Gaine
  • Director of player personnel – Terrance Gray
  • Senior advisor to the GM/football operations – Jim Overdorf
  • Senior executive – Lake Dawson
  • Senior personnel advisor – Malik Boyd
  • Co-director of pro scouting/team advances – Chris Marrow
  • Co-director of pro scouting/free agency – Curtis Rukavina
  • Vice president of football administration – Kevin Meganck
  • Director of football operations – Brendan Rowe
  • Senior personnel executive – Matt Bazirgan
  • Director of team administration – Matt Worswick
Head coach
Offensive coaches
 
Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
  • Head strength and conditioning – Eric Ciano
  • Assistant strength and conditioning/performance development – Will Greenberg
  • Strength and conditioning assistant – Nick Lacy
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Hal Luther
  • Strength and conditioning assistant – Jason Oszvart

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Current roster

Buffalo Bills roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams


Rookies in italics

Roster updated April 22, 2024

63 active

→ AFC rosters → NFC rosters

Preseason

The Bills' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.

Regular season

2024 opponents

Listed below are the Bills' opponents for 2024. Exact dates and times will be announced in the spring. [37]

CategoryHomeAway
Division opponents
(AFC East)		 Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots
New York Jets
Conference opponents
(AFC South)		 Jacksonville Jaguars
Tennessee Titans 		Houston Texans
Indianapolis Colts
Conference opponents
(based on 2023 division placement)		 Kansas City Chiefs Baltimore Ravens
Interconference opponents
(NFC West)		 Arizona Cardinals
San Francisco 49ers 		Los Angeles Rams
Seattle Seahawks
Interconference opponent
(based on 2023 division placement)		— Detroit Lions

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