Buffalo Bills suffer consecutive blows at increasingly thin position

The Buffalo Bills were already thin in the secondary. They released veteran Tre'Davious White, as well as Jordan Poyer. Now, multiple Buffalo cornerbacks who hit the open market have signed elsewhere. Cornerbacks Siran Neal and Dane Jackson have signed new contracts with new teams. Neal signed with the Miami Dolphins, while Jackson is joining the […]

Jarrett Bailey

Mar 13, 2024 3:08 PM EDT

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The Buffalo Bills were already thin in the secondary. They released veteran Tre'Davious White, as well as Jordan Poyer.

Now, multiple Buffalo cornerbacks who hit the open market have signed elsewhere.

Cornerbacks Siran Neal and Dane Jackson have signed new contracts with new teams. Neal signed with the Miami Dolphins, while Jackson is joining the Carolina Panthers.

This comes a day after the aforementioned Poyer signed with division-rival Miami, as well. So now two former Bills' secondary members from a season ago will be Dolphins in 2024.

Per source, former Bills DB Siran Neal has agreed to terms on a contract with the Dolphins
— Marcel Louis-Jacques (@Marcel_LJ) March 13, 2024

Former #Bills CB Dane Jackson agreed to terms with the #Panthers, per source.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 13, 2024

Neal saw the field sparingly, only playing 47 defensive snaps. Jackson will be a more noticeable loss that will need replaced. He was a valuable depth cornerback, seeing the field for 462 snaps in 2023. He had more of a starting role in 2022 when the Bills were still figuring out the cornerback spot with White on the sideline most of the season. The Bills now only have three notable perimeter cornerbacks on the roster- Rasul Douglas, Christian Benford, and Kaiir Elam.