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The main piece remains in place when it comes to the Buffalo Bills’ “offensive triplets.”
The Bills traded away leading wide receiver Stefon Diggs, but franchise quarterback Josh Allen will be back at the controls in 2024. Running back James Cook, the team’s primary ball carrier one year ago, hasn’t gone anywhere either, and, as a result, Buffalo’s offense is still viewed as a formidable unit in the latest Sports Illustrated’s rankings.
SI’s Matthew Verderame identified trios from each of the NFL’s 32 teams and ranked those groups from worst to first. Swapping out Diggs for tight end Dalton Kincaid, Verderame settled on Allen, Cook and Kincaid as the Bills’ representatives.
One could argue for free agent addition Curtis Samuel or ascending third-year pro Khalil Shakir for this spot, but it’s hard to pass on Kincaid, who became an instant contributor after being drafted No. 25 overall in 2023.
Buffalo landed at No. 10 overall in the SI “offensive triplets” rankings, standing second best amongst AFC East teams behind the No. 6 New York Jets.
Cook, a 2022 second-round draft pick, emerged as a top-level dual threat running back last season. He ranked sixth overall amongst NFL leaders with 1,567 scrimmage yards.
The sure-handed Kincaid secured 80.2 percent of his receiving targets as a rookie. He totaled eight catches for 104 yards and one touchdown over a pair of playoff games.
With the move, the Bills opened up approximately $10.2 million in cap space over the weekend.
In reality, it’s more like $9.2 million in real relief, because with White moving off the salary cap roster, Andy Isabella and his $993,000 cap hit move on. In the offseason, the top 51 contracts are used to calculate the salary cap despite having 90 or 91 signed players.
After all the accounting, Buffalo has $10.1 million in available cap space right now.
That is before they sign their draft picks, which should happen in short order here. Only Buffalo’s top two picks will land in their top 51 contracts, and they will be replacing contracts that are a couple hundred thousand dollars lower, so the cap space needed for them is pretty negligible.
