With the NFL offseason almost wrapped up and training camp coming to a close soon, it’s a good time to take a look at each NFL team’s offseason recap as we get just a few weeks away from the start of the regular season. Let’s take a look at the Buffalo Bills’ new team and analyze the team’s incoming and outgoing players as they shape up for the 2026 season.
The Bills’ main priority over the offseason was to set up quarterback Josh Allen for better success at quarterback and to rebuild parts of their defensive unit.
Buffalo’s biggest offensive addition of the offseason was trading for wide receiver DJ Moore. The Bills acquired Moore and the No. 165 overall pick from the Bears in exchange for their 2026 second-round pick. Moore had a slight down year for his standards in 2025, hauling in a career-low 50 receptions for 682 yards, the lowest total of his eight-year NFL career. Although Moore’s numbers last season were underwhelming, he’s joining a talented Bills team that’s made the playoffs in seven consecutive seasons and will have former 2024 MVP Josh Allen throwing him the ball.
Buffalo’s biggest offseason addition on the defensive side of the ball was signing pass rusher Bradley Chubb to a three-year, $43.5 million deal. Chubb, a former fifth overall selection in the 2018 NFL Draft, recorded 8.5 sacks last season for the Miami Dolphins. He’ll form a strong pass-rush pairing with Greg Rousseau and help shore up the pass-rushing front after the departures of Joey Bosa and A.J. Epenesa.
Buffalo also made significant signings to their secondary unit, acquiring C.J. Gardner-Johnson, Geno Stone and Dee Alford in free agency. Gardner-Johnson bounced around a bit during the 2025 season, but recorded two interceptions and three sacks in his 10 games with the Bears. Geno Stone was another big addition at safety, playing for the Bengals in the past two seasons and playing 17 games in both seasons.
Stone had his best statistical season last year, recording 104 tackles and two interceptions, and gives the Bills another experienced option at safety alongside Gardner-Johnson. Cornerback Dee Alford also brings versatility to the cornerback room, where he has experience playing outside and in the slot, and he’ll likely be stepping into the open slot corner role left behind by Taron Johnson.
One of Buffalo’s biggest offseason losses on defense is losing linebacker Matt Milano. Milano had spent his entire nine-year career with the Bills and was one of the main leaders within their defense for the last decade. Milano is still an unsigned free agent, but his departure leaves a major gap within the Bills’ defense that’ll need to be replaced during the season.
In one of the more surprising moves of the offseason, the Bills traded cornerback Taron Johnson to the Raiders in exchange for a sixth-round pick. Similarly to Milano, Johnson spent his entire eight-year career with the Bills and is one of the more established and experienced slot corners in the league.
Although the Bills didn’t have a first-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, they had a draft class of 10 new talented players joining the team. Buffalo selected edge T.J. Parker out of Clemson with their 35th overall pick. Parker will be a big part of the Bills’ rebuild on defense and will help shore up the pass-rushing unit after the losses of Bosa and Epenesa. In three seasons with Clemson, Parker racked up 41.5 tackles for loss, 21.5 sacks and 126 tackles in 39 career games.
The Bills’ other second-round pick, Davison Igbinosun, filled another big need at cornerback. In what is arguably the Bills’ weakest position group, Igbinosun’s added presence adds some youth and depth to their cornerback group. Igbinosun’s frame and physicality at 6’2″, 189 lbs. should excite the Bills’ staff and will add some much-needed support to a corner group that lost numerous safeties and cornerbacks in the offseason.
The Bills’ offseason game plan was still clearly planned around maximizing the team’s championship window with Josh Allen under center. On the offensive side of the football, Buffalo’s team is relatively pretty similar to last year, but the addition of DJ Moore should be a big addition for the offense and help bring back some of the offensive production left behind when Stefon Diggs departed from the team.
While the Bills will likely still remain one of the top offensive teams in the league, their defense will have many more questions entering the new season. The Bills lost significant veterans in Milano, Bosa, Johnson and Taylor Rapp, and are finding themselves entering a new era on defense. While Buffalo was able to fill some of those roles through free-agent signings, there isn’t much defensive continuity within the team, especially within the secondary group. Buffalo should still be expected to be one of the top franchises in the league, but the look and identity of their new-look defense is something to keep an eye out for come September.
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