After giving away their best wide receiver and losing their second-best in free agency, the Buffalo Bills have some work to do to build up their receiving group. Buffalo Bills have to rebuild their receiving team.
Bills general manager Brandon Beane mentioned that the team might be active in free agency after the NFL Draft later this month, and one expert thinks a former Dallas Cowboys player could be a good option.
Bleacher Report’s Matt Holder made a list of one free agent for all 32 NFL teams to consider, proposing that the Bills consider veteran Michael Gallup after he was released by the Cowboys in March.
Michael Gallup Could Vie for Starting Role
Holder emphasized that Gallup would not be coming to Buffalo to replace Stefon Diggs, who was the team’s main receiver for the last four seasons. The Bills traded Diggs to the Houston Texans in a surprising move, creating a big gap in their offense. Just before the Diggs trade, the Bills saw their No. 2 receiver Gabe Davis join the Jacksonville Jaguars in free agency.
Hiring Gallup could help provide the Bills with a dependable option, Holder stated.
“After the Stefon Diggs trade, the Bills could use some help at wide receiver. While Gallup won’t replace what Diggs brought to the offense, Buffalo needs to equip Josh Allen with as many weapons as possible to help replicate the four-time Pro Bowler’s production,” Holder explained.
Holder also added that Gallup would have the opportunity to compete for a starting position with the Bills. The 28-year-old joined the Cowboys as a third-round pick in 2018 and had a standout season in 2019, recording 66 receptions for 1,107 yards and six touchdowns.
However, Gallup tore his ACL in 2021 and then had a significant drop in production in the last two seasons. Even though he signed a five-year, $57.5 million contract with the Cowboys, the team ultimately decided to release Gallup in March.
Bills Could Acquire Receiver With First-Round Pick
Many experts believe the Bills will not wait until after the NFL Draft to address their receiving team. The Athletic’s Joe Buscaglia suggested that Beane could trade up in the first round, moving up to the No. 7 overall pick to take LSU pass-catcher Malik Nabers.
“I continue to believe that anything, including a move like this one on draft day, is a real possibility for the Bills,” Buscaglia stated. “[Bills general manager Brandon] Beane has long been an aggressive draft-day trader when he’s excited about a prospect and how he’d fit their system. Now, with a glaring need for a top target at wide receiver and where the Bills are in their build, this is the type of move Beane could justify as one that puts them over the top for the foreseeable future.”
Buscaglia suggested that Nabers would give the Bills one of the draft’s most talented wide receivers, one who could help to immediately fill the void left by the departure of Diggs.
“The Bills have one of the best quarterbacks in the league in Josh Allen, a still-talented roster around him, and a pretty good idea that they’ll be pushing for the playoffs at the very least in 2024,” Buscaglia stated. “By arming him with a young receiver with elite potential on a rookie deal for the next four years, it gives the Bills a lot of flexibility for how they spend through the duration of the receiver’s rookie deal.”
