3 surprise cuts the Bills could make this offseason

2. C Mitch Morse

The Bills made a significant investment in Morse two years ago, with a four-year, $44.5 million deal. A concussion sidelined him for most of training camp in 2019, and his fifth career concussion cost him time last year.

Morse is still a very good player, but he has drawn a few more penalties in his time with the Bills and his Pro Football Focus grades have dropped too after he was the site’s No. 6-graded center for the Chiefs in 2018 . There’s a case for cutting him, even with a pre-June 1 cut leaving behind a $5.5 million cap charge on a $10.34 million cap number, and drafting someone to replace him. Re-signing Jon Feliciano, who moved over from guard to fill in for Morse at center last season, would also fall into the cheaper option bin for Buffalo.

Designating Morse as a post-June 1 cut is definitely possible. That would shift the money implications, with cleared cap space to just under $7.6 million while leaving $2.75 million in dead money. The interior offensive line is a broad need for the Bills this offseason, and among the moving parts to address it is the notion that Morse could be cut.