Cam Ward will have a new backup quarterback in 2026.
According to multiple reports, Mitchell Trubisky has agreed to a two-year deal with the Titans.
The move reunites Trubisky, 31, with Brian Daboll, who served as the quarterback’s offensive coordinator with the Bills in 2021.
Trubisky had been back with Buffalo for the last two seasons after spending 2022 and 2023 with the Steelers.
The No. 2 overall pick of the 2017 draft, Trubisky has appeared in 82 career games with 57 starts for the Bears, Bills, and Steelers. In 2025, Trubisky completed 25-of-35 passes for 313 yards with four touchdowns and no picks.
Trubisky last started a game in 2023 with Pittsburgh.
With Trubisky set to be Ward’s backup, Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports notes Will Levis — who missed the 2025 season with a shoulder injury — could be traded.
The Bills were planning to release cornerback Taron Johnson. The Raiders decided to intervene before he could become a free agent.
Via Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, the Raiders have struck a deal for a trade that will send Johnson to Las Vegas. The Bills are getting a sixth-round draft pick and giving up a seventh-round selection.
The 29-year-old Johnson, a fourth-round pick of the Bills in 2018, had spent his entire career in Buffalo. He has 113 regular-season appearances, with 87 regular-season starts. He was a second-team All-Pro in 2023.
Johnson is signed through 2027, with a 2026 base salary of $8.1 million. He has a $150,000 workout bonus and a total of $510,000 in per-game roster bonuses.
All trades will become official, once fully executed, on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. ET, when the new league year opens.
Connor McGovern will be running it back with the Bills.
He didn’t expect it. Earlier this week, McGovern expressed skepticism about sticking around.
“They haven’t contacted me once,” McGovern told Tim Graham of The Athletic. “In my gut, that says it’s over and done.”
Instead, the deal is done. Per multiple reports, the Bills and McGovern (No. 30 on the PFT list of top 100 free agents) have agreed on a new agreement. Via Adam Schefter of ESPN, it’s a four-year, $52 million contract with $32 million guaranteed. The $13 million annual average puts him at fourth among all centers. The top of the market is $18 million annually, set by Chiefs center Creed Humphrey.
The decision to stay put surely comes with full knowledge as to what else would have been available. Even though the negotiating window doesn’t open until Monday at noon ET, there’s been more than enough tampering for players to know their market. And the Bills had a reason to get something done before trying to get another starting center under contract once free agency opens.
A third-round pick of the Cowboys in 2019, McGovern signed with the Bills in 2023. He moved to center in 2024, after Mitch Morse was released.
The Bills confirmed the release of a pair of veterans on Friday afternoon and they also announced a pair of other cuts.
Safety Taylor Rapp and cornerback Dane Jackson joined cornerback Taron Johnson and wide receiver Curtis Samuel among the discards. The four moves cleared around $12 million in salary cap space heading into next week.
Rapp started the first six games of the 2025 season before going on injured reserve with a knee injury. He had 158 tackles, three interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in 36 games over three seasons in Buffalo.
Jackson played three games in his return to the Bills. Jackson played his first four seasons for the team and returned for his sixth after being released by the Panthers following his only season in Carolina.
The Buffalo Bills will pay for their stadium with, among other things, Personal Seat Licenses. It’s a fancy term for paying for the right to pay for season tickets.
And Bills fans are paying big money for that privilege.
Via Michael Petro of the Buffalo News, the Bills have raised nearly $260 million in PSLs by selling more than 53,300 licenses. The total amount surpassed the stated goal of $225 million by 15 percent.
More than 1,300 PSLs remain available.
Obviously, $260 million is just a slice of the total price tag of $2.1 billion. But it’s better for those who will be using the facility to bear the cost of it than local taxpayers who’ll never attend a game there or watch one on TV.
The best outcome would be for the teams to pay for their own stadiums. As long, however, as someone else is willing to pay the bill, why not let them?
