The Buffalo Bills announced today that they are bringing back safety Damar Hamlin on a one-year contract.
Now, this news will likely cause Bills fans to roll their eyes but Hamlin has provided worth for the team since being drafted in 2021 out of Pittsburgh. Hamlin brings starting experience to the safety position and could provide depth, even if C.J. Gardner Johnson will be the starting safety opposite of Cole Bishop.
What Hamlin also does provide is key value as a special teamer. Fans will just have
to block out that miserable fake punt attempt by Hamlin against the Kansas City Chiefs a couple of years ago in the postseason.
The deal is not a needle-mover by any means, but we are at the point in free agency where the team is just filling out roster spots before the draft comes. Hamlin is also a pillar in the Buffalo community through his Chasing M’s Foundation which is dedicated to advancing health equity and saving lives through education, access, and action. Not to mention, everything that Hamlin has been doing with the American Heart Association after suffering cardiac arrest in that Monday Night game against the Cincinnati Bengals a couple years ago.
Buffalo Bills roster at safety
The Bills have Cole Bishop inked in as a starter with S.J. Gardner-Johnson likely the other starting safety. Hamlin would be in that next wave with signing Geno Stone and second-year man Jordan Hancock and depth piece Wande Owens. Sam Franklin is listed as a safety but is probably mostly here for special teams.
