Bills, Ed Oliver agree to 4-year, $68 million extension, source says - ESPN

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills finally have a defensive tackle under contract past the 2023 season. The Bills have agreed to terms with 2019 first-round draft pick Ed Oliver on a four-year, $68 million extension, including $45 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. The deal keeps Oliver under contract through the 2027 season, per the source.

The $45 million guaranteed is sixth most among active defensive tackle contracts, per ESPN Stats & Information research. Prior to reaching an agreement with the former ninth overall pick on the extension, the Bills did not have a defensive tackle signed for the 2024 season or beyond.

«I would like to not end the season and be at zero [defensive tackles under contract in 2024],» general manager Brandon Beane said during the team's rookie minicamp. «That would be my hope. But it would have to make sense. If it's somebody that's here, now, it would have to make sense to do an extension with any of those guys, so we'll see. You know me well. We've found a way to sometimes do an extension or two in training camp, so maybe we look at it at that point, see where the guys are at, who's all in, who's looking good, and if there's a chance to get one extended, we might look to do that.»

The team has a number of veterans at the position but did not address it in the draft despite Beane saying afterward that he had hoped to do so. The team signed Poona Ford to a one-year, $2.25 million deal, including $1.5 million guaranteed, in the days after the draft. Among the returning veterans at the position are DaQuan Jones, Jordan Phillips and Tim Settle.

Oliver, 25, was set to play on his fifth-year option in 2023 at $10.753 million. He is coming off a mixed 2022 season that began