Bills releasing Tre'Davious White, Jordan Poyer, Mitch Morse - ESPN

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Change is coming to Buffalo.

The Bills made a series of moves on Wednesday to help the team get under the salary cap — including releasing key longtime starters that have been with the team since Sean McDermott became head coach in 2017 — after coming into the day more than $40 million over the cap.

Among the players being released are cornerback Tre'Davious White, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter, safety Jordan Poyer and center Mitch Morse.

Buffalo also released wide receiver Deonte Harty and special teams player Siran Neal.

Outside of White, the Bills' recent moves, including releasing running back Nyheim Hines, will save the team $25.96 million. White will be designated as a post-June 1 release, which will save the team $10.2 million in cap space with $6.2 million in dead money. The 2019 All-Pro cornerback continues to rehab a torn right Achilles but can sign with a team when free agency opens next week.

The moves mark the end of an era in Buffalo with two captains — Poyer and Morse — leaving the team, in addition to White, who was the first draft pick selected after McDermott became coach.

Whether White, 29, would be a cap casualty was one of the big questions of the Bills' offseason due to the need to create cap space. White has dealt with unfortunate circumstances, tearing his left ACL on Thanksgiving 2021, returning for six regular season games and two playoff games in 2022, and then tearing his Achilles four games into 2023.

Before the injuries, the 2017 first-round pick and two-time Pro Bowl selection missed only three games in his NFL career and never had gone through a major surgery. He has 18 interceptions, 68 passes defended, 311 tackles and 5 forced fumbles in his career. He tied for the