The Buffalo Bills will see Isaiah McKenzie hit free agency next month, and they could choose to release John Brown to open up $8 million in salary cap space. That presents the team with a choice: They could move to promote Gabriel Davis to a starting receiver, and sign a role player to fill either the speed or gadget roles that Brown and McKenzie contributed. Or they could look for a starting-caliber player who can do both. An obvious place to look is on the open market of veteran free-agent receivers.
Let’s start by taking some names off the table.