Bills Extend Taron

[Forward_Lateral]

Per Shefty on FB

Makes Taron the highest paid nickel corner in the NFL, and keeps him with the team through 2027

I'd imagine it also frees up cap space this year

[Woodman]

excellent news!!!!!

:gobills:

[Woodman]

The Bills have locked up one of their key defensive players for a few more years.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Taron Johnson has agreed to a three-year extension with Buffalo that will make him the league’s highest-paid nickel corner.

Schefter notes the new contract is worth $31 million.

Johnson, 27, was a fourth-round pick in the 2018 draft. He started all 17 games for the Bills last season, finishing with 98 total tackles, three tackles for loss, eight passes defensed, three forced fumbles, and a sack. Johnson was on the field for 89 percent of Buffalo’s defensive snaps.



Taron Johnson, Bills agree to three-year contract extension - NBC Sports (https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/taron-johnson-bills-agree-to-three-year-contract-extension)

[ParanoidAndroid]

He makes this scheme work. Along with that Safety tandem we are now going to sorely miss.

[sukie]

I already missed that safety tandem for a couple years now.

[Forward_Lateral]

I already missed that safety tandem for a couple years now.

Exactly.

[notacon]

Of course they did. Another smart move by Beane.

[sukie]

I really like this move.

[Novacane]

We was set to cost over 12 millions against the cap. They probably cut that # in half.

[Oaf]

I have a bad taste in my mouth from TJ against the Giants, Patriots, and Denver last year. Is he a top 3 nickle CB?

[Mace]

I have a bad taste in my mouth from TJ against the Giants, Patriots, and Denver last year. Is he a top 3 nickle CB?

If he is he is still a nickel cb. Douglas gets hurt, you don't insert Johnson. Should be a hybrid safety in there imho. Does he shut down the slot against the best teams? Comfort zone.

[Typ0]

I have a bad taste in my mouth from TJ against the Giants, Patriots, and Denver last year. Is he a top 3 nickle CB?

agreed. Decent player but a reach to consider one of the best in the game. This contract, while helping us right now, is a stretch.

[jamze132]

Outstanding. He’s very good at what he’s asked to do!

[TacklingDummy]

Wonder if we could have got Tre for same amount.

[Forward_Lateral]

Wonder if we could have got Tre for same amount.

lol why?

[TacklingDummy]

lol why?

If healthy, better than Johnson?

[Woodman]

Wonder if we could have got Tre for same amount.

After he's fully recovered from his last injury it will be interesting to see ..... I'd say right now he'd get less actually and maybe a lot less ..... two consecutive season ending injuries is a lot to overcome mentally as well as physically.

[Forward_Lateral]

If healthy, better than Johnson?
No.

They play different positions.

[Mace]

No.

They play different positions.

Big point. As of right now, Johnson is the 20th highest paid corner in a league with 64 boundary corners....and he evidently can't play boundary.

How much do we always worry about the slot in nickel coverage? Seems a common concern. Maybe that's the way the market is headed, but he is now making 8x or something more than Rasul so you're looking at something future like 40 million tied up in three CB's only two of them boundary.

I won't argue it further.....but I don't know he is the 20th best cb in the league atm.

[Forward_Lateral]

Big point. As of right now, Johnson is the 20th highest paid corner in a league with 64 boundary corners....and he evidently can't play boundary.

How much do we always worry about the slot in nickel coverage? Seems a common concern. Maybe that's the way the market is headed, but he is now making 8x or something more than Rasul so you're looking at something future like 40 million tied up in three CB's only two of them boundary.

I won't argue it further.....but I don't know he is the 20th best cb in the league atm.

I think the league is trending towards playing nickel base more than a 4-3. Taron shouldn’t be compared to outside corners. He plays much more run support than the guys on the outside, and has to cover the slot WT/TEs. Is he over paid? Maybe but maybe this is the precedent. He’s just as important to the Defense as the starting outside guys.

[mightysimi]

With random FA guards getting 17 - 20M, I don't know how paying the 2nd team all pro Nickle 11M is worth getting worked up about. Cost of doing business.

[Woodman]

Taron Johnson- I have to be a more vocal leader this year (https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/taron-johnson-i-have-to-be-a-more-vocal-leader-this-year)

Johnson expects to be taking on a different role within the organization after signing a three-year contract extension, however. With Micah Hyde, Jordan Poyer, and Tre’Davious White all moving on, Johnson told reporters that he sees a “new opportunity” to step up as a leader with the team in 2024.

“I have to be more vocal (https://billswire.usatoday.com/lists/taron-johnson-new-opportunity-extension-buffalo-bills-nfl/) this year,” Johnson said, via Nick Wojton of USAToday.com. “Whatever it takes.”

The Bills have won four straight division titles and gone to the playoffs in six of the last seven years. The departures of those defensive backs and other veterans make it essential that others step up to both sustain that success and find a way to finally break through for a Super Bowl run.