For all of the money general manager Brandon Beane has spent on improving the Buffalo Bills’ defensive line, one of his better moves came with a much smaller transaction. In terms of cap dollars, the Buffalo Bills ranked first overall in 2020. They rank third heading into the 2021 season.
In today’s installment of “90 players in 90 days,” we profile a man who took up just $485,298 of the $51.3 million that Buffalo allocated to its defensive line on the 2020 salary cap.
Name: Justin Zimmer
Number: 61
Position: DT
Height/Weight: 6’3” 300 lbs
Age: 28 (29 on 10/23/2021)
Experience/Draft: 3; signed with Buffalo following the 2016 NFL Draft
College: Ferris State
Acquired: Signed as UFA with Bills on 8/16/2020
Financial situation (per Spotrac): Zimmer signed a two-year deal worth a total of $1.