It was an anticlimactic day at One Bills Drive. Then again, Western New Yorkers will take anticlimactic.
For years, they’ve been conditioned to expect homegrown stars to leave. On the field, the Buffalo Bills traded disgruntled running backs (Travis Henry, Willis McGahee, Marshawn Lynch) one by one and let studs on defense walk. On the ice, the Sabres lost Chris Drury and Daniel Briere in one gut punch.
On Thursday, the Bills made sure this star wasn’t going anywhere. The team signed defensive tackle Marcell Dareus to a contract extension that could pay him up to $108 million over the next seven seasons.