Poyer chooses friends, familiarity in re-signing with Bills

By JOHN WAWROW The Associated Press

FILE - Buffalo Bills safety Jordan Poyer speaks after an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns in Detroit, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Poyer has elected to stay put by reaching a two-year agreement to re-sign with the Buffalo Bills after briefly testing free agency, a person familiar with the deal confirmed to The Associated Press Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Paul Sancya]

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Safety Jordan Poyer weighed his options, including a brief flirtation with retirement, before choosing friendship and familiarity in deciding to re-sign with the Buffalo Bills. Poyer cited the opportunity to play alongside Micah Hyde for at least one more season and the unfinished business from losing to Cincinnati in the divisional round of the playoffs as among the reasons he signed a two-year contract with Buffalo. The 31-year-old returns for a seventh season with the Bills and 11th in the NFL. The salary cap-strapped Bills also signed offensive lineman Connor McGovern, receiver Deonte Harty and quarterback Kyle Allen.