The Bills released tight end Charles Clay. The move was widely expected after Clay’s disappointing 2018 campaign. 
Clay, 30, was set to enter the final year of the five-year contract he signed with the Bills back in 2015. Instead, the Bills released him in order to save $4.5MM against the 2019 cap.
Clay proved to be worth the expenditure in his first couple of seasons with Buffalo. From 2015-2017, Clay averaged 52 catches for 546 yards and three touchdowns. Last year, however, he was held without a touchdown catch for the first time in his career and finished out with a weak 21/184 line.
Without Clay, the Bills have just one tight end on the roster in Jason Croom. Tight end Logan Thomas is scheduled for restricted free agency and it remains to be seen whether he’ll be kept.
There will be a market for the 30-year-old Arkansas native, but he won’t find anything close to the five-year, $38MM pact he inked with Buffalo in 2015.
With Clay out of the picture, the Bills are presently projected to have about $79MM in cap space this offseason.
Guy was trash in Buffalo
Good riddance
56 catches for 546 yds over 2 years is not trash considering the lame offense around him.
Averaging 20 yards a game isn’t trash? Kelvin Benjamin was more productive than Clay…
In true ex-bill fashion, he’ll land in New England on a team friend deal and will win at least one ring.
The lowlight of the Bills season was his game winning drop in the end zone as time was expiring. Bye felicia
Exactly. That was a disgrace
Who were his quarterbacks over his tenure in Buffalo?
Mainly Tyrod and Josh Allen. Not great but not bad. He couldn’t get separation, when he was targeted he had trouble catching the ball, he was a one hit wonder in Miami, was ok at best over his first few years in Buffalo, last year he was absolutely horrible though. Croom didn’t get nearly as many snaps as clay or targets yet was more productive with the time he got.
This shocks me, but I see more to come from the bills! I see mccoy getting traded or just cut