Not exactly a shocker here, but the Bills have announced that they are picking up Tre’Davious White‘s fifth-year option, thereby locking in the All-Pro cornerback through the 2021 season. Field Yates of ESPN.com first reported that the club was going to exercise the option (Twitter link).
Arriving in the trade that gave the Chiefs Patrick Mahomes in the 2017 draft, White has become one of the NFL’s premier defenders. The 2017 No. 27 overall pick has helped the Bills assemble one of the league’s best defenses. He picked off a league-high six passes last season and has 12 interceptions through three seasons.
This will be an affordable option for Buffalo. White’s 2021 salary will come in north of $10MM, but not much higher. That will represent strong value for the Bills. This decision also will allow the them to potentially table a White extension until 2021. They are negotiating with fellow 2017 draftees Dion Dawkins and Matt Milano, who do not have fifth-year options in their rookie deals.
A White extension would run much higher and will likely be impacted by where Jalen Ramsey takes the cornerback market on his inevitable Rams extension. Both Byron Jones and Darius Slay finally moved the cornerback salary ceiling past the $15MM-AAV place where it stood for nearly four years. Given White’s value to an emerging Bills team, it should be expected the 25-year-old defender will command a deal on Jones’ level ($16.5MM per year) or higher when the time comes for his payday.
Pay the man.
Stud. He’s going to be expensive to keep if he performs any close to what he did last year.
He’s worth it. Dude is heart and soul on that defense.
He is worth it.
One of the best cbs in the league and not planning to hold out and not complaining on social media take notes Jamal Adams learn from a former teammate
That’s a thumbs up man
Make it two!
You guys love the idea of the “help”
Keeping their mouths shut, don’t you.
Dynamite, Shhhh.
If they only picked up his option to increase his trade value I’ll be apalled. Like borderline burn all my jerseys level of mad.
Player production wise, the Mahomes-White trade has worked wonders for both team, not too often do you see a draft trade work well for both teams, although there has been other times they did.