After spending the past year in the Bills organization, Mike White will look to continue his career elsewhere. The Bills are set to release the veteran quarterback, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.
White was cut by the Dolphins at the end of the 2024 preseason and quickly caught on with Buffalo’s practice squad. He was intended to provide some extra insurance behind injured QB2 Mitchell Trubisky, and White ended up only seeing the field for a single game with the Bills. In that Week 17 cameo, White completed 3 of his 11 pass attempts for 28 yards.
After a brief stint on the Cowboys to begin his career, the former fifth-round pick has spent the rest of his career in the AFC East. He started seven of his eight appearances for the Jets between 2021 and 2022, completing 62.2 percent of his passes for 2,145 yards, eight touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. The Jets went 2-5 in those seven starts.
As the Jets revamped their depth chart ahead of the 2023 campaign, White wasn’t in the team’s plans, leading to him joining the Dolphins on a two-year deal. He spent that season as Tua Tagovailoa‘s primary backup, with White tossing a touchdown and an interception in six games. After being passed on the depth chart by Skylar Thompson last preseason, White was cut.
Trubisky will now continue as Josh Allen‘s primary backup in Buffalo for the 2025 campaign. The Bills are also waiving former UDFA Shane Buechele, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, leaving the organization with only two QBs at the moment.
Seems like there are multiple places White could compete for the #2 spot right now, Vegas and New England among them.
Las Vegas just traded for Kenny Pickett.
I’m aware. That hadn’t been announced when I wrote my comment.
Honestly, it doesn’t make any difference which one got the job. No Josh, no playoffs. It would be nice to see them upgrade the position.
I assume Buechel is to be signed to the practice squad.
I hope Buechel makes it to the practice squad. Someone might just take a flyer on signing him if their QB room is weak, including Seattle and the Saints
If White ends up on th ps – fine.
If he signs somewhere else – fine.
We tried it out. Guys like White are easy to find.
Buchelle was cut too.
I think the Bills will try to put him on the ps. Good move to give him a bit more time to see if another team wants him on their 53.
It really doubtful that happens. We should never over react to the final preseason game – or any preseason game.
I think we all know this deep down, but we still buy in to these meaningless exhibitions every year cause its fun.
But: Preseason football is not real football.
Which is why I predict the ps for Shane.
They better hurry up and make some cuts before hard knocks airs.