The Buffalo Bills have agreed to a three-year extension with Taron Johnson, per a club announcement. The deal could be worth as much as $24M, according to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport with a healthy $14M guaranteed.
Johnson was previously on track for free agency in the spring, but the Bills didn’t want to let him get away. The 2018 fourth-rounder has become a key part of Buffalo’s D in recent years. In 2020, he notched 94 stops, seven passes defensed, five tackles for loss, one sack, one forced fumble and an interception taken back for a touchdown. Then, in the playoffs, he notched another pick-six — a 101-yarder — against the Ravens.
“Love that dude,” teammate Micah Hyde said recently, via the team website. “Man, he just does everything for our defense. You’ve got to have a nickel that’s a dog, and that’s him. He’s been showing it the last couple years. Just a great kid, a great guy, who has come a long ways. His growth mentally, on the football field, and even off, just becoming a man. It’s so cool to see a young guy like that coming along. He’s been making a lot of plays in this league for a long time.”
Johnson, 25, has already recorded five passes defensed, one FF and one sack in three games this year. Now furnished with a new deal, he’ll turn his attention to the Chiefs on Sunday.
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