While everyone has their eyes set on the upcoming 2025 season, Alex Ballentine of Bleacher Report decided to look past that. In a recent article that suggests one free agent addition for the upcoming offseason, Ballentine has the San Francisco 49ers signing Connor McGovern from the Buffalo Bills. The idea makes sense on paper.
Set to return the same starting offensive line from 2024, the Bills are in good shape at these positions. They have Dion Dawkins and Spencer Brown locked up long term, and right guard O’Cyrus Torrence‘s rookie deal runs through 2026.
How many of the NFL quarterbacks to emerge victorious from their first start in the postseason in the Super Bowl Era (since 1966) can you name eight minutes?
There have been a multitude of Buffalo Bills' players who have taken turns providing fireworks throughout the course of training camp. If you ask starting center Connor McGovern, however, who has impressed him the most, only one name comes to mind.
Thanks to pro-football-reference.com's addition of unofficial sack totals to players' resumes, more clarity has emerged about the best pass-rushing years from previous eras.
Buffalo Bills' center Connor McGovern has quietly been one of the better interior offensive linemen in the NFL over the last two seasons. Starting 17 games at left guard in 2023, followed by a seamless transition to center in 2024, McGovern is only under contract through 2025.
By all accounts, the Bills exceeded expectations this season. In what was supposed to be a rebuilding year, Buffalo instead went 13-4 on the way to winning the AFC East and advancing all the way to the AFC championship game, a well-documented, heartbreaking loss the Kansas City Chiefs.
Buffalo Bills running back James Cook and center Connor McGovern were added to the AFC’s Pro Bowl roster this week. This is McGovern’s first Pro Bowl selection, while this is Cook’s second consecutive trip to the Pro Bowl.
Of course, they would have rather been preparing for the Super Bowl, but two Buffalo Bills' offensive starters are getting a newly-found opportunity to participate in the Pro Bowl Games.
The Bills were hoping to be occupied with Super Bowl planning this week, but their loss to the Chiefs last Sunday means that their players are free for other things.
Last year’s left guard hopes to transition seamlessly to center this season The Buffalo Bills were exceptionally healthy along the offensive line last season.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
Connor McGovern is the biggest pizza man in the western New York area. At least, as far as the Buffalo Bills are concerned. It was revealed earlier this summer that McGovern would host pizza parties at his house during the 2023 season… then the Bills went on a winning streak.
Connor McGovern hasn't done it on a full-time basis since his days at Penn State, but the Buffalo Bills center claims it's like riding a bicycle. McGovern hasn't forgotten how it's done, he simply needed a reacclimation period after making the offseason position change from starting left guard to center.
While the Jets have not re-signed four-year starter Connor McGovern, the AFC East will not be without a Connor McGovern at center this season. A Bills change will ensure this.
The Buffalo Bills will have several new faces on the offensive side of the ball in 2024. They let go of long-time center Mitch Morse, who is now with the Jacksonville Jaguars and they traded Ryan Bates to the Chicago Bears. One name that will be returning for his second season in Buffalo is Connor McGovern.
The Buffalo Bills have made a notable contract tweak as the new league year approaches. Per reports from NFL Network's Tom Pelissero, Buffalo has restructured the contract of offensive lineman Connor McGovern in order to free up about $3.7 million.