The Buffalo Bills’ linebacker group now has more depth.

Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reports that Nicholas Morrow and the Bills have reached an agreement. Although the entire terms of the contract have not yet been made public, it is rumored to be a one-year agreement.

The NFL’s new league year does not start until March 13 at 4 p.m., therefore the Bills have not yet announced the signing.

In 2023, 28-year-old Morrow was a member of the Philadelphia Eagles. In 15 games, 12 of which he started, he totaled 95 tackles, 12 of which were for loss, five quarterback hits, three sacks, and five passes defensed. In addition, he recorded two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble.

In 2017, Morrow signed a free agent contract with the Las Vegas Raiders as an undrafted free agent Despite suffering an ankle injury that kept him out of action in 2021, Morrow started every game for the Chicago Bears in 2022.

After Terrel Berard and Matt Milano at linebacker, Morrow looks to be in a position to contribute on special teams and serve as a backup. Throughout his career, Morrow has participated in at least 21% of his team’s special teams snaps.

Morrow joined the Eagles’ practice squad at the start of the 2023 NFL season and made it onto their 53-man active roster by mid-September. As Philly’s “defensive quarterback,” or the one man on defense tasked with calling plays and donning the green-dot helmet, Morrow started 12 games at linebacker overall in the previous season. In 2023, Morrow was a player on the Eagles’ veteran minimum contract.

Over the course of six seasons, Nicholas Morrow has participated in 94 NFL games, making 54 starts. Although Morrow started his NFL career with the Raiders, he will be playing for his fourth franchise in as many seasons with the Bills (2017-2020).

Morrow has recorded 465 tackles (334 solo), 43 tackles for loss, 20 quarterback hits, seven sacks, one safety, and 27 pass defenses, three forced fumbles, three interceptions in six NFL seasons.

(Source: Pro Football Reference statistics)

The majority of Bills Mafia will undoubtedly want to know what this means for linebacker Terrel Dodson’s future in Buffalo right away. The signing of Morrow and any other linebacker on the team is probably unrelated to Dodson in any way. The squad ought to use every effort to enhance the caliber of the linebacker group after a 2023 campaign marred by the injuries of multiple players and contributors.

How many people didn’t even look?

One question to look at Nicholas Morrow’s career statistics is: What does he bring to the field? Not only is he competent and capable of managing the defense, but he can also produce big plays. As an illustration, this tackle: