The Buffalo Bills have already shuffled the cornerback room plenty this season. They’ve added help, cut ties, and even brought back a familiar name.
What they haven’t done yet is make a trade.
With the NFL deadline closing in, Brandon Beane still has a chance to attack one of the biggest issues on the roster. Buffalo has spent much of the season getting picked apart through the air, sitting 30th in the league in passing yards allowed at 254.7 per game even while carrying a 6-1 record into Monday Night Football against the Minnesota Vikings.
The Bills have tried to patch things together in other ways. They signed former Miami Dolphins starter Kader Kohou and brought back Tre’Davious White, both on the practice squad, and they also elevated rookie Te’Cory Couch to the active roster.
But if Beane wants a more immediate fix, he has until Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 4 p.m. ET to get a deal done.
One name that stands out is Riq Woolen of the Philadelphia Eagles. Woolen is 27 and signed a one-year, $12 million deal with Philadelphia in March after spending his first four seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. He made the Pro Bowl as a rookie in 2022, when he tied for the NFL lead with six interceptions, and he also helped Seattle win the Super Bowl last season.
At 6-foot-4 and 205 pounds, Woolen would bring size Buffalo doesn’t currently have much of in its cornerback group. He also brings elite speed, having run 4.26 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the 2022 NFL Combine.
His name has come up because the Eagles entered Week 9 at 2-6 and Woolen is on an expiring contract. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport identified him as one of the players Philadelphia might consider moving, according to Bleacher Report. The on-field production has been uneven this year, though: through Philadelphia’s first eight games, he allowed 22 catches on 39 targets for 307 yards and four touchdowns and was penalized seven times.
Tarheeb Still of the Los Angeles Chargers is another possibility, and he brings a different kind of value. Still can line up outside or in the slot, which makes him a flexible option for a Buffalo defense that has had trouble handling passes over the middle. CBS Sports floated a trade sending Still to the Bills in October for that exact reason.
Still is 24, was a fifth-round pick in 2024, and remains under rookie-contract control through 2027. In seven games this season, he has 25 tackles, an interception and a forced fumble. Pro Football Focus says he has allowed quarterbacks to complete 56% of their passes against him and has posted a 79.5 coverage grade, which ranks seventh among 102 qualified cornerbacks.
Amik Robertson of the Washington Commanders also fits the bill as a corner who can work inside or outside. The 28-year-old signed a two-year deal with Washington in March after two seasons with the Detroit Lions. Before that, he spent his first four NFL years with the Las Vegas Raiders, who drafted him in the fourth round in 2020 out of Louisiana Tech.
Robertson had a strong season for Detroit last year, leading the team with 12 passes defended and adding two forced fumbles. He started 10 straight games for the Lions between Weeks 5 and 15. This season, he ranks third on the Commanders with 46 tackles and has eight pass breakups and a forced fumble in seven games.
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