The Bills turned a roster squeeze into draft capital on Saturday, sending backup center Sedrick Van Pran-Granger to the Indianapolis Colts in a deal that also included late-round picks.
Per Tom Pelissero, Buffalo is moving Pran-Granger and a 2027 seventh-round pick to Indianapolis, while the Colts are sending back a 2027 sixth-round pick. It’s another roster adjustment for the Bills as they move toward the final 53-man deadline at 6PM EST, with the regular season less than two weeks away.
The trade comes after Buffalo already announced 13 releases on Saturday, a group that included Mecole Hardman Jr., Dante Pettis, Bruno Fina, and Zion Logue. Pelissero also reported that the Bills were planning to release punter Mitch Wishnowsky, which would clear the way for rookie Tommy Doman Jr. to take over as the starter in his first pro season.
Pran-Granger had been on shaky ground ever since the Bills signed veteran center Lloyd Cushenberry in free agency. Before that, Buffalo had viewed him as a possible answer at center, especially with Connor McGovern set to hit the market. Instead, McGovern and the Bills reached a four-year extension, keeping him in place as the anchor of the offensive line.
That sequence left Pran-Granger without much of a path to a major role. Once Cushenberry arrived, the Bills had a clear answer behind McGovern, and Pran-Granger’s place on the roster became expendable.
Buffalo drafted Pran-Granger in the fifth round in 2024 out of Georgia, where he was known as a strong pass blocker. But the Bills chose to move McGovern from guard to center, and that decision reshaped the depth chart. Rather than let a player with two years left on his rookie deal sit unused, Buffalo extracted value and moved on.
From a front-office standpoint, it’s a clean bit of business. The Bills still have a 2027 seventh-round pick from the Las Vegas Raiders in the fourth round of this year’s NFL Draft, and now they’ve added another sixth-rounder on top of that.
For Indianapolis, it’s a cheap way to add interior offensive line help. For Buffalo, it’s value back for a player who was unlikely to see meaningful snaps this season.
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