Payments signal CB Cameron Dantzler to bolster secondary depth

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  • Alaina Getzenberg, ESPNJun 7, 2023, 10:05 AM ET

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills signed cornerback Cameron Dantzler to a one-year deal Wednesday, the newest in a sequence of defensive strikes.

Dantzler could have a chance to compete for the Payments’ No. 2 cornerback job that’s up for grabs behind Tre’Davious White, who is about to start out the season wholesome after getting back from his torn ACL on Thanksgiving.

Signing Dantzler comes after the Payments signed defensive deal with Ed Oliver to a four-year, $68 million extension this week and added veteran cross rusher Leonard Floyd on a one-year deal. Basic supervisor Brandon Beane mentioned Tuesday that the Payments “simply labored out a few DBs” and had “one other one coming in,” a potential reference to Dantzler.

“I believe we have added 11 or 12, swapped out or added 11 or 12 guys since Might 1,” Beane mentioned. “We’re nonetheless churning this roster making an attempt to make it as aggressive and as sturdy as we will earlier than we get to St. John Fisher. Not that we’ll cease then, however you need the most effective 90 you may get and go compete it out for that 53.”

Dantzler, 24, is a 2020 third-round decide by the Vikings and performed in 35 video games — together with 26 begins — over three seasons with Minnesota. He was inactive, nevertheless, for seven of his final 9 video games in Minnesota and he was in the end waived in March. He was then signed by the Commanders in March however launched two months later.

Whereas he has 17 passes defensed and three profession interceptions, Dantzler’s final interception was in December 2021. Cornerback Kyler McMichael was waived in a corresponding transfer.

The Payments had turnover within the defensive backfield final season on account of quite a few accidents. There are a number of gamers competing for the second outdoors cornerback spot, together with Dane Jackson, who began 14 video games final yr, 2022 first-round decide Kaiir Elam and 2022 sixth-round decide Christian Benford. Elam gave the impression to be the probably favourite for the job after progressing over the course of the 2022 season and getting extra alternatives, however the Payments are searching for him to take steps ahead.

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