The Buffalo Bills have added another piece to their secondary, reaching an agreement with safety Geno Stone on a one-year contract Friday, according to NFL reporter Jordan Schultz.
Stone’s signing comes one day after Buffalo agreed to a one-year deal with veteran defensive back C.J. Gardner-Johnson worth up to $6 million, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The Bills have not brought back any of their safeties who entered free agency, including Jordan Poyer, Damar Hamlin, and Darnell Savage. Veteran Taylor Rapp, who started in Week 1 last season, was released earlier this offseason in a move that cleared salary-cap space.
Stone, 26, became available after spending the past two seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals. He recorded a career-best 104 tackles in 2025, finishing third on the team in that category. Stone originally signed a two-year contract with Cincinnati worth about $7 million annually before restructuring the deal to lower his salary by $1.5 million.
Originally drafted in the seventh round in 2020 by the Baltimore Ravens, Stone has totaled 312 tackles and 14 interceptions across six NFL seasons.
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