Bills Release Gardner-Johnson After Spitting Suspension — SkimNews
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- Gardner-Johnson was released by Buffalo on Tuesday, six games into his tenure and one day after his one-game spitting suspension ended.
- Gardner-Johnson started Buffalo’s first six games and registered 26 tackles, two pass breakups and one interception before his ejection.
- Brock Bowers was the Las Vegas Raiders tight end toward whom Gardner-Johnson spat, resulting in his ejection just before halftime.
- Damar Hamlin and Geno Stone were Buffalo’s active safeties for the Week 8 win over Baltimore while Gardner-Johnson served his suspension; the sense inside the building was that the available options had played well enough to earn longer looks.
- Jalon Kilgore joined Hamlin and Stone among Buffalo’s safety options, and all three are more valuable special-teams options than Gardner-Johnson, who did not play a special-teams snap through the first six weeks.
Why it matters: Buffalo now has three internal safety options—Damar Hamlin, Geno Stone and rookie Jalon Kilgore—whose special-teams value exceeds Gardner-Johnson’s; he had no such snaps in six weeks. Gardner-Johnson exits after starting all six games, one day after the one-game suspension.
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