The Buffalo Bills have placed a premium on protecting Josh Allen in recent years, as evidenced by massive contracts for offensive tackles Dion Dawkins and Spencer Brown.
Add O’Cyrus Torrence to the mix.
Multiple reports confirmed Friday morning that the Bills had signed Torrence to a 4-year, $78.4 million contract extension, which includes $46 million in guaranteed money.
“Sources: The Bills and G O’Cyrus Torrence agreed to terms on a 4-year, $78.4M extension, as the former 2nd rounder cashes in,” NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport wrote on his official X account on Friday morning. “7th highest paid guard. He gets more than $46M guaranteed.”
First-year Bills head coach Joe Brady praised Torrence after the deal.
“He’s one of the top guards in football,” Brady told Rapoport. “He was out there through every injury. He’s as tough as it gets.“
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Bleacher Report’s Gary Davenport put Torrence, 6-foot-5 and 330 pounds, on the list of the NFL’s “Most Important Contract Decisions” at the beginning of training camp.
“Buffalo Bills guard O’Cyrus Torrence might not be a household name, but he has become an important part of the Bills’ offensive line,” Davenport wrote on August 2. “He has started 50 of a possible 51 games over his three seasons in Western New York and all seven of Buffalo’s postseason games over that span … It’s not an extension that will be cheap — Spotrac estimates that an extension for Torrence would be three years at an average of $13.1 million a season.”
Torrence was headed into the final season of his 4-year, $6.22 million rookie contract in 2026.
O’Cyrus Torrence Expected to Exceed Market Value
For his age and potential, the 26-year-old Torrence was smart to ask for much more than the projected $39.3 million contract extension from Spotrac.
For Torrence, it shouldn’t be out of the question to become 1 of the NFL’s 10 highest-paid players at his position — something closer to a 3-year, $45 million contract extension that puts him around $15 million per season.
Kansas City Chiefs guard and 2-time Super Bowl champion Trey Smith is the NFL’s highest-paid guard on a 4-year, $94 million contract that pays him approximately $23.5 million per year.
Torrence started his college career with 3 seasons at Louisiana, where he was a 2-time All-Sun Belt Conference selection, then transferred to Florida for his final season, where he was named All-SEC and All-American in 2022.
“Broad guard prospect whose physical limitations are balanced by his feel for the job and ability to use his size in his favor,” NFL draft analyst Lance Zierlein wrote in his pre-draft evaluation. “Torrence is not a natural bender. He is forced to engulf and push rather than leverage and drive as a run blocker, but he’s solid at neutralizing the man across from him. He uses his hands well to jab and maintain feel for the rush, but quick interior rushers with well-developed counters could be too much for his limited foot quickness to handle without help. He projects as a future starter for downhill offenses who covet size over athleticism.”
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