Apparently the leader of the Buffalo Bills' front office, Brandon Beane, is busy.
Too busy, that is, to make time for the Bills' top pending free agent, Connor McGovern.
That's what The Athletic's Tim Graham reported on Wednesday -- they haven't spoken with free agency just a week away.
"One week before NFL free agency begins, the Buffalo Bills’ best available player believes he has played his last game for them," Graham writes. "Offensive lineman Connor McGovern told The Athletic he and his agent haven’t heard from Bills football boss Brandon Beane since postseason exit interviews in Orchard Park, N.Y."
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McGovern is a crucial player to what the Bills do, because he's the center on the offensive line.
A quarterback-center relationship is important, and it seems that QB Josh Allen and McGovern work well together.
That doesn't automatically mean the price is right, but it does make the lack of contact quite surprising. Wouldn't the Bills want to at least see what it would cost to keep McGovern around?
“They haven’t contacted me once,” McGovern told Graham. “In my gut, that says it’s over and done.”
McGovern is likely the second-best center available in free agency, behind Tyler Linderbaum from the Ravens.
Adding to McGovern's potential value is that he has also proven he can be a quality offensive guard in the NFL, so he has solid versatility.
The Bills also have guard David Edwards heading to free agency.
"At practical best, McGovern figured, the Bills can afford to bring only one of them back," Graham writes. "Sports contract database Spotrac estimates McGovern’s average annual market value at $16.3 million and Edwards’ at $19.9 million."
There's no word on whether the Bills have spoken to Edwards.
But man, not even calling McGovern is bizarre. Beane might want to at least give it a shot.
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