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Bills predicted to make $6.9M decision on Joshua Palmer
The Buffalo Bills have made several veteran additions to their wide receiving corps since shipping away Stefon Diggs and adopting an “everybody eats” approach two years ago, but one of them could find his way out the door again this summer.
The Bills brought on veteran Joshua Palmer last offseason in the hopes of giving quarterback Josh Allen another trusted target, but he struggled to find a place in the offense. Palmer now faces new competition heading into training camp, leading one analyst to suggest that his days with the team are numbered.
Joshua Palmer Facing a Fight for His Job
In his analysis of the team’s wide receiving corps for this season, SI.com writer Alex Brasky suggested that Palmer is teetering on the edge of the roster — with only his large salary potentially saving him.
“After a disappointing first season with the team, Joshua Palmer’s roster spot would be in significant jeopardy if it weren’t for his sizable $11.75 million cap hit, per Spotrac, coupled with a $14.2 million dead-cap charge in 2026,” Brasky wrote.
Brasky noted that Palmer failed to deliver much to the offense last season, never finding the endzone and falling to the bottom of Allen’s list of targets.
“Palmer recorded a career-low receiving EPA of +5.2 in 2025, according to Next Gen Stats, while he also failed to record a touchdown reception for the first time in his five-year career,” Brasky wrote. “It’s unclear where he will fall into the team’s plans at wide receiver, but I expect he will be overtaken by Bell and it wouldn’t be shocking to see another player surpass Palmer in the pecking order during his second season in Buffalo.”