Free agent running back Chris Ivory spent all of Monday meeting with the Bills, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. This marks Ivory’s first free agent visit since being released by the Jaguars last week, but it won’t necessarily be his last. Rapoport hears that Ivory is drawing considerable interest and plans to take a few visits.
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Ivory spent two seasons with Jacksonville before being handed his pink slip on Friday. The running back’s five-year, $32.5MM deal with $10MM guaranteed was a bust for the Jaguars, but teams are apparently still interested in him as a complementary veteran piece. If signed, the Bills would slot Ivory behind top rusher LeSean McCoy.
Before his big free agent pay day, Ivory ran for more than 1,000 yards in 2015 while averaging 4.3 yards per carry for the Jets. In two years with Jacksonville, Ivory amassed just 821 yards with 3.6 yards per tote.
Ivory will celebrate his 30th birthday on March 22. By then, he figures to be with the fourth team of his NFL career.
The Bills: what’s one team’s trash is another team’s treasure.
The Bills: where your so-called trash got us to the Playoffs for the first time in 17 years
No, that was Andy Dalton.
Shady McCoy, Chris Ivory, and Mike Tolbert is a pretty damn good backfield.