The Bills will avoid playing kicker Tyler Bass on a contract year in 2024 after reportedly reaching an agreement on a four-year extension worth up to $21MM, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Bass was three years into his rookie contract after getting drafted in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. 
Bass took over for Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo after Koo graduated from Georgia Southern to the NFL in 2017. After making 54 of 68 field goal attempts and converting 108 of 109 extra point attempts in three years, Bass was selected by the Bills in 2020 to compete with incumbent kicker Stephen Hauschka, who had missed six field goals in each of the previous two seasons and two extra points in 2019. Bass beat out the veteran for kicking duties in training camp.
Since taking over the kicking job for the Bills, Bass has converted 85.6-percent of his field goals attempts, making 83 out of 97 tries. He’s shown he has the big-leg ability that’s required to get paid as a kicker in the NFL these days. He’s also only missed four extra point attempts for a high-powered offense that has forced him to attempt 160.
If the $21MM reported by Rapoport is the face value of the contract, then Bass’s new deal poses him as the fourth-highest paid kicker in the NFL (per year), just under Ravens kicker Justin Tucker, Colts kicker Matt Gay, and Seahawks kicker Jason Myers. The “up to” included in the tweet implies that incentives may be involved, which may rank him slightly lower, but the reported $12.3MM guaranteed is the second-highest guaranteed amount for a current kicker, trailing only Tucker.
It’s a good deal for both sides as Bass gets his payday and the Bills lockdown a reliable, young kicker through the 2027 season. It’s rare to find dependability in a kicker, and the Bills have paid up in order to secure theirs for years to come.
Kickers getting paid. That has got to be the best job out there. Travel first class, hang with the boys, get paid, brain intact, and all you need to do is kick a ball straight.
I don’t think it’s as easy as you put it, but okay…
Sure, Scott Norwood may have something to say about my comment, but when compared to the rest of the team, it’s the one position where you will least likely get hit, but yet live the football lifestyle – brains intact. Toss in $5M per and I’d say that’s a pretty solid career.
Most of us understand your point, padam, and aren’t nitpicking your thoughts.
Hope he doesn’t flounder the opportunity.