SEPTEMBER 10: This extension checks in at four years and $72MM, NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport tweets. It will provide the fourth-year RT $45MM guaranteed. Despite the recent record-setting cap spike, this only makes Brown the NFL’s seventh-highest-paid player at his position. In terms of guarantees, Brown’s deal ranks sixth among RTs. Still, Brown did quite well by scoring a deal that betters — AAV-wise, at least — high-end 2023 RT signees Mike McGlinchey and Terence Steele.
SEPTEMBER 6: Another extension has been worked out in time for the start of the season. Right tackle Spencer Brown has agreed to a four-year deal Bills deal, Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reports. The news is now official, per a team announcement. 
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Brown was set to enter 2024 as a pending free agent. Instead, he will complete his rookie contract knowing he will remain a staple of Buffalo’s offensive line for years to come. As a result of this news, the 26-year-old is under team control through the 2028 campaign.
Given the recent report indicating the Bills hoped to get a deal done with Brown before the season, today’s news comes as no surprise. Buffalo has also taken care of an important piece of financial business well before next spring, by which point Brown may have upped his value with another strong season. He and left tackle Dion Dawkins are both on the books for the foreseeable future and they will be counted on as impactful contributors up front.
Brown’s first two seasons included signficant playing time, but they did not draw strong PFF reviews. The Northern Iowa product took a step forward in that regard last season, with his run blocking standing out in particular. The midseason change from Ken Dorsey to Joe Brady as offensive coordinator led to a ground-based approach to close out the year. If that remains the case, Brown could be in position to continue developing (although improvement in pass protection will be a priority as his career continues).
Buffalo has Dawkins, Brown, along with the interior trio of David Edwards, Connor McGovern and O’Cyrus Torrence still intact from last season. That continuity along the O-line will be welcomed to start the 2024 season, one in which the team’s receiver room will look much different. How well the Bills’ passing attack fares with the new skill position pieces in place will be worth watching closely, but an effective unit up front will aid in that regard.
The right tackle market has seen upward movement in recent years, and for a time this offseason Penei Sewell had an extension which dwarfed all those for blindside blockers. That $28MM-per-season Lions accord will no doubt remain well ahead of Brown’s compensation on his second Bills pact, but the latter has nonetheless set himself up for a notable raise moving forward.
Im not sure how I feel here.
Last year was really his first good year with any consistency.
He wasn’t bad. The talent is there, and his athletic ability is through the roof.
This is similar to the Ed Oliver deal – might seem like an overpay, but he can easily outperform it.
I know its kind of the price for second contracts on the oline, I just am not sure he has earned it yet.
This is a bet on athletic talent contract. Hoping his back issue is behind him.
Yowza. His best football may well be ahead of him, but this feels awfully high given what he’s been so far.