CENTER DILEMMA: Will the Buffalo Bills PAY Connor McGovern or FIND Their Next Center Solution?

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🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Buffalo Bills face a pivotal crossroads at center as Connor McGovern heads for free agency, and the rising market threatens to reshape the offensive line. Can Brandon Beane strike the right balance between retaining proven talent and finding cost-effective solutions for Josh Allen’s protection? Joe Marino explores premium targets like Tyler Linderbaum, Dylan Parham, and Cade Mays, while weighing the potential of in-house options such as Sedrick Van Pran-Granger and Alec Anderson. Key discussion points include McGovern’s contract outlook, salary cap implications, and sleeper names poised to create vital competition in training camp. Marino spotlights how the evolving center market could impact Buffalo’s overall roster strategy, the ripple effects of rival teams’ needs, and why the right call at center is crucial for the Bills’ Super Bowl ambitions. Will the Bills secure a leader for their offensive line, or will a cost-conscious gamble define their 2025 season?

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0:00.0	With Connor McGovern's future in Buffalo Uncertain, what's the plan for the bills at center?
0:06.5	I have plenty of ideas that I'm going to share with you right now on Locked On Bills.
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0:28.3	What's up, Phil's Mafia?
0:30.3	It's Joe Marino, author of the Heard Mentality Substack co-host of the Lockedon
0:35.1	NFL Scouting podcast, co-hosts of the NFL First Read podcast,
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1:12.7	Well, folks, welcome in. We spent the last couple of days really diving into wide receivers.
1:19.3	Players the bills could trade for, players the bills could sign in free agency, and well,
1:25.4	the bills have other needs to address as well. So we're going to move on
1:29.3	at this point and today focus on centers. We'll get to left guards. We'll get to
1:37.1	edge rushers and nose tackles and linebackers and safeties. But next up, I want to talk about
1:43.2	the plan at center and the options that the
1:47.2	bills could explore through veterans to shore up the position. And what's really fascinating about
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