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FILM TRUTH: What Geno Stone Brings to the Buffalo Bills Defense | Salary Cap Update

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🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Buffalo Bills bolster their secondary with Geno Stone, but is his skill set enough to make a true impact? Joe Marino breaks down Stone's film, highlighting strengths in ball skills and deep zone coverage, while questioning his limited range, inconsistent tackling, and below-average versatility. With candid insights into Stone's transition and contract details, Marino explores how the former Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens safety fits into the Bills' defensive rotation. Marino also unlocks the latest salary cap update for Buffalo, unpacking Brandon Beane's maneuvering room ahead of the season—what moves are left to solidify the roster? Topics include the need for additions at linebacker and cornerback, special teams potential for Geno Stone, and a positional outlook for the safety room featuring CJ Gardner-Johnson and Bishop. Is Stone destined to be special teams depth, or can he earn a bigger role and a payday?

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0:00.0

I've taken the time to study Gino Stone's film, so we're going to break down what he offers to this Buffalo Bills defense.

0:13.5

You are Locked on Bills, your daily Buffalo Bills podcast.

0:18.8

Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.

0:24.8

What's up, Bill's Mafia?

0:26.8

It's Joe Marino.

0:28.1

On today's episode, we are going to have a quick update on the Bill's salary cap position,

0:34.1

but the meat and potatoes is my review of Gino Stone's film. And I'm excited to break

0:42.2

this down. Obviously, another addition to this bill secondary. There's been a lot of opinions

0:48.7

out there about what he truly offers. And well, the truth is in the tape and I study the tape so let's break

0:55.5

down what it revealed to me as we've done for other bills additions this off season we're

1:01.6

going to have a conversational scouting report where I am looking at each player through the lens

1:08.5

of 10 position specific traits that I use to evaluate

1:12.8

college prospects. And so Gino Stone is a safety. And the 10 prospects, excuse me, the 10 traits

1:19.8

that I use to assess prospects at safety are football IQ, tackling, competitive toughness,

1:25.9

run defending, range, ball skills, man coverage skills,

1:30.6

functional athleticism, flexibility, and versatility.

1:34.1

So let's get into it.

1:36.0

We'll start with football IQ.

1:38.9

And I think Gino Stone is generally sound when it comes to processing.

1:45.0

I think he's clearly at his best when he's playing from depth and can let things

1:51.8

unfold in front of him and play forward.

1:55.2

I think that's what he does best.

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