Bills tender Ryan Van Demark at $3.52M, tripling his salary
Updated March 12, 2026, 7:04 am ET
The Buffalo Bills are defending one in all their offensive linemen.
Buffalo positioned a $3.52 million right-of-first-refusal tender on offensive deal with Ryan Van Demark on Wednesday, giving the crew the flexibility to match any contract supply he receives from one other crew.
Van Demark, who turns 28 on March 22, is a restricted free agent and might negotiate with different groups. If he indicators a suggestion sheet elsewhere, the Bills would have 5 days to match it. Because he entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent, Buffalo would obtain no draft compensation if he declined to match a suggestion.
The tender suggests the Bills consider Van Demark might draw curiosity on the open market. Buffalo has spent the previous 4 seasons growing the 6-foot-7, 307-pound lineman and seems intent on preserving him as a part of his offensive line depth.
If the BIlls did not tender Van Demark earlier than the beginning of free company at 4 pm ET, he would’ve develop into an unrestricted free agent.
Van Demark can negotiate with different groups and signal a suggestion sheet till April 17, which the Bills would have 5 days to match.
Van Demark has appeared in 43 over the past three seasons, together with all 17 video games in 2025. His offensive function has steadily grown, with his snap counts rising from 47 in 2023 to 199 in 2024 and 312 final season, when he performed 28% of Buffalo’s offensive snaps.
Originally signed to the Bills’ apply squad in 2022 after being waived by the Indianapolis Colts throughout ultimate roster cuts, Van Demark has served primarily as Buffalo’s swing deal with and crammed in when starters Dion Dawkins or Spencer Brown have missed time.
The tender greater than triples Van Demark’s salary. He earned $1.03 million final season after the Bills held the unique rights designation to retain him. Earlier in his profession he made $207,000 in 2022, $750,000 in 2023 and $915,000 in 2024.
Buffalo has already addressed offensive line depth earlier this offseason by re-signing guard Alec Anderson to a one-year contract price $3 million, together with $1.8 million assured.
The Bills could have a gap on the inside line after beginning left guard David Edwards left in free company to signal with the New Orleans Saints. Anderson might compete for that function whereas Van Demark stays Buffalo’s major backup deal with.
