The Buffalo Bills added to their linebacker room Wednesday afternoon, signing inside linebacker Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles to a one-year deal during OTAs. To make room, Buffalo released wide receiver Max Tomczak.
Flannigan-Fowles arrives with a roster resume built over six NFL seasons and three stops. He last played for the Giants in the 2025 season, when he appeared in 10 games and made three starts. Before that, he spent the first five years of his career with the 49ers, playing in 73 games and starting seven times. Over that stretch in San Francisco, he collected 96 tackles, six tackles for loss, one interception and one sack.
For Buffalo, the move is a straightforward depth addition at a position group that can change quickly during the spring and summer. The signing came in the middle of OTAs, when teams are still sorting out the bottom of the roster and looking for veterans who can handle multiple roles without much time to acclimate. Flannigan-Fowles, an undrafted free agent after the 2019 NFL Draft, fits that profile. He played collegiately at Arizona from 2015-18 and now enters a new locker room after time with both the Giants and 49ers.
The Bills will list him as No. 50, and his addition leaves one fewer opening on a roster that is still being shaped ahead of the season. The release of Tomczak made the move possible, a reminder that even in May, every signing carries a cut on the other side. For a defense that wants dependable bodies in camp, Flannigan-Fowles gives Buffalo a player with experience, versatility and enough game exposure to matter if injuries or special teams needs start to mount.
What comes next is simple enough: Flannigan-Fowles has to turn a mid-OTA signing into a real spot on the Bills' depth chart. The regular-season picture is still being built, and moves like this are often decided less by headlines than by who can stay available, line up correctly and hold their own when the pads go on.
