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3/18/25 | Bills' team captain changes jersey number following recent trend. Linebacker Terrel Bernard is the latest of three Bills' starters to sign a new contract and change his jersey number to a single digit. The 2022 third-round draft pick agreed to a four-year extension this offseason, and the team has subsequently announced that Bernard will wear No. 8 in 2025. The jersey number became available when the Bills released veteran punter Sam Martin as a salary cap casualty earlier this month. Bernard wore No. 43 for his first three NFL seasons after donning three different numbers while competing collegiately for Baylor. Source: https://www.si.com/nfl/bills/news/players-terrel-b... |
3/14/25 | Former Buffalo Bills punter Sam Martin finds new home after release. Sam Martin has landed on his feet, post-Bills: Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/former-buffalo-bi... |
3/12/25 | Panthers to sign former Appalachian State player. After choosing not to resign punter Johnny Hekker, the Panthers needed someone new to handle the punting duties. The longest-tenured Mountaineer currently in the NFL, Sam Martin, will fill that role. Martin's deal with the Panthers is for one year and is worth up to $3 million, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. Source: https://www.wbtv.com/2025/03/12/panthers-sign-form... |
3/06/25 | Bills cut punter Sam Martin in salary cap-saving move; more expected expected. The 35-year-old Martin had one year left on his contract, and his release saves Buffalo approximately $2 million in salary cap space. The Bills are still projected to be about $8.5 million over the cap, meaning they still have a few more moves to make by either cutting or restructuring contracts to get under the limit. Source: https://www.wgrz.com/article/sports/nfl/bills/buff... |
1/05/25 | Bills incentives tracker: Von Miller, Make Hollins, Sam Martin make extra money in Week 18. Buffalo is playing with house money but many Bills players are playing for extra cash and contract incentives. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/bills-incentives-tracker-... |
1/18/24 | Bills sign Matt Haack as Sam Martin precaution. #Bills sign Matt Haack as Sam Martin precaution: Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/bills-sign-matt-haack-sam... |
1/17/24 | Bills sign emergency punter . The Bills saw their punting equation change when Sam Martin suffered a hamstring injury following a blocked field goal Monday. While Martin continued to punt in the team’s wild-card win, the Bills will bring in outside insurance. Source: https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/bills_sign... |
1/15/24 | Bills' punter injured, Steelers fail to use timeouts to force punt before halftime. Bills punter Sam Martin suffered an apparent hamstring injury in the second quarter that may prevent him from punting for the rest of the game, but poor clock management from Steelers coach Mike Tomlin cost Pittsburgh a chance to capitalize at the end of the first half. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/bills-punter-injured-stee... |
1/11/24 | Bills punter Sam Martin earns rare praise. ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — At the conclusion of Bill Belichick’s final game visiting Buffalo as coach of the New England Patriots, he highlighted one Bills player in his assessment of the 27-21 defeat. Bills punter Sam “Martin did a good job,” Belichick said. “Backed us up all day.” Martin placed all six of his […] Source: https://news.yahoo.com/bills-punter-sam-martin-ear... |
12/16/23 | Bills Mailbag: Should the team consider a reunion with Matt Araiza?. Sam Ruggiero asks: Jay, now that Matt Araiza is cleared of all charges in California, is it possible or even probable that the Bills would jump in on signing him? No offense to Sam Martin, who is having an up and down season, but I think Araiza would be a real plus for the team. Don Houck asks: Now that the lawsuit against Matt Araiza has been dropped, is he able to shop his services to any team in the NFL? Source: https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/bills-mailbag... |
4/19/23 | Broncos greatest improvement in 2023 may be their special teams. Playoff teams don't prioritize developing the young over maximizing hidden yards. One of the more perplexing decisions made by the Broncos' football bosses last year was picking Corliss Waitman over Sam Martin as their punter. Another was sticking with returner Montrell Washington when it was clear the talented rookie had lost confidence. Waitman and Washington weren't the only curious moves, but ones teams with playoff aspirations don't usually make. Source: https://www.9news.com/article/sports/nfl/denver-br... |
3/17/23 | Contract details for Bills P Sam Martin. Contract details for #Bills P Sam Martin: Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/contract-details-bills-p-... |
3/13/23 | Bills re-sign P Sam Martin to three-year deal. The #Bills have their punter back: Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/bills-agree-terms-sign-p-... |
12/15/22 | PlayAction: For Bills' Sam Martin, punting in Highmark winds is both science and art. The difference is you can be standing on one 30-yard line and it’s doing one thing, and then walk to the 50 and it’s doing something different. That’s when you have to trust your warmup. Sometimes it changes mid-game and you have to adjust. Source: https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/playaction-fo... |
9/20/22 | Sacrifice Punt: Bills' Surrenders Only Add to Onslaught vs. Titans. Sam Martin is probably grateful that downsizing isn't a concept with the Buffalo Bills. If it was, his department probably would've been made redundant a while ago. Martin, a long-tenured NFL punter, made his Buffalo debut in the Bills' 41-7 victory over the Tennessee Titans on Monday night. Source: https://www.si.com/nfl/bills/news/buffalo-bills-pu... |
9/13/22 | Contract details for Bills P Sam Martin. Contract details for #Bills P Sam Martin: Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/contract-details-bills-p-... |
9/09/22 | Bills didn’t punt for fourth time in their last six games. Sam Martin had a quiet night in his Bills debut. Martin signed on as the punter in Buffalo earlier this month, but his first game with the team showed him that punting isn’t always part of the responsibilities of that job. Martin held for five Tyler Bass kicks over the course of the evening and [more] Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/bills-didn-t-punt-fourth-... |
9/05/22 | Bills Notebook: New punter Sam Martin quickly getting up to speed. Sam Martin doesn’t have much time to get up to speed. The Buffalo Bills’ punter will have had all of three practices with his new team by the time they take the field Thursday in Los Angeles for season opener against the Rams. You take one day at a time and control what you can control, but I think we had a great first two days together,” Martin said after Monday’s practice. Source: https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/bills-noteboo... |
9/04/22 | Bills' Brandon Beane on Sam Martin: 'We wanted a vet'. The Bills have signed former Broncos punter Sam Martin to fill their vacancy at the position. GM Brandon Beane this week provided some insight as to why the team selected the kicker over their other options. When asked about the opportunity to sign a player who is top-five in the NFL across multiple statistical categories the GM pointed out how where the roster was at in it’s progression since he took the front office reigns was a factor. Source: https://billswire.usatoday.com/2022/09/04/buffalo-... |
9/04/22 | Bills' Brandon Bean on Sam Martin: 'We wanted a vet'. The Bills have signed former Broncos punter Sam Martin to fill their vacancy at the position. GM Brandon Beane this week provided some insight as to why the team selected the kicker over their other options. When asked about the opportunity to sign a player who is top-five in the NFL across multiple statistical categories the GM pointed out how where the roster was at in it’s progression since he took the front office reigns was a factor. Source: https://billswire.usatoday.com/2022/09/04/buffalo-... |