Bills re-signed safety Scott with a two-year contract

On a day full of news about teams releasing players or making tender offers, the two-year contract the Buffalo Bills offered to safety Bryan Scott sounded so favorable by confirming a long-term relationship between a team and one of its players.

Scott’s agent, Edward Johnson, said the two sides are still completing the final details of the deal, which was reached prior to the start of the NFL’s free agency period, which opens on Friday. The seven-year veteran proved his value by giving consistent performance on an injury-depleted defense last season except for missing seven games because of injuries.

Entering the third season of wearing Bills jersey, Scott opened the season as a starting strong safety before missing his first five games of last season with sprained left ankle. But when a rash of injuries hit the team’s linebackers, he came out in time to fill in and started six games at weak-side linebacker. Then he missed another two games, the final two of the regular season, because he sustained a head injury.