Bills agree to sign ex-Dolphins punter Haack to 3-year deal

<p>BUFFALO, N.Y. &mdash; The Buffalo Bills agreed to sign free-agent punter Matt Haack to a three-year contract on Tuesday, signaling they are potentially moving on from incumbent Corey Bojorquez.</p>
<p>Haack spent the past four seasons with the AFC East rival Miami Dolphins, where he became the team’s all-time leader with a net punting average of 39.9 yards in 64 games. In 2018, he set the Dolphins’ single-season record of landing 34 punts inside an opponent’s 20. </p>
<p>The 26-year-old Haack signed with Miami in 2017 as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Arizona State.</p>
<p>His addition spells the unlikelihood of the Bills tendering an offer by Wednesday to retain the rights to Bojorquez, a restricted free agent. Bojorquez spent the past three years in Buffalo, and led the NFL last season with a gross punting average of 50.8 yards. </p>
<p>His 58-yard punt in a 27-24 wild-card playoff win over Indianapolis on Jan. 9 matched a franchise playoff record for longest punt set by Paul Maguire in 1965. </p>
<p>Bojorquez’s asking price could prove too costly for a Bills team which began the week with little room left under the salary cap after re-signing three key pending free agents: linebacker Matt Milano and starting offensive linemen Jon Feliciano and Daryl Williams.</p>
<p>Buffalo, on Tuesday, also agreed to a one-year contract extension with linebacker and special teams regular Tyler Matakevich, who is now signed through 2022.</p>
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