The Bills and cornerback Tre'Davious White reached agreement Thursday on a one-year deal worth up to $6.8 million, his agents told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

With Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane now in their ninth years in Buffalo, it would seem the Panthers-to-Bills pipeline would be on the verge of closing.

The Buffalo Bills were coming off a 7-9 season in 2016, and had the 10th overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. That same year, the team had a new head coach in Sean McDermott. As for the draft choice, it turned into the 27th overall selection as the Kansas City Chiefs gave the Bills their first-round choice and a third-round pick that year,