{"id":1819,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1819","headline":"Bills release safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson","dek":"The move comes right after he served a one-game suspension for spitting toward Raiders tight end Brock Bowers.","body":"The Buffalo Bills have released safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson, the team announced Tuesday, just as he was returning from a one-game suspension stemming from a Week 6 incident in which he spit toward Raiders tight end Brock Bowers.\n\nGardner-Johnson signed with Buffalo in March on a one-year, $3.5 million deal. His stay lasted six games. Beyond the suspension, he had reportedly struggled with tackling during his time with the Bills.\n\nThis is far from the first abrupt exit for Gardner-Johnson. After starting his career with the Saints, the team that drafted him, he has bounced around the league since 2022, spending time with the Eagles, Lions, Eagles again, Texans, Bears and now Bills, never sticking with a team for consecutive full seasons.\n\nHe turns 29 in December. Where he lands next, if anywhere, remains to be seen.","published_at":"2026-11-03T22:20:02.142376+00:00","source_count":5,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Bills release safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bills-release-safety-c-j-212929124.html"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Bills release Gardner-Johnson after he served one-game spitting suspension","url":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50372292/bills-release-safety-cj-gardner-johnson"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Bills release S C.J. Gardner-Johnson after one-game suspension","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/bills-release-s-c-j-gardner-johnson-after-one-game-suspension"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Bills release safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson after six games: Source","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7751459/2026/11/03/bills-safety-c-j-gardner-johnson-released/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Bills to release former Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bills-release-former-eagles-safety-213807490.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Bills release S C.J. Gardner-Johnson, who just served 1-game suspension for spitting at Brock Bowers","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/bills-release-s-cj-gardner-johnson-who-just-served-1-game-suspension-for-spitting-at-brock-bowers-214355877.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"C.J. Gardner-Johnson released by Bills","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/c-j-gardner-johnson-released-214147758.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"C.J. Gardner-Johnson's spitting incident is his final act with Bills as Buffalo releases veteran safety","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/c-j-gardner-johnsons-spitting-214835456.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Bills release Super Bowl champion following Week 8 win","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bills-release-super-bowl-champion-221201432.html"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Bills release C.J. Gardner-Johnson just days after being suspended for spitting incident","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bills-release-c-j-gardner-johnson-days-after-being-suspended-spitting-incident/"}],"image":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/1f4db0522c7d5d1e32a6dc472908a263873a86a9b1a7191317787122a10bf921/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200_h675%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fsb_nation_articles_115%2F3d95e690d4504bd7b5f80420e8c48e08.jpg","credit":"Yahoo Sports","width":1200},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}