Jairus Byrd says he is open to returning to the Bills

Jarius Byrd had four interception and 37 tackles for the Bills in 2013. (Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) Safety Jairus Byrd says he is still communicating with the

Jarius Byrd had four interception and 37 tackles for the Bills in 2013. (Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)

Safety Jairus Byrd says he is still communicating with the Buffalo Bills after the team declined to use its franchise tag on him, allowing him to become an unrestricted free agent.

ESPN's Mike Rodak reports that Byrd harbors no ill will against his former team, and would welcome the opportunity to continue playing in Buffalo.

"The lines of communication are still open. I've talked to [CEO] Russ [Brandon] and [general manager] Doug [Whaley] a couple days ago. We're talking. So it's not anything that's hard feelings or anything like that. The conversations that we've had, we know what's going on. We're all on the same page. We'll go from here."

Byrd received the franchise tag from the team prior to last season and sat out all of training camp in protest before joining the team.

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The Associated Press reported