The five -time defensive wing of the PRO Bowl, Joey Bosa, reached an agreement on Tuesday night in an agreement of one year and $ 12.6 million with the Buffalo Bills, told Adam Schefter of ESPN.
The Los Angeles Chargers launched Bosa on Wednesday, cutting the ties with their oldest player and one of the best in the history of the franchise. After doing four Pro Bowls in his first six seasons, Bosa has been plagued with injuries since then, but was selected for his fifth Pro Bowl in 2024 as a substitute.
Bosa immediately becomes a headline in the defensive line of the Bills, joining the defensive wing Greg Rousseau, who signed an extension of four years on Saturday. The Bills posted the Von Miller Passes Corridor on Sunday, saving $ 8.4 million in capitalization space and restructured the Ed Oliver defensive Tackle contract, the sources said.
When adding to Bosa, which will be 30 when the season begins, there are similarities with the firm 2022 of Miller, an experienced and consummated passes corridor that the Bills hoped to boost the defense. However, Miller was signed with a six -year agreement compared to Bosa, who was signed for a year.
The defensive line was a low season need for the Bills, who sometimes had trouble pressing the field marshal, since he stood out in the loss of the AFC championship game against Kansas City chiefs. The Bills had 39 captures in 2024, below 54 in 2023, but had two more conclusions in 2024 than in 2023 (32 to 30). The general manager of Bills, Brandon Beane, emphasized this low season that the team believes in the construction of the lines, and has invested in the group and at the same time has not spent too much money to lose future seasons.
The Bills began to address the defensive line on Monday by accepting a three -year contract with the former defensive wing of the Los Angeles Rams, Michael Hoecht.
The Bosa agreement is the last movement in what has been a low season occupied for the Bills, which have reached extensions with the open receiver Khalil Shakir, the Supplier Terrel Bernard and the field marshal Josh Allen, who received a record of $ 250 million guaranteed. The extensions created Cap Room this year and help the team to get ahead to build for the future. The bills have agreed terms with the free agents of the free agents of the open receiver Joshua Palmer and Hoecht too.
The number 3 selection in the 2016 Draft, Bosa was the NFL year of the year in the NFL that season after publishing 10.5 captures and 17 cups for loss. He established a NFL record registering 19 captures in his first 20 career games.
The Chargers rewarded Bosa with an extension of the contract of five years and $ 135 million in 2020, an agreement that was at that time the richest for a defensive player in the history of the NFL. But he has played in just 28 games in the last three seasons due to injuries.
For his career, Bosa has totaled 343 tacle, 157 hits from Mariscal de Campo, 87 tacle per loss, 17 forced loose balls and 4 loose ball recoveries in 107 regular seasonal games. Its 72 career catches occupy second place in the history of the Chargers, only behind Leslie O’Neal (105.5).
Alaina Getzenberg and Kris Rhim de ESPN contributed to this report.
