The last two seasons, we all know the Buffalo Bills defense went kaboom in the playoffs. The Kansas City Chiefs sliced and diced the Bills defense like a butcher behind the glass counter. Patrick Mahomes, being the butcher back in one of the best playoff games in the history of the NFL, as both teams met in the divisional round in 2022. The Bills answer for next season was signing future hall of famer Von Miller who helped the Broncos and Rams win a Superbowl. Miller was unavailable for the last year’s defensive meltdown with the Bengals due to a season ending injury. Some say the scapegoat was defensive coordinator Lesile Frazier who quietly left the team several weeks ago as the story was he needed some time off. Some would say he was pushed out the door. The Bills’ answer this season is to collect more X-Rams from that Superbowl defense a few years ago that LA had. The Bills have added Taylor Rapp who was a safety for that Rams team. The team just announced they have also signed Chicago Bears-bust defensive lineman X-Ram Leonard Floyd.

Leonard Floyd was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the first-round number 9 overall in 2016. In 4 seasons in Chicago, Floyd was considered a first round bust. When players leave the Bears, they usually get better as other coaching staffs tap into their strengths and suddenly the busts turn into pretty good options. Floyd signed with the Rams and in his first season in LA in 2020, he had 10.5 sacks. Floyd has played for the Rams three seasons and has registered at least 9 sacks a year. Floyd racked up 29 sacks in LA where in Chicago the most he had in one year was his rookie season with 7. In 4 years in Chicago, Floyd only had 18.5 sacks as experts said he needed to put on weight to be an elite edge rusher in the NFL. Floyd last season had 31 tackles playing all 17 games for the Rams and the 9 sacks. The Rams are in rebuild and could not find a trade partner for the 30-year-old edge rusher so they released him as he gets a one-year deal with the Bills for a guaranteed 7 million. The deal has incentives as well if Floyd can get to the quarterback, he can add 1-3 more million to his bank account.

The Bills defense took a hit when Tremaine Edmunds left the team in free agency and signed a mega deal with the Chicago Bears. Some thought Lesile Frazier walking away from the team as defensive coordinator would be a bad thing; especially at the time when options of replacements were scarce. The Bills were able to resign their top safety in Jordan Poyer as many thought he’d find a better deal from another team in free agency. The Bills added Taylor Rapp to add depth to the back end of the defense especially with Micah Hyde coming back from a season ending injury last season. Sean McDermott will call handle the defense and the head coach responsibilities which may be a better thing for this Bills. The Bills extended Ed Oliver to a 4 year 68-million-dollar deal keeping their defensive line intact and making him happy at the same time. The Bills added a big man former Seahawk in Poona Ford who could be like the next Ted Washington in Buffalo, just suffocating the opposing teams running game. Then having a healthy Von Miller and hopefully he can stay on the field for the entire season and playoffs.

Sean McDermott likes to rotate his defensive linemen in and out of the games so Leonard Floyd could cause more havoc with fresher legs. Leonard Floyd’s middle name is Cornelius. The Bills fans of the 1990’s remember Cornelius Bennett as a pretty good linebacker who played on those Superbowl teams. This is a great move by the Bills because it gives this team depth. It gives the Bills a guy that can get to the quarterback and Floyd has improved his game since leaving the Bears. I like that Floyd has played with Von Miller and Taylor Rapp. The Bills also signed linebacker Travin Howard, another former Ram that has played with Floyd. The Bills also added offensive guard David Edwards who is another Ram from that Superbowl team. I’m not sure a Buffalo and a Ram could share the same land together. I know these animals are not common enemies. Sometimes you need to recruit guys like the Miller’s, the Floyd’s, and Rapp’s who have done it before. These guys beat the Bengals in the Superbowl. Every team needs a few mercenaries to help them get over the hump. It would be hysteria for the Buffalo Mafia seeing X-Ram players helping the current Buffalo team beat down the Bengals and scalp the Chiefs to get to the Superbowl and beyond.