{"id":12402,"date":"2026-04-16T22:23:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=12402"},"modified":"2026-04-16T22:23:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:23:32","slug":"130317780-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=12402","title":{"rendered":"NFL Trade Rumors: Buffalo Bills could bring back former $12M defensive end amid roster reshuffle | NFL News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130317786,imgsize-1221105,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/buffalo-bills.jpg\" alt=\"NFL Trade Rumors: Buffalo Bills could bring back former $12M defensive end amid roster reshuffle\" title=\"Buffalo Bills could bring back former $12M defensive end amid roster reshuffle.(Image via Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Buffalo Bills could bring back former $12M defensive end amid roster reshuffle.(Image via Getty Images)\">Buffalo Bills could bring back former $12M defensive end amid roster reshuffle.(Image via Getty Images)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Buffalo Bills have been a force to be reckoned with on the field in the last few seasons, with 12 wins and just 5 losses in 2025.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>While the Buffalo Bills were expected to break records in the last season, the team witnessed a heartbreaking loss against the Denver Broncos in the Divisional Round. <!-- -->Ahead of the new season, the team is focused on fixing its roster to bounce back on the field.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Buffalo Bills tipped to reunite with <keyword id=\"25930792\" type=\"General\" weightage=\"20\" keywordseo=\"A-J-Epenesa\" source=\"keywords\">A.J. Epenesa<\/keyword> after his deal with the <keyword id=\"30740617\" type=\"General\" weightage=\"20\" keywordseo=\"Cleveland-Browns\" source=\"keywords\">Cleveland Browns<\/keyword> fell through<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>A few hours ago, FanSided\u2019s Buffalo Bills analyst Brandon Ray tipped that the Buffalo Bills could re-sign a deal with the popular defensive end, A. J. Epenesa, after his deal with the Cleveland Browns fell through.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>FanSided\u2019s Buffalo Bills analyst Brandon Ray noted in a recent report, \u201cEpenesa remains a free agent and now that Rousseau is moving to outside linebacker, the Bills may want to strongly consider bringing back Epenesa for a third go-around in his career\u2026\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>FanSided\u2019s Buffalo Bills analyst Brandon Ray added, \u201cEpenesa knows Buffalo and he was a solid pass rusher who was consistently bringing pressure. <!-- -->The Bills have a need at edge rusher. While they should look to draft one or two in next week\u2019s NFL Draft, bringing back Epenesa would give them a quality veteran who has had success in Buffalo.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>However, the Buffalo Bills have maintained their distance from responding to the rumors of reuniting with A. J. Epenesa.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>While A.J. Epenesa has impressed with his dominating performance on the field, his performance in the last season showed a slight decline since 2024.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>In 2025, A.J. Epenesa was moved to a \u201crotational role\u201d because of Joey Bosa and ended up recording 2.5 sacks, 17 solo tackles, 4 passes defensed, and 2 interceptions across 16 games.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>But in the 2024 season, A.J. Epenesa recorded 6.0 sacks, 39 total tackles (23 solo), 8 tackles for loss, 11 quarterback hits, two forced fumbles, and two pass deflections, acorss 17 games.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>With Joey Bosa\u2019s presence in the team, many fans think it is unlikely that A.J. <!-- -->Epenesa will return to the Buffalo Bills but nothing has been confirmed yet. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>The star player has maintained his silence after his deal with the Cleveland Browns was canceled.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>For the unversed, after A. J. Epenesa\u2019s two year contract with the Buffalo Bills expired in March, the Cleveland Browns agreed to sign a one year deal for $5 million with him.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>However, in the last week of March, as per ESPN, a source reported that, \u201cThe Cleveland Browns will not be signing AJ Epenesa, with the team uncomfortable finalizing the deal after the veteran defensive end had his physical\u2026\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/nfl\/news\/nfl-trade-rumors-buffalo-bills-could-bring-back-former-12m-defensive-end-amid-roster-reshuffle\/articleshow\/130317780.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buffalo Bills could bring back former $12M defensive end amid roster reshuffle.(Image via Getty Images)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[30042,17166,5358,30043,15073],"class_list":["post-12402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-a-j-epenesa","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-defensive-end","tag-nfl-trade-rumors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}