The Los Angeles Rams are adding 14 players to the roster from this years NFL. Now he wants the same thing to happen in Buffalo. 215 pick in the sixth round to the Los Angeles. capped by a 23-20 win over Cincinnati in the Super Bowl revitalized his career. Miller appeared in just the final eight regular-season games and playoffs for the Rams in 2021 after being acquired in a mid-season trade with Denver. Hometown High School Previous School 0: Solomon Alexander: DL: 6-2: 270: Gr. And Howard, who had just two starts in 29 games with the Rams, is competing for a backup role. Edwards, who had 45 starts in 53 games with Los Angeles, is competing for a starting guard spot. Rapp, who spent his first four NFL seasons with the Rams, is competing for the starting cornerback job opposite Tre’Davious White. Selected with the ninth pick in the 2016 draft, Floyd had 18 1/2 sacks in four seasons with the Bears. “I plan on being the big dog until the big dog comes back and then we share it,” said Floyd, who struggled finding his niche during his first four seasons in Chicago. “We got guys that are going to be ready to go even if I’m not, like Floyd.”įloyd is as eager to play a starting role, likely opposite Greg Rousseau for the interim, as he is for Miller to get back on the field. “I still want to be available Week 1, but I don’t have that ‘Dang, if I don’t make it, I’m letting my team down,’ type of feeling,” Miller said. Miller was elated by the addition, telling The Associated Press that Floyd’s signing lessens the urgency for him to rush his recovery after having surgery on his right knee in December. “Von was great in telling me that this place is great and ‘You’ve got to come.′ You know how Von is. “Yeah, I definitely took it to heart,” the 30-year-old Floyd said. Miller’s input, informing Floyd the Bills had a winning culture similar to that of the Rams in 2021, also played a factor for the eighth-year player who had combined for 29 sacks over three seasons with Los Angeles. “I’m examining teams and looking at the rosters, and the Bills had the best.” Shoot I want to win,” Floyd said following his first practice. Another lure is the team featuring an elite quarterback in Josh Allen.Īnd it helps having a high-profile player such as Miller - the NFL’s active leader in sacks - always talking up the Bills and Buffalo to many of his colleagues.įloyd acknowledged Miller’s sale pitch was so effective, he signed for less money with Buffalo than he could’ve attracted from other teams.

And that’s a quality that we wouldn’t be afraid to add.”Īcknowledging it’s an approach that’s easier said than done, because it still comes down to convincing players to come to Buffalo, Beane enjoys several advantages in his recruiting pitch.īuffalo, which endured a 17-season playoff drought that ended in 2017, is suddenly considered an NFL destination, with the Bills having won three consecutive AFC East titles, and made the postseason in each of the past four years. “It’s not that we were just choosing that team, but they won it a couple of years ago. “It’s one of the things that you look for when adding people who have done it, and who know,” he said. That’s not a coincidence, general manager Brandon Beane said, referring to an offseason in which his free-agent signing haul of championship-winning Rams players also includes cornerback Taylor Rapp, linebacker Travin Howard and guard David Edwards. With the Bills announcing the signing of edge rusher Leonard Floyd to a one-year contract on Tuesday, their roster now features five players who helped the Los Angeles Rams win the Super Bowl two seasons ago.

Little did he realize, but Miller prompted a growing trend that has carried over to this offseason. (AP) - A year ago upon signing with the Bills, Von Miller jokingly second-guessed his decision by questioning who would want to leave the bright lights of Los Angeles for a small-market, rust-belt city such as Buffalo.

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