Kroy Biermann to Bills: Latest Contract Details, Comments and Reaction

For the first time in his nine-year career, veteran defensive end Kroy Biermann will suit up for a team other than the Atlanta Falcons when he takes the field in 2016. The Buffalo Bills announced Monday that they signed the 30-year-old. 

The move comes after IK Enemkpali suffered a season-ending ACL injury in Buffalo’s first preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts.

The Falcons selected Biermann in the fifth round of the 2008 draft, and he went on to play 114 regular-season games for them. He missed just 14 games in eight years, all of which came in 2013, when he suffered a torn Achilles.

Biermann had a productive 2014 season relative to coming off a major injury, recording 75 combined tackles and 4.5 sacks, but his play dropped off in 2015. He didn’t start a single game, which resulted in fewer tackles (54) and sacks (2.5). Pro Football Focus also graded him as the 79th-best edge defender in the league.

Writing for SB Nation’s The Falcoholic, Allen Strk argued that Biermann’s career was never the same following the Achilles injury:

Coming off a season-ending injury, he was forced into playing 939 snaps in 2014. The coaching staff (and front office) deserves blame for pushing a role player towards such a prominent position. Signing run stuffers instead …

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