Bills sign former Chiefs defensive end Mike Danna to 1-year deal

The Buffalo Bills signed former Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Mike Danna to a one-year contract on Monday, adding a two-time Super Bowl winner to a reshaped defensive roster ahead of the upcoming season. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Danna, 28, spent his entire six-year NFL career with the Chiefs after Kansas City selected him in the fifth round of the 2020 draft out of Central Michigan. Over 87 regular-season games with 49 starts, he recorded 194 tackles and 21.5 sacks, along with six forced fumbles. In the postseason, he appeared in four games during Kansas City’s 2023 championship run, when he started all four contests and added seven tackles. His best regular season came in 2023, when he started 16 games and totaled 50 tackles, 6.5 sacks and 13 quarterback hits.

The Bills’ signing also reflects a defensive transition. Buffalo is moving toward a 3-4 scheme under new head coach Joe Brady and defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard, and Danna is expected to project as an outside linebacker in the new alignment. At 6-foot-2 and 257 pounds, his role is likely to include depth and rotational snaps, with the expectation that he will compete behind starters Bradley Chubb and...