Michael Hoecht signs $24 million deal with Bills
Shortly after the Rams watched Bobby Brown III sign with the Panthers, L.A. is losing another defensive lineman on Monday after Michael Hoecht signed a three-year, $24 million contract with the Buffalo Bills. While the Panthers have been a major pipeline from the Rams to another team, this signing marks kind of another one as Hoecht goes to Buffalo as a player who will eat up some of the snaps left behind by Von Miller.
The Bills released Miller over the weekend.
Former #Rams DT Michael Hoecht is signing with the #Bills on a three-year deal worth up to $24 million, per The Insiders.
Deal negotiated by @davidcanter and @NessMugrabi of @aurasportsgroup
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 10, 2025
A former undrafted free agent, Hoecht has overcome the odds to become a player worth $24 million.
It’s strange to call any player of his size an “edge rusher”, but Hoecht has played all over the line from defensive tackle to outside linebacker. When the team needed someone to step up for cheap in 2022, Hoecht posted 4.5 sacks. He then had six sacks in 2023 and added three more in 2024.
Watching him drop into coverage was always a test for your heartbeat, but Hoecht has been a dependable player in the past four years. Now the former Brown (yes, the college) graduate will go to the Buffalo Bills, where he’ll join Taylor Rapp.
