Bills Host Former Chiefs Edge On Free-agent Visit

The Buffalo Bills may still be in the edge-rusher market, even after their selection of T.J. Parker in the 2026 NFL Draft. And to potentially continue to address that premium position, they’re interested in a familiar playoff foe — former Kansas City Chiefs edge-rusher Mike Danna.

ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported the news of a recent Danna visit to One Bills Drive:

Danna turns 29 in December and spent his first six NFL seasons with the Chiefs after Kansas City picked him in the fifth round in 2020 out of the University of Michigan.

Counting the playoffs, Danna has logged close to 2,100 pass-rush snaps in his professional career, and while his pressure rate of 8.1% is hardly an impressive figure, he registered an even 10% pressure rate in nine career games against the Bills.

While that two-percent increase doesn’t feel significant, it’s not nothing, and if his lone appearance against the Bills as a rookie in 2020 isn’t counted, that pressure rate climbs to 11.2%.

Danna was especially a thorn in the Bills’ side in the 2024 AFC championship game with four pressures on just 17 pass-rush opportunities (23.5%). In the regular-season loss to Buffalo the previous season, Danna had a five-pressure outing on 37 pass-rush snaps (13.5%).

At 6’2” and around 260 pounds, he’s a non-flashy, rotational, power defensive end who can flash in key moments as a pass-rusher. Danna has also been a trustworthy force in the run game, particularly when it comes to limiting missed tackles. In each of the past three seasons in Kansas City, his missed-tackle rate was under 10%, which is typically the line of demarcation between good and bad in that advanced metric for defensive linemen.

At this stage, if signed by the Bills, Danna would set reasonably high floor for the edge-rusher room as an experienced depth behind Greg Rousseau and Bradley Chubb as Michael Hoecht continues his rehab and Parker learns the ropes in his first professional season.