The Buffalo Bills signed outside linebacker Mike Danna to a one-year deal on Monday, bringing in a pass rusher who spent the last six seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Danna, 28, arrives with a résumé that includes 21.5 regular-season sacks, two sacks in the playoffs, six regular-season forced fumbles and 51 quarterback hits. He played in 15 games last season and was released by Kansas City on Feb. 23 to create salary cap space ahead of the new league year.

The move gives Buffalo another veteran body on the edge as the team continues to reshape its outside linebacker room under coordinator Jim Leonhard. The Bills already added Bradley Chubb on a three-year deal this offseason and drafted T.J. Parker 35th overall out of Clemson, while projected starter Greg Rousseau and Michael Hoecht, who is coming off a torn right Achilles, remain part of the picture.

Danna’s ties to Buffalo go beyond the transaction line. The Chiefs drafted him in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL draft out of Michigan, and he faced the Bills in five regular-season games and four postseason matchups during his time in Kansas City. His only sack against Buffalo came in the AFC Championship Game during the 2024 season, when he made a strip sack on Josh Allen and Allen recovered the ball.

He also arrives as a two-time Super Bowl champion, giving Buffalo another experienced defender as it keeps adding depth around Rousseau. The Bills have spent the offseason stockpiling options at outside linebacker, and Danna’s familiarity with high-leverage games makes him a useful piece if the group is pushed into bigger roles later in the year.

For Buffalo, the signing is less about flash than fit. Danna has shown he can stay in the rotation, pressure quarterbacks and survive a long season, and the Bills are betting that experience will matter when the games tighten.