Bills head coach Sean McDermott gave new updates on Buffalo's free agency moves and their new addition to the strength and conditioning staff during his media availability at the NFL's annual league meetings in Palm Beach, FL.
Here's what we learned on Sunday:
New additions to the defense
Buffalo made a handful of additions to their roster during the first wave of free agency, emphasizing the defense with five of their eight free agent signings being on the defensive side of the football. McDermott acknowledged some of the risk that the Bills are taking with several of their free agents, including DE Joey Bosa who dealt with injuries throughout his career.
McDermott expressed his confidence in their support staff in working with Bosa.
"We've had success before in taking guys maybe who had an injury history, perhaps, and have helped them," McDermott said.
McDermott also said that potentially a change of scenery for Bosa is what he needs to revitalize his career.
"He's been in one place for give or take nine years, and sometimes that can bode well for kind of just kind of re-stoking the competitive fire and the juices," McDermott said.
Larry Ogunjobi and Michael Hoecht are also free agent additions to the defensive line who will both miss the first six games of the season with suspensions, but McDermott gave insight into what he liked about each player and his vision for Ogunjobi.
"In our vision for him, really for us he'll be a one and a three technique but primarily a three technique that can help spell Ed a little bit in that role and play all three downs," McDermott said. "We all know how important affecting the quarterback is so Larry will help us in that regard."
"We add Larry O., we add, Hoecht, I think two good additions. Hoecht, a real smart player can play multiple positions."
The Bills also reunited with cornerback Dane Jackson on a one-year deal. Jackson spent his first four seasons with the Bills and comes back as a veteran player that played meaningful snaps for the Bills in the past.
"I think it's another example of, here's a player that played his best football in Buffalo, in the Bills colors, and it's great to see him want to come back," McDermott said.
Will Greenberg's promotion
When the Bills finalized their 2025 coaching staff, Will Greenberg was named head strength and conditioning coach following the departure of Eric Ciano.
Greenberg has been with the Bills since 2017 as part of the strength and conditioning staff and now takes on the role of head strength and conditioning coach.
McDermott expressed his confidence in Greenberg but also acknowledged that it is not easy for a coach in their first season and that is why he is surrounded by a senior staff.
"There's going to be some natural blind spots, as there was for all of us in our first season, and he's got a senior staff around him, which should help as well," McDermott said.
Part of that senior staff surrounding Greenberg is Barry Rubin who will serve as senior strength and conditioning assistant.
"When you're young, you think you can really change the world all in one idea or all the ideas that you've stored up over the years for this opportunity, and Will does have a number of ideas," McDermott said. "I think the key is that you get somebody next to you that can say, 'hey, let's keep it inside the guardrails once in a while,' and they can all work together on sharing ideas and best practices. Barry's been at it a long time. He's been a head strength coach for a long time, won multiple Super Bowls, so I think that'll really bode well for Will."
