{"id":359072,"date":"2025-12-20T01:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T01:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/359072\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T01:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T01:19:10","slug":"bills-sign-4x-pro-bowl-pass-rusher-matthew-judon-in-massive-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/359072\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills Sign 4x Pro Bowl Pass Rusher Matthew Judon In Massive Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-1444998037-e1717163233861.jpg\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Matthew Judon\"   decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Judon of the New England Patriots.<\/p>\n<p>The Buffalo Bills have announced their intention to sign four-time Pro Bowl pass rusher <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/matthew-judon\/\" title=\"Matthew Judon\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"127249\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Judon<\/a> on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe #Bills hosted veteran edge Matthew Judon today, and they intend to sign him to their practice squad, per The Insiders,\u201d Ian Rapaport wrote in a post on X. \u201cPotential help for the playoff push from the former Dolphin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bills?src=hashtag_click\">#Bills<\/a> hosted veteran edge Matthew Judon today and they intend to sign him to their practice squad, per The Insiders. Potential help for the playoff push from the former Dolphin. <\/p>\n<p>Judon is a familiar face for Bills fans as he has spent significant time playing in the AFC East in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Judon started his career as a fifth-round draft pick of the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens\/\" title=\"Baltimore Ravens\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"127248\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a>, where he spent five seasons playing under head coach John Harbaugh. He left Baltimore after four straight seasons of five or more quarterback sacks.<\/p>\n<p>He took a massive three-year, $46 million deal with the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/new-england-patriots\/\" title=\"New England Patriots\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"127246\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New England Patriots<\/a>, where he would record career-high sack numbers in back-to-back seasons. In his first year in Foxboro, he reached the quarterback 12.5 times. The next season, his 15.5 sacks were tied for fourth most in the league.<\/p>\n<p>In 2o24, he joined the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/atlanta-falcons\/\" title=\"Atlanta Falcons\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"127247\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a>, where he started all 17 games but did not enjoy the same statistical success.<\/p>\n<p>This season, the 33-year-old played for another division rival in the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/miami-dolphins\/\" title=\"Miami Dolphins\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"127250\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Dolphins<\/a>. He is yet to record a sack in 13 games played.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo will look to capture more of his cold-weather <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/orlando-magic\/\" title=\"magic\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"127251\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">magic<\/a> as they gear up for a Super Bowl run.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Bills\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Matthew Judon of the New England Patriots. 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