#Bills coach Sean McDermott tells reporters that newly signed edge Joey Bosa pulled his calf and will more than likely be sidelined until training camp. RB James Cook, seeking a new deal, is not present.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) May 27, 2025
It’s May and Buffalo Bills new star pass rusher, Joey Bosa, is already suffering from a calf injury.
Joey Bosa is the 2016 Defensive Rookie of the Year and a 5-time Pro Bowler—including last season with the Chargers—but he hasn’t played a full season of ball since 2021.
For the 4th consecutive year, Joey Bosa will be limping around his house while his team practices, hoping he’ll heal in time for Sundays.
The 29-year old signed a 1-year, $12 million deal with Buffalo to be the missing piece for a Bills team that cannot stop Patrick Mahomes from doing whatever he wants against them.
Josh Allen is the reigning MVP, proving he is capable of going head-to-head with Mahomes on any night. It’s the defense in need or real, impact players and Joey Bosa was supposed to be that.
Here’s what Bosa did in 14 games last season:
- 5 sacks
- 13 QB hits
- 2 forced fumbles
Even if the injuries have robbed him of his ability to finish sacks, Joey Bosa still puts pressure on opposing teams offensive lines. Whether he gets to the quarterback or not, your right tackle would rather see the backup all day than Joey Bosa.
Can the Bills win a Super Bowl without Joey Bosa?
Well, I mean, I think this team has already proven they can’t win without him. It’s business as usual in Buffalo.
I’m more interested in what’s next for Joey Bosa—who is only on a 1-year contract and will be 30 years old heading into another free agency but this time, he won’t have the negotiation advantage of having just come off a Pro Bowl season.
Perhaps Nick Bosa will keep a seat warm for him in San Francisco—although after they just paid Brock Purdy a quarter billion dollars, I could see Nick Bosa being too expensive for the 49ers to keep.
Maybe both brothers find their way to some Trump-loving city where they will coast for the final years of their prime, failing to meet their all-time great potential because their bodies cannot handle a 17-game schedule.
They could be like those weird siblings who grow old together—except NFL fans will hate them because they’ll keep getting big contracts and being too hurt to show up to OTAs.
Long Live The Bosas: the best there almost was.
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