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• Bills' A.J. Epenesa: Makes 13 starts in 2024

  02/04/2025 • By RotoWire

  Epenesa tallied 39 total tackles (23 solo) including 6.0 sacks while adding two passes defended and two forced fumbles across 17 regular-season games in 2024. Epenesa served as a regular starter on the Bills' defense for the first time in his five-year NFL career. He played a career-high 583 defensive snaps and set a new career high in tackles. However, Epenesa's increased playing time didn't translate into more sacks, as he finished with 0.5 fewer sacks than he managed in either 2022 or 2023. He's expected to return to Buffalo in 2025 after signing a two-year, $12 million extension with the team last offseason.

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• Bills' A.J. Epenesa: Sacks Rodgers for safety in Week 17

  12/30/2024 • By RotoWire

  Epenesa logged four solo tackles, including 1.0 sacks, during Sunday's 40-14 win over the Jets. Epenesa logged his sixth sack of the season Sunday when he took down Aaron Rodgers in the end zone for a safety to extend the Bills' lead to nine points late in the second quarter. Epenesa is now up to 6.0 sacks through 16 regular-season games, and he's half a sack shy from tying a career best that he set in each of the last two seasons. However, with the Bills locked into the No. 2 seed of the AFC heading into the postseason, Epenesa may see little work in the regular-season finale against the Patriots next Sunday.

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• Bills' A.J. Epenesa: Logs another sack in Week 7

  10/21/2024 • By RotoWire

  Epenesa recorded three total tackles (two solo), including 1.0 sacks, and defended one pass in Sunday's 34-10 win over the Titans. Epenesa has tallied 3.0 sacks over the last two weeks and now leads the Bills' defense with 4.0 sacks on the season. The 2020 second-round pick has also accumulated 15 total tackles, two forced fumbles and one pass defended through Buffalo's first seven games. He's expected to continue causing problems for opposing quarterbacks as the Bills travel to take on the Seahawks in Week 8.

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• Bills' A.J. Epenesa: Sacks Rodgers twice in win

  10/16/2024 • By RotoWire

  Epenesa recorded four tackles (three solo), including 2.0 sacks, in the Bills' win over the Jets on Monday night. Additionally, Epenesa forced a fumble of Aaron Rodgers on the first of his two sacks, but Rodgers ended up recovering the loose ball. On Epenesa's second sack, he was flagged for a questionable roughing the passer call on a third-down takedown of Rodgers. Through five games, Epenesa has logged 12 tackles (eight solo), including 3.0 sacks, seven QB hits and one forced fumble on 56 percent of the defensive snaps.

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• Bills' A.J. Epenesa: Ultimately unavailable Saturday

  12/24/2023 • By RotoWire

  Epenesa (ribs) will not play Saturday against the Chargers. There was some hope the fourth-year pass rusher would be available Saturday, but he'll ultimately miss his second consecutive game. Kingsley Jonathan and Shaq Lawson will likely see additional opportunities in pass-rushing situations.

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