Michael Hoecht Fantasy Stats

Buffalo Bills defensive end Michael Hoecht (Achilles) suffered a season-ending torn Achilles in Sunday's 28-21 win over the visiting Kansas City Chiefs in Week 9, according to head coach Sean McDermott. Hoecht will end up playing in just two games in 2025 in his first year with the team after missing the first six games of the year while on suspension for violating the league's performance-enhancing drug policy. In his two games played for the Bills, the 28-year-old pass-rusher had five tackles, two sacks, and a forced fumble. It's a big blow to Buffalo's pass rush the rest of the way, and the Bills will be looking for more contributions from A.J. Epenesa and Javon Solomon next to starting pass-rushers Joey Bosa and Greg Rousseau.

The Buffalo Bills signed former Los Angeles Rams linebacker Michael Hoecht on a three-year deal on Monday worth a maximum value of $24 million, his agents told NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. Hoecht heads to the AFC East and all the way across the country after spending the first four years of his NFL career in L.A., where he produced 180 total tackles (98 solo), 13.5 sacks, 15 tackles for loss, 26 QB hits, four pass breakups and two forced fumbles in 68 regular-season games (31 starts). The 27-year-old former undrafted free agent out of Brown had 56 tackles (24 solo), three sacks, six QB hits and two pass breakups in 17 regular-season games (five starts) in 2024. Hoecht will not be on the fantasy radar in IDP formats and will most likely serve in a rotational depth role behind edge rushers A.J. Epenesa and Greg Rousseau.

The Los Angeles Rams re-signed linebacker Michael Hoecht to an undisclosed deal earlier this week. Hoecht didn't receive any offers from other teams this offseason after the Rams placed a right-of-first-refusal tender on him. The 26-year-old entered the NFL in 2021 with the Rams as an undrafted free agent out of Brown University and he has 124 tackles (74 solo), 10.5 sacks, 11 tackles for loss, 20 QB hits and two forced fumbles in 51 games (26 starts) in his three seasons in the league. Last year he started in all 17 regular-season games for LA and recorded a career-high 81 tackles (45 solo), a career-high six sacks, seven tackles for loss, 11 QB hits and a forced fumble.