{"id":293611,"date":"2025-08-16T20:32:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T20:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/293611\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T20:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T20:32:13","slug":"bills-larry-ogunjobi-could-be-cut-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/293611\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills’ Larry Ogunjobi Could Be Cut Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bills defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi<\/a> could be on the chopping block when 53-man roster cuts roll around in less than two weeks.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>There are a number of reasons Buffalo may want to part ways with the eight-year veteran despite adding him earlier this offseason. The first is a PED suspension the team did not know about when upon signing Ogunjobi. Both Ogunjobi and defensive end signing Michael Hoecht<\/a> were given PED bans shortly after their Bills deals, but the team was aware of Hoecht\u2019s beforehand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ogunjobi will be sidelined for the first six games of the season, during which time he can be placed on the reserve\/suspended list to open up a roster spot.\u00a0Ogunjobi has also had a quiet training camp, according to The Athletic\u2019s Joe Buscaglia<\/a>, mixing in with the Bills\u2019 second- and third-team defenses. If the ninth-year veteran doesn\u2019t have a clear role waiting for him when he comes off suspension, it might not be worth carrying him on the 53-man in the first place.<\/p>\n

Releasing Ogunjobi would also clear $1.25MM in 2025 cap space, per OverTheCap, not an insignificant amount this close to the season. At barely $1.3MM, the Bills rank last in available funds. Ogunjobi, 31, has not been especially productive as an interior pass rusher in recent years. He posted 1.5 sacks in 2022 and \u201924 and has not cleared 10 QB hits since that \u201922 Pittsburgh debut. Still, the Steelers gave him a three-year, $40.5MM deal after the 2022 slate. They cut bait early this offseason<\/a>, leading to the Buffalo landing.<\/p>\n

A younger Bills option make be changing Ogunjobi\u2019s outlook, opening the door for a second 2025 release. The team also has a fairly crowded D-tackle group, with recent third- and fourth-round picks (DeWayne Carter<\/a>, Deone Walker<\/a>) behind starters Ed Oliver<\/a> and DaQuan Jones<\/a>. Buffalo also drafted T.J. Sanders<\/a> in this year\u2019s second round.<\/p>\n

Chosen 41st overall out of South Carolina (after the Bills traded up 15 spots in Round 2<\/a>), Sanders has enjoyed a strong camp, Buscaglia adds. The Bills have used him as a three-technique option regularly; such a role would eat into Ogunjobi\u2019s playing time when his suspension ends. While Sanders resides as Oliver\u2019s top backup, Buscaglia notes situations could call for the two interior rushers playing alongside each other. Passing downs would seemingly present opportunities for the duo to work together. And it will now be interesting to see if the Bills merely drop Ogunjobi rather than keep both he and Hoecht on their reserve\/suspended list.<\/p>\n

Sam Robinson contributed to this post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bills defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi could be on the chopping block when 53-man roster cuts roll around in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[215,214,53,2086,7,8662,6,591],"class_list":{"0":"post-293611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-bills","9":"tag-buffalo","10":"tag-buffalo-bills","11":"tag-buffalobills","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-larry-ogunjobi","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-t-j-sanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115040350988647789","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}