Buffalo Bills player named by Pro Football Focus as one of the NFL's top bounce-back candidates in 2025
Pro Football Focus named a Buffalo Bills defender as one of seven NFL players that's poised for a "bounce-back season" in 2025. PFF listed Bills linebacker Matt Milano as one of their seven bounce-back candidates after the former Boston College Standout missed 13 regular season games in 2024 due to injury (Milano also missed 12 […]
Pro Football Focus named a Buffalo Bills defender as one of seven NFL players that's poised for a "bounce-back season" in 2025.
PFF listed Bills linebacker Matt Milano as one of their seven bounce-back candidates after the former Boston College Standout missed 13 regular season games in 2024 due to injury (Milano also missed 12 regular season games in 2023).
From PFF: After logging over 1,000 snaps in both the 2021 and 2022 seasons, Milano managed just 544 combined snaps over the past two years. His 2023 campaign was cut short after five games, and an offseason injury delayed his return in 2024 until Week 13. He appeared in seven games last season and reminded fans of his potential with a standout performance in the wild-card round against the Broncos, earning an 86.3 PFF grade.
Milano recorded PFF overall grades below 45.0 in three of his seven appearances, including a rough showing in the AFC championship game against Kansas City. For context, he had just two such games across 17 outings in 2022. Despite these post-injury struggles, Milano, who just turned 30, remains capable of playing at a high level. Before the injuries, he was widely regarded as one of the NFL’s top linebackers.
PFF pointed out that Milano had a rough overall grade in three of his seven appearances last season, but I don't think that's something that Bills fans should read too much into.
The 30 year old linebacker has missed a significant amount of time over the last two seasons. It's unrealistic to expect Milano to pick up where he left off after his 2022 Pro Bowl season.
If Milano can stay healthy throughout the offseason and have a normal preseason, he should have a chance to return to his Pro Bowl form in 2025.
