Former Viking Signs with Bills
Minnesota Vikings fans learned about Dan Feeney last year when the team signed “the guy with the mullet.”
A former Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman is finally getting another shot in the NFL, signing with the Bills after months on the market and no free agency nibbles.
Feeney also has a pop-culture-famous — from 30 years ago — last name, so couple Feeney with the mullet, and folks took notice.
Now, Buffalo Bills fans will do the same, as Feeney signed with that AFC North squad on Monday morning.
Bills Add Former Vikings O-Lineman
A roster depth move, Feeney will fight for a 53-man roster spot in Buffalo.
OL Dan Feeney Signs with Bills
It’s a done deal for Mr. Feeney. He’s a Bill.
NBC Sports‘ Josh Alper wrote, “The Bills moved to add a veteran offensive lineman on Monday. The team announced the signing of Dan Feeney to their 90-man roster. Offensive lineman Rush Reimer was waived in a corresponding move.”
“Feeney spent the 2024 season with the Vikings and appeared exclusively on special teams in eight games. Feeney was a third-round pick by the Chargers in 2017 and he started 57 games while playing guard and center over four seasons with the team.”
Feeney’s five-month-long free agency drought is over.
Feeney’s Brief Stop in Minnesota
The ex-Vikings lineman saw action on 40 snaps last year in Minnesota — all special teams transactions. He served as iOL depth in 2024, showcasing the unique ability to play offensive guard, center, and even tight end. The New York Jets employed Feeney as a tight end in 2021, if that can be believed (think 6th offensive lineman and not someone who is burning it down the field to catch long passes).
Here’s Feeney’s NFL resume to date:
- Los Angeles Chargers (2017–2020)
- New York Jets (2021–2022)
- Miami Dolphins (2023)
- Chicago Bears (2023)
- Minnesota Vikings (2024)
- Buffalo Bills (2025)
Feeney usually offers Pro Football Focus grades in the 40s and 50s and finds reserve jobs accordingly. Buffalo will be no different, barring a late-career surge. He’s 31.
The Bills’ Interior Offensive Line
These are Buffalo’s guards heading into the preseason:
- O’Cyrus Torrence
- David Edwards
- Alec Anderson
- Kendrick Green
- Mike Edwards
- Rush Reimer
And centers if his new team uses Feeney at that spot:
- Connor McGovern
- Sedrick Van Pran-Granger
- Jacob Meyer
Feeney hasn’t played tight end since the Jets days four years ago, meaning that roster position could be all but ruled out.
Same Forecast in Buffalo as Minnesota Last Year
Generally speaking, Feeney probably has the same upside as last season in Minnesota. He won’t threaten to take a starting job from Torrence, Edwards, or McGovern, instead competing to stay on the active roster, as he did with Kevin O’Connell’s team in 2024.
Feeney was originally a 3rd-Round pick by the Los Angeles Chargers from the University of Indiana in 2017.
More on the Bills’ Offensive Line
SI.com‘s Ronnie Eastham provided context on the Bills’ offensive trenches over the weekend: “It wasn’t that long ago that Buffalo Bills’ general manager Brandon Beane signed an offensive line free agent tackle named Ty Nsekhe and drafted a lineman named Cody Ford. In 2019, Ford was swapped between guard and tackle while Nsekhe was the swing tackle, and sometimes started next to Ford.”
“It’s a far cry from the current state of Buffalo’s offensive line. The Bills’ line was below average at best only a few years back, but since then, Beane has found the perfect bookend tackles in Dion Dawkins and Spencer Brown.”
Buffalo has the NFL’s second-best Super Bowl odds in 2025 at +700, trailing only the Baltimore Ravens at +650.
Eastham continued, “He discovered that free agent signee Connor McGovern can play center at a high level. The Bills added guard O’Cyrus Torrence through the draft and picked up guard David Edwards in free agency along the way. The result is one of the best offensive lines we’ve seen with the Bills since the Super Bowl days in the early 1990s. The Bills’ offensive line was ranked third by Pro Football Focus.”
“It’s an unquestioned strength of the team. The Bills’ offensive line depth is not a weakness of the roster by any stretch. The starting five are some of the best in the league, so to expect there not to be a drop-off should one of them miss time would be ridiculous, but the Bills’ offense would still function just fine if that happens.”
Feeney will now hope his name is called in three weeks when Buffalo reveals its regular season roster.
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