The Buffalo Bills announced on Monday that they have their new offensive line coach. It’s a familiar name who was previously employed by the team.
The Bills named Aaron Kromer their O-line coach.
Kromer, 54, served two years in Buffalo in 2015 and 2016. Under head coach Rex Ryan, Kromer was the Bills’ offensive line coach as well. Kromer replaces Bobby Johnson.
Johnson’s contract with the Bills was up and he followed former Buffalo offensive coordinator Brian Daboll to the New York Giants. Daboll was hired as their head coach. Johnson took the O-line position there as well.
During his first stint with the Bills, Kromer did have a bit of a controversial time. He was suspended for six games in 2015 after he was arrested earlier that year for misdemeanor assault and battery after allegedly punching a teenager and threatening to kill his family over beach chairs.
Chargers were later dropped by the victim’s family.
But Kromer does come touted. During the 2015-16 season alone, his first one with Buffalo, the Bills ranked as the NFL’s top rushing attack while Kromer worked with the offensive line.
After his time in Buffalo, Kromer was with the Los Angeles Rams from 2017 to 2020. The two sides then mutually agreed to part ways, but there must not have been too much bad blood as the Rams still employ Kromer’s son, Zachery, as an offensive quality control coach.
For two years prior to his first stint with the Bills, Kromer serviced as the Chicago Bears’ offensive coordinator. He got his NFL start in 2001.
Kromer’s hiring comes after Buffalo added Joe Brady to their staff as quarterbacks coach late last week.
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