In the craziness that is NFL free agency, the Bills had one of the wildest months in the league. In that fold included Buffalo losing defensive tackle Jordan Phillips to the Arizona Cardinals.
Phillips, 27, was claimed by the Bills mid-2018 season off waivers and in a short year and a half career with Buffalo, he became a fan favorite. Phillips was very welcoming towards Bills Mafia, and he got the love back for doing so.
Last season Phillips led the Bills with 9.5 sacks. He nabbed a three-year contract worth $30 million in total with the Cards.
Phillips, an outspoken guy during his time in Buffalo, said he wants to prove with the Cardinals he’s the real deal during his introductory press conference in Arizona.
But he wasn’t trying to be disrespectful to the Bills in stating that. In fact, he was very praiseful of his now former team, appreciating the chance the Bills gave him.
“Nothing really changed for me [in 2019],” he said. “I just had more of an opportunity. It was the first time in my career being on the third-down group. I had a lot of opportunities to get more sacks and be more productive. Buffalo did a real good job of utilizing my talents and they reaped the benefits of it last year.”
Phillips went on to say that four teams were interested in him in free agency. But even with those talks, Phillips still seemed to continually keep Buffalo in the back of his mind throughout the whole process.
“Arizona was somewhere if it didn’t work out with Buffalo that… Arizona would be a place to be. They’re a young, talented team, kind of how Buffalo was,” Phillips said.
From the sounds of it, Phillips will fall into the category of… maybe we’ll meet again? Who knows where the Bills, Cardinals and even Phillips will be in three years? But there’s some positive reflects and crazier things have happened.
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