Wyatt Teller is very happy to be a member of the Cleveland Browns, make no mistake about that. But a piece of the Browns standout right guard still resides with the Buffalo Bills, the team that drafted him in 2018 and where he spent his first NFL season.
Teller is pulling for his old team and especially the friends he still has on the Bills. He was in the 2018 draft class with QB Josh Allen and DT Harrison Phillips and still considers them good friends, as well as offensive linemen Ike Boettger and Dion Dawkins.
“I hope the best for them and all the success to them,” Teller said via Zoom on Tuesday. “Josh, I’ve texted him multiple times, Harrison Phillips, Ike Boettger, a bunch of the guys on the offensive line. Dion Dawkins, I made sure to say hey to him. FaceTimed him a couple times.”
Teller noted he “wished we (the Browns) were still practicing” and that he learned a lot from his breakout 2020 season in Cleveland. He talked about the “weird experience” of missing time with a calf injury and then with the COVID-19 chaos around the team. He appreciatively pushed off praise and the concept that he has earned a contract extension this offseason.
“I believe in the team and I believe in the guys leading us,” Teller said when asked about the Browns success.
As for his old team in Buffalo, he’s excited for the Bills and the intense fans of the team, the Bills Mafia.
“They gave me my shot. They drafted me there,” Teller said of Buffalo. “I understand it’s business. I kind of grew a part of that family there. I love Bills Mafia. I’m pulling for ’em. I wish the best for ’em.”
The Bills will get their shot at beating the Chiefs in Kansas City in the AFC championship game this weekend, a week after Teller and the Browns came up just short in the divisional round.