Buffalo Bills sign defensive tackle Poona Ford to one-year deal By Katherine Fitzgerald News Sports Reporter May 2, 2023 May 2, 2023 Updated Oct 13, 2023 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After the NFL draft, Buffalo Bills General Manager Brandon Beane lamented that he wasn’t able to snag a defensive tackle.kAm“x H2D C62==J 9@A:?8 E@ 255 @?6[ 7@C DFC6[” q62?6 D2:5 $2EFC52J] “(@C<:?8 @? 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