Buffalo Rumblings
The hurdle that it often is adequately covering the Buffalo Bills, Thursday Night Football claimed this week’s intended Five Questions with Battle Red Blog (BRB). Since we were able to get through my half of the exchange in discussing the Bills, I didn’t want to let this content pass Buffalo Rumblings readers by completely.
So here now is what Scott Barzilla of Battle Red Blog wanted to know about the Buffalo Bills ahead of Week 12 with the Houston Texans. This content was supposed to run on BRB, which instead I’m sharing here.
Following my responses, I’ve also shared the five questions I hoped to ask Scott about the Texans. This at least gives Rumblers a little peak into what we were focusing on from an opponent’s perspective. Scott was fantastic to connect with this week, but timing on my end just didn’t allow us to complete the task at hand. I encourage you to head over to BRB and give them some Rumblings love. We have one of, if not the best football communities on the internet, and BRB provides great articles, podcasts, and analysis that should reach more football fans.
I extend a fond thank you to Scott for taking the time to connect with me, and I look forward to seeing the next matchup through with him.
1) Josh Allen is the reigning MVP. How would you compare his 2025 season to his 2024 season?
Erratic; stifled; stilted; strained; harried; and frustrated. That’s been the case against some woebegone teams. Yet against stiff competition, Allen has risen to the challenge, often playing like the reigning NFL MVP. The results to this point of 2025 are partially Allen’s doing, but he’s had to operate too often with what I’ll term a neutered wide receivers group. General manager Brandon Beane and company made a decision last offseason to send a still very talented Stefon Diggs to your Texans. The team has been trying to remedy that move going on two seasons now. While Diggs suffered the season-ending injury with Houston, it’s clear that he’s far from done — just that he was so with One Bills Drive. That’s fine if there’s a viable plan. To this point, it’s to sell the fan base on the idea that “everybody eats.” It worked statistically in 2024, where before teams could lock in on Diggs as Allen’s go-to, now they had to account for everyone at any moment. Then 2025 hit, and suddenly wide receiver separation became a major issue, but not a new issue. It all just looks worse than folks remember.
Now fans are wondering if offensive coordinator Joe Brady is the issue, or if it’s Allen who too often doesn’t see the proper check or process through all his reads accordingly, the offensive line playing under the bar set in 2024, or the general manager for those free agents he chose to sign and of course the only significant addition made at wide receiver made in the NFL...
