Buffalo Rumblings
Well, that was different! By the time Styx’s “Renegade” blared over the soundsystem at Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh Steelers fans were over it. The Buffalo Bills were well on their way to a dominating 26-7 Week 13 victory in the most unlikely of ways. It didn’t matter how the win came, the goal was just to find a way.
Buffalo destroyed a Pittsburgh defensive line that insisted on talking far too much between plays. Meanwhile, the Steelers couldn’t get out of their own way in trying fruitlessly to establish a ground game. The Bills are now 8-4 and still in playoff position amid a very crowded AFC playoff picture.
There was plenty to love about the way Buffalo won this game, and a few reasons to still be concerned. That said, everything should be taken with a grain of salt given the Bills’ injury situation along the offensive line, among its pass catchers, and also in trying to prepare for a road game during a holiday week.
Interestingly, rookie cornerback Maxwell Hairston (who was active for Week 13) appears to have not played a snap. Perhaps that was due to game plan and a need to have run-support defenders on the field. Or, it could have also been out of an abundance of caution for Hairston’s recent concussion situation. Cornerback Tre’Davious White more than held his own, which he has done for most of the 2025 campaign.
Bills Mafia will take this one how it came, especially against the mercurial future NFL Hall of Famer, one Aaron Rodgers. After the jump, we’ll dive into a few key aspects that sparked Buffalo’s second-half slaughter of a cocky Steelers defense.
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It was a chippy game all afternoon, but the jawing that went on between Josh Allen and defensive tackle Cam Heyward was at a near-fever pitch by halftime. Allen is no stranger to banter between plays, but it’s clear Heyward didn’t enjoy it, and felt his team was playing superior.
They were not, not one bit. All told, Heyward had five tackles, the most noteworthy coming on a two-yard loss by running back James Cook III near the goal line. Frustration had boiled over for Heyward and he was celebrating the loss, but it meant little beyond that moment. The very next play, Allen scrambled right with the football (and the offensive line) to claim six more points. Astute viewers would then see Heyward running back into frame and throwing up his arms in disgust.
Heyward was pretty quiet after that point in the game, which, honestly, is how he played most of the afternoon. In the end, Josh Allen showed up Cam Heyward in every moment that required the best out of both players.
Allen is now 5-1 lifetime against the Steelers, and Heyward can only blame himself and...
