Through the first seven weeks of the 2025 NFL schedule, the Buffalo Bills find themselves in an unfamiliar position: in second place in the AFC East, looking up at the New England Patriots following a two-game slide leading up to the team’s bye week.
Looking at the rest of the AFC, there is no true powerhouse team, and the AFC appears to be wide open. Knowing the Bills still think of themselves as Super Bowl contenders, and with a general manager who loves to wheel and deal, today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks continues the discussion around potential trade candidates for Brandon Beane and the Bills to pursue before the league’s November 4 trade deadline.
The Bills have needs at cornerback, safety, wide receiver, and linebacker, to name a few. Linked below: a run through a list of some of the reinforcements who could be acquired via a trade before the deadline, players like cornerbacks Cam Taylor-Britt and Riq Woolen, safeties like Jeremy Chinn, Jason Pinnock and Ashtyn Davis, wide receivers like Calvin Ridley, Jakobi Meyers, Jaylen Waddle, and Rashid Shaheed, and linebackers like Logan Wilson and Cody Barton.
Exploring the trends, facts, and figures behind Buffalo’s 4-2 start to the season; analysis of some of the key questions facing the Bills moving forward; offering up reasons for optimism and reasons to be concerned about the direction Buffalo is headed; and diving into a report card for Buffalo’s performance on offense, defense, special teams, and coaching through seven weeks.
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