The Buffalo Bills and general manager Brandon Beane like versatile offensive linemen, especially if those linemen are slated to be reserves. Sometimes, Buffalo keeps those players active on game days. Sometimes, they’re on the 53-man roster, but are scratched on game days. Sometimes, those players are released and re-signed to the practice squad, or even flipped for draft choices at the end of the preseason.

It’s hard to know exactly what’s going to happen with an offensive lineman set to be a backup on this Buffalo team, but one thing is clear: the team has its intended starting five up...

The Buffalo Bills concluded their training camp at St. John Fisher University Thursday, and next up is the team’s preseason opener against the New York Giants Saturday afternoon at Highmark Stadium. On the final day of training camp, head coach Sean McDermott revealed how the team will handle playing time for its starters in the lone home preseason game.

Today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks leads off with McDermott’s comments on how much action reigning NFL MVP Josh Allen ad the rest of Buffalo’s starters will see when Buffalo hosts the Giants.

How will the Bills play their starters in preseason...

The Buffalo Bills closed training camp on Thursday and will move down the 90 back to Orchard Park for the rest of the preseason. One of the players that folks may think is already in Erie County is James Cook, who has been absent from practice for almost a week now. Let’s reset his contract situation now that camp is closed.

James Cook’s contract situation

Earlier this offseason, Buffalo Bills running back James Cook began taking to Twitter to ask for a new contract, presumably because the two sides couldn’t reach a deal behind closed doors. General manager Brandon...

Do not get your hopes up.

The Buffalo Bills will start their 2025 preseason slate with a game against the New York Giants in Orchard Park on Saturday. This game will also be the annual kid’s game as it is the only home preseason game the Bills will have before kicking off the regular season against the Baltimore Ravens. However, the kids may not be happy with who will be suiting up to play in the game this weekend.

While speaking to the media on Thursday morning, head coach Sean McDermott announced that quarterback Josh Allen will not play in...

It’s almost “Madden Season” yet again, Bills Mafia. With the popular EA Sports game set to be released on the 14th of this month, and with the Buffalo Bills widely recognized as one of the best teams in the NFL in the last five years, Madden NFL 26 is finally the version of the game where Buffalo is one of the strongest teams in the league (4th overall).

The latest edition features a franchise led by one of the best players in the game, 99 overall supestar X-Factor quarterback Josh Allen. The MVP got his well-deserved recognition, the rest of...

Entering the 2025 NFL season, the Buffalo Bills are poised to bring back their entire starting offensive line. While individual talent is obviously a must for any professional athlete, with a positional grouping like an offensive line, it’s impossible to overstate the importance of cohesion in a group.

When you know exactly what the guy next to you is going to do, and you’ve played with those people for multiple years, it makes communication up front so much easier. When communication is good in an offensive line, it leads to great things. When the quarterback is already elite, it helps...

At Monday’s training camp practice, Buffalo Bills linebacker Baylon Spector left the field during team drills with a trainer and a slight limp. It was diagnosed as a calf injury and Spector, who had been dealing with calf injuries since at least the final weeks of the 2024 season, looked very frustrated as he walked off.

It turns out he was right to be frustrated, as the team released the veteran on Wednesday and signed former New York Jets UDFA Jimmy Ciarlo out of Army. He spent 2024 on IR with the Jets.

Spector was placed on the waived/injured list,...

The Buffalo Bills make their “Hard Knocks” debut on HBO Max tonight, giving Bills Mafia and NFL fans an unprecedented look behind the curtain of the inner workings within Buffalo’s summer home at St. John Fisher University. Led by quarterback Josh Allen and head coach Sean McDermott, the Bills are intent to finally make good on their lofty Super Bowl aspirations as a perennial playoff contender this decade.

To do so, they’ll have to add to their franchise-record five consecutive AFC East titles. But they’ll have to endure road that’s even more difficult in January if they hope to finally...

Things will look a little different around here today.

A few weeks ago we told you something new was coming to Buffalo Rumblings and today it’s here. Things are cleaner, faster and easier to use. There are the same writers, coverage, comments, and community you’ve come to rely on, now with less clutter and clunkiness.

Let’s dive in. If you scroll down the page on your phone or computer, it’s smoother. You’ll notice that the most talked-about stories have a bigger font displaying the number of comments. You’ll also see a section called Active Conversations to point you to the...

Boy meets Mafia

The Buffalo Bills continued to tinker with their offensive line depth on Monday, adding veteran offensive lineman Dan Feeney to the roster. Feeney was among four players whom the team had in for a workout at Sunday’s practice.

Feeney, 31, was drafted in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Chargers. In four years with the club, he started 57 games in the regular season and two in the 2018 playoffs. He primarily slotted in at left guard for the Chargers. After his rookie deal expired, he signed a one-year deal with...

Cook “held-in” for the second day in a row during training camp.

Buffalo Bills running back James Cook has taken a very active role in his quest for a new contract, a situation initially supported by his older brother Dalvin Cook. Though it’s just August 4, the drama surrounding Cook’s next pay day has aged like milk — the main event of it all having begun just a few short months ago.

Cook is unhappy right now, to say the least. He has every right to feel that way, whether you agree with it (and how he’s proceeding) or not....

With a position switch coming, is a big second year going to follow?

The Buffalo Bills recognized that their defensive tackles weren’t good enough last season. Given the heavy level of rotation the team employs at the position, general manager Brandon Beane knew that he had to find quality depth. He invested heavily in the position, drafting two players among the first 100 picks of the 2025 NFL Draft and signing a veteran free agent, as well.

Now, head coach Sean McDermott has plenty of tools at his disposal. The question becomes just how he wants to deploy those tools....