Here we go, Bills Mafia! We’re picking sides tonight for Thursday Night Football, and the best option is to root on the Cincinnati Bengals. Why should you care who wins? That’s a great question, actually! The Pittsburgh Steelers are currently 4-1, and serve as a problem for the Buffalo Bills. With one less loss to their ledger, the Steelers are a bit ahead of the Bills and in possession of the two seed in the AFC playoff race.

Yes, so much can and will happen between now and Week 18, but what’s needed now is for Buffalo to gain back...

Well, that makes two tough weekends in a row with games reminiscent of the Drought Era rather that part of the Josh Allen Experience. It would appear that maybe, indeed, the sky is falling. At least this week. Bills Mafia needs this bye week as much as the Buffalo Bills themselves do. A weekend to root for or, more importantly, against some teams outside Western New York. A whole extra week to recover — or stew, whichever you prefer. A week to play the “If I was the GM” game.

Of course, while the 2025 Bills were looking more like...

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Bills Mafia loves a good overreaction. When the team wins, Josh Allen walks on water and when the team loses… suddenly everyone’s getting fired, traded, or benche… and sometimes all three.

After the Buffalo Bills’ Monday night 24-14 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, Bills Mafia’s passion turned into frustration, and once again the fanbase needed a scapegoat. This week’s target? Second-year wide receiver Keon Coleman.

Coleman finished the night with just three receptions on six targets for 11 yards. It was a quiet, very forgettable night for a player who flashed star potential earlier this season. But, through six weeks,...

I already penned one article pointing the finger at the Buffalo Bills’ offense for the loss to the Atlanta Falcons, and it felt so good I figured I’d come back for seconds. But seriously, while the last piece focused on attributing liability mostly to the offense, this one dives into the film to figure out why. I think there might even be a glimmer of good news for you at the end… if you stick around.

Let’s do a quick review of each of the Bills’ failed offensive drives and I’ll give you my opinion of what happened.

Drive...

Since parting ways with Stefon Diggs, the Buffalo Bills have lacked a true number-one receiving target. Against the Atlanta Falcons last Monday night, quarterback Josh Allen and Buffalo’s offensive line faced a blitz on more than half the snaps. In those moments, it became clear that this wide receiver group isn’t going to get the job done in 2025.

It’s possible that wide receiver Joshua Palmer was going to have a career game after hauling in two big catches early in the first quarter, but then he was sidelined with an ankle injury. It could have been a big night...

For years, Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott got the absolute most out of his defensive backfield, taking low-end free agents like Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer and turning them into the most feared safety tandem in the NFL. Tre’Davious White was a late first-round pick who blossomed into an All-Pro cornerback and Christian Benford and Taron Johnson were late-round steals who both earned extensions from the team.

Now, Buffalo’s secondary feels like a shell of its former self. Part of that is of course due to injuries (Damar Hamlin, Maxwell Hairston, Dorian Strong), but that’s not the entire story....

Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson has been named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Buffalo Bills in Week 6. Robinson totaled 238 yards of offense and one touchdown on 25 touches.

The Bills were completely over-matched in trying to contain Robinson, who broke off an 81-yard touchdown run in the second quarter to put the Falcons ahead for good. In the first half alone, Robinson had 12 carries for 138 yards and that touchdown. In all, Robinson carried 19 times for 170 yards, adding six receptions (8 targets) for 68 more yards. Robinson...

The Buffalo Bills (4-2) were thoroughly outplayed during Monday night’s 24-14 road loss against the Atlanta Falcons. Bijan Robinson and the Falcons rushing attack ran wild, Drake London came up with big catch after big catch against Buffalo’s secondary, quarterback Josh Allen had little time to throw against a blitz-heavy Falcons pass rush, Buffalo once again was sloppy and committed too many penalties, and now, heading into their bye week, Buffalo is looking up at the New England Patriots in the AFC East standings.

Today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks examines what went wrong in Atlanta and discusses why the Bills...

The Buffalo Bills fell to the Atlanta Falcons on Monday night and dropped to 4-2, a record that’s very similar to their win/loss total through six weeks the last few years. This year may feel different to Bills Mafia due to the streakiness of Buffalo’s offense and the less-than-MVP-level play they’ve observed from quarterback Josh Allen.

Concerns about offensive coordinator Joe Brady and the ability of the Bills’ receivers to separate has stirred consternation about the passing game, and one would expect that to show up in any quarterback efficiency or production ranking.

Let’s cook up another bowl of STEW...

With just over 11 minutes left in the second quarter the Buffalo Bills allowed an 81-yard touchdown by Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson. It was Atlanta’s third touchdown on four drives, it was at this point I became convinced I’d be writing about one of the worst defensive performances I’ve ever witnessed.

But then something more miraculous than the Grinch’s cardiac enlargement happened. The Bills defense grew four sizes that day, and allowed a single field goal over the next two-thirds of a game. The offense was given nine more opportunities to come back and scored a single touchdown...

The Buffalo Bills had a shot at righting the ship against the Atlanta Falcons Monday night, as they hoped to avoid a losing streak heading into their bye week. Instead, a poor effort against the New England Patriots in Week 5 spiraled into another subpar effort this week, and the Bills lost 24-14 to a good Falcons team that they made look great.

In the first half, Buffalo’s defense was inept, to put it lightly. They were gashed to the tune of 340 net yards, an absurd number that almost doesn’t even show how dominant Atlanta was. As if that...