It’s no secret at this point that Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott expects to see more out of wide receiver Curtis Samuel. Since his arrival at One Bills Drive as a free agent in 2024, Samuel’s tenure with Buffalo has been plagued by injury.

Last season, it was a turf toe injury that threw a curve ball at plans all season long. Samuel never looked completely explosive, at least until the postseason began. Building off a great run in the playoffs that saw him account for three touchdowns, many have high expectations of Samuel ahead of the 2025 season....

The Buffalo Bills and the Chicago Bears met for a preseason game on August 17. The Bears won the game 38-0. While some may be concerned with that result, exhibition season is meant to be taken as a time to work through questions. For the Bills, some of those questions involve starting positions — looking at you, safety group — but most of the questions have to do with reserves.

The Bills know who their starting linebackers are. In most cases, the team runs a nickel defense, which means that Matt Milano and Terrel Bernard will slot in as the...

We’ve settled on a single play from each game to represent or “illustrate” that part of the Buffalo Bills’ 2024 season. Now it’s time to pit those plays against each other in a ruthless contest to decide what play stands above them all to be crowned the Play That Defines the 2024 Season.

Which moment will join the hall of awesome started with Josh Allen Jumping Over Things?

Game 1

Controversial spot (Three Seed)

vs.

James Cook’s TD against Lions (10 Seed)

The Away Games bracket had a few surprises in store for me last round....

The presumed starting safeties for the 2025 season were already on the Bills’ roster entering August. Even the top backup was basically in place. That’s not necessarily surprising, as it would be alarming if the team still didn’t have a clear idea of who would be playing on defense just a month from the start of the season.

Then, injuries happened. One young player has missed a significant amount of training camp for the second straight year. With some other players banged up, the Bills had to make a move to ensure that they had enough bodies moving forward.

Enter...

The Buffalo Bills have a Chicago Bears problem. For the second summer in a row, they find themselves on the wrong end of a steamroll loss. In 2024, Buffalo dropped a 33-6 snoozer to a rookie quarterback the defense couldn’t stop, one Caleb Williams.

Tonight, they bested that busted effort, losing 38-0 while letting Williams and the rest of Chicago’s offense look like the second coming of the Greatest Show on Turf. Hold up: It’s preseason, none of this matters. Right?

That’s 100% true. But humor me for a few moments below. I’m not here to alarm anyone, but it’s...

It’s game night, Bills Mafia! The Buffalo Bills’ first primetime game in front of a national audience is upon us, and there’s a lot at stake. While the score’s kept on the field and in official record books, it’s of perfunctory meaning only.

Tonight, what matters most has everything to do with a now-household Buffalo Rumblings phrase courtesy of the enigmatic Bruce Nolan that seeks answers to the questions about “where, when, and with whom” individual players compete. That, of course, isn’t ground-breaking in conceptual nature. It’s just that where so many people are easily dismissive of preseason football, it...

The Buffalo Bills hit the grass of Soldier Field this evening for a preseason tilt against the Chicago Bears. Tonight’s matchup serves as the NFL’s featured primetime game of preseason Week 2 — a scrimmage against a perennial powerhouse in Buffalo and a team many see on the rise in Chicago.

Everyone understands that preseason football isn’t the most compelling drama produced by the NFL juggernaut machine each year. That said, tonight’s game should prove to be compelling must-watch TV for several reasons. Here are few reasons to tune in, which include my riffs on a few courtesy of Cam...

The Buffalo Bills are holed up in the Midwest, with a loaded summer roster ready to take on the Chicago Bears in front of a national audience to close out Week 2 of NFL preseason action. All eyes are on Buffalo’s media center, waiting to hear who, if any, among the team’s starters will play this evening.

Buffalo is 0-1 in this summer’s preseason, having dropped a 34-25 scrimmage at home to the New York Giants on Saturday, August 9. The Bears are 0-0-1 after a tie with the Miami Dolphins last weekend. But no one’s really keeping score for...

Following a spirited and physical joint practice on Friday, the Buffalo Bills will face the Chicago Bears at 8 p.m. EDT tonight in Week 2 of the 2025 NFL preseason. With the NFL’s roster cut down day fast approaching (August 27 at 4 p.m. EDT), players are looking to make a lasting impression on general manager Brandon Beane and head coach Sean McDermott in their bid to earn a roster spot.

Today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks leads off by previewing the game and offers up a few reasons why Bills Mafia should watch, including who can emerge from a crowded...

The Buffalo Bills are in the Windy City for the second week of preseason football, with a Sunday night matchup against the Chicago Bears. As of Sunday morning there had been no official word if Josh Allen, or any of the starters, would play in this week’s preseason game.

The Bills and Bears did have a joint practice on Friday, which could impact head coach Sean McDermott’s decision on how much to play his starters. The biggest question will likely be around quarterback Josh Allen, who didn’t play last weekend against the New York Giants. I was curious if Bills...

The Buffalo Bills will get their first up-close look at a revamped New England Patriots team in Week 5, now featuring head coach Mike Vrabel and the return of Josh McDaniels as offensive coordinator. This first of two-annual games will be decided in Orchard Park, NY, as the Bills complete a three-game homestand in the early part of their season.

This game could also serve as the Buffalo return for wide receiver Stefon Diggs who signed with the Patriots in the offseason. That, of course, will depend on how his rehab progresses from a torn ACL.

The Bills and Patriots...

The Buffalo Bills have overhauled their defensive line once again this offseason. That involves draft choices and free-agent signings at both the defensive end and defensive tackle positions. The surprising thing about that overhaul is that the Bills added a style of defensive tackle that they already had rather than adding the type that they were lacking.

Have the Bills abandoned their “one-tech” vs. “three-tech” defensive tackle stance in favor of more versatile players? Are they so confident in the “space-eaters” that they have that they figured it was wiser to roll the dice on more “penetrators”? Or are the...