The Buffalo Bills are transitioning to a new defense, and with that new defense comes new roles and responsibilities for the players on the unit. Linebackers, in particular, are undergoing significant change, as the team shifts from the nickel-heavy, even-front looks schemed by former head coach Sean McDermott into the odd-front stylings of new defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard.

It may come as a surprise given the change that the Bills only added one linebacker through the draft, and they only brought in three new linebackers in total over the offseason. That shows a tremendous amount of faith in the holdovers...

It’s mid July, but the Buffalo Bills are still tinkering with their roster.

Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the club made a waiver claim for a wide receiver ahead of training camp.

In a corresponding move, Buffalo released receiver Deven Thompkins, whom the team signed after a strong minicamp showing.

Thompkins and Skinner couldn’t be more different from a physical perspective.

Skinner measured in just under 6’4” and 203 pounds at the Kansas Pro Day in 2025. Thompkins wasn’t quite 5’7” and didn’t even tip the scales at 170 pounds during his pre-draft testing.

At that Jayhawks Pro Day, Skinner ran...

Because there is literally nothing going in the NFL right now — the lone month-long break on the football calendar — ESPN’s Matt Bowen recently published a ranking of the best available free agents.

We know many established veterans opt to sign with teams even a few days into training camp to lighten their offseason load before gearing up for another long, arduous season in the NFL, so this list is relevant for every fan base.

And it’s relevant here, for the Bills, because five members of Bowen’s list either piqued my interest for Buffalo or have Bills ties.

Stefon...

The 2025 Buffalo Bills season has been written, but the book is incomplete. Before we cast our full attention toward the 2026 season, let’s take one last glance back over our shoulder for our annual look at the Plays That Defined the prior campaign.

For any newcomers, first and foremost; Welcome! When it comes to the “rules” of this exercise, we’re not voting for our favorite highlight necessarily, but the one that best captures the essence of the game. Put differently, if you had to choose just one play to show someone to explain as much of the contest as...

Last season, the Buffalo Bills receiving corps was a mess. Look no further than the final game’s box score for a microcosm of the season. Everyone focuses on the maddening interception call on a pass intended for Brandin Cooks on the season’s final play, but if you look at the play-by-play notes, you’ll see that the play before was also a long pass, one that fell incomplete, and it also was thrown to a receiver who wasn’t with the team until midseason.

That Buffalo’s receiver group was so bad last season that quarterback Josh Allen’s final two passes went to...

In our most recent Reacts poll, we asked Buffalo Rumblings readers about which group they believe carries the most intrigue into training camp under a mostly new coaching system. Well, the results you’ve all been waiting for are here. However, I do believe a bit of an apology is in order.

We presented a long list of solid options to consider, but one key position group was mistakenly left off the list: Offensive line. Specifically, the fact that a real battle for Buffalo’s starting left guard position will unfold during training camp. It may be the only starting position up...

Last year, with Joe Brady as offensive coordinator, the Buffalo Bills once again featured one of the NFL’s most prolific offenses. Josh Allen directed a Buffalo offense that ranked fourth in points scored per game (28.3) and fourth in total offense (376.3 yards/game), and boasted James Cook and the league’s best rushing attack (2,714 yards with 30 rushing touchdowns).

This offseason, Brady was promoted to head coach for the first time in his coaching career, and he will continue to call the plays on offense for a team that once again has Super Bowl aspirations.

Bills fans are wondering what...

Josh Allen is the No. 1 quarterback in the NFL… according to many movers and shakers around the league.

In ESPN NFL Insider Jeremy Fowler’s latest survey league survey of executives, scouts, and coaches about the Top 10 players at each position, the leader of the Buffalo Bills came out on top in the quarterback rankings.

This quote was included in the lengthy write-up about about Allen:

“He’s the most singularly unstoppable player at the position when you get his A-game,” the GM said. “And he has cut down on the turnovers the past two seasons.”

As someone who...

Over the last several years, the Buffalo Bills have been strong along the offensive line. They have been very healthy, as well, which led to remarkable consistency with their protectors.

Entering the 2026 NFL season, the Bills return four of their five starters up front. Only left guard David Edwards, who signed a free agent deal with the New Orleans Saints, is gone from the starting five that began the 2024 season and continued together in 2025. That means that, for the first time in a little bit, the Bills have a legitimate competition for a starting spot up front....

Sean McDermott was a tremendous head coach for the Buffalo Bills, an instrumental part of the franchise emerging from a 17-season playoff drought to become a perennial Super Bowl contender.

There, of course, were also infamous blunders during his time roaming the sidelines in Orchard Park — and while he improved in the game-management department as he progressed as the Bills coach, a few late-tenure decisions always stuck with me as signs that he either didn’t quite get it or simply was still demonstrating panic in key scenarios.

In theory, these three game-management fiascos cost the Bills, and are the...

While former NFL MVP Josh Allen still has his sights set on leading the Buffalo Bills to their first Super Bowl championship, there’s another red, white, and blue squad that Allen hopes to lead to a title: Team USA.

Allen said in a recent interview that he “would sign up tomorrow” to represent Team USA in flag football at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks leads off by hearing from Allen on what it would mean to play for his country at the Olympics.

Let us know in the comments section how well...

In ESPN NFL Insider Jeremy Fowler’s latest survey league survey of executives, scouts, and coaches about the Top 10 players at each position we discovered how Dion Dawkins is viewed at the offensive tackle position.

The Buffalo Bills offensive tackle did not make the Top 10, but like Dalton Kincaid, got an honorable mention distinction. Here’s what Fowler wrote about Dawkins:

“A solid starter, plays with an edge, can be good in both phases but shows inconsistent effort.” — NFC executive

I don’t know if I’m totally in agreement with that assessment, as I don’t think I’ve ever questioned...