Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills offense have been really, really good over the past six years. You know this. Everyone knows this. Almost all the ways the Bills offense has been really, really good in the Allen era have been well documented over the last half-decade plus.

One really, really impressive area of Buffalo’s attack I don’t believe is mentioned enough — how tremendous Allen and Co. have been in 3rd and 10-plus situations, when the offense’s back is against the wall, and naturally, the conversion rate is relatively low.

*(Before I show you the rankings, I’ll admit —...

The Buffalo Bills added a “dude” to their wide receiver group this year after trying to spend the better part of the last two seasons hoping that the whole of the receiving corps would be greater than the sum of its parts. They acknowledged that they needed an alpha type at the trade deadline during the 2024 NFL season when they added Amari Cooper, and then they tried to skate by with a subpar grouping last season.

While the offense still put up plenty of points thanks to a superhuman at quarterback, the team definitely recognized that they need help...

“Well, then, I guess there’s only one thing left to do,“ Jake Taylor said near the end of the first Major League movie.

“Win the whole [redacted] thing.”

Winning the whole [redacted] thing is the only thing left to do for the Buffalo Bills.

A franchise that has an 83-33 regular-season record since 2019 (only the Kansas City Chiefs have more regular-season wins with 84 in that time) has no love left for those particular accomplishments, because the postseason shortcomings burn so hard. An 8-7 playoff record since 2019 includes more than enough “missed it by that much” moments to...

It wasn’t just your eyes.

Sometimes, what we feel doesn’t necessarily correspond with reality. Football is an incredibly complicated sport, and 22 players are moving simultaneously on the field at the same time, so the difference between what we observe and what’s actually happening results-wise in any given play/game/season can sometimes be stark.

This is not one of those times.

If you think the Buffalo Bills defense was lousy in late-down situations in 2025, you’re not wrong. Every third-down given up and every fourth down given away led to a collective groan on social media, in the stands, and on...

Josh Allen is one of the NFL’s elite quarterbacks. Some, like me, believe he’s the best player in the NFL. The leader of the Buffalo Bills has won an MVP and gotten MVP votes in three other seasons. No other currently active quarterback can say the same.

Now, in the beginning of July, I’m wondering — when did you realize Allen was the one?

Did it hit you suddenly? Was there a specific play that comes to mind, or did the thought grow on you during the memorable 2020 campaign when the Bills won the AFC East for the first...

Heading into the 2025 NFL season, there were serious questions about whether Cole Bishop was ready to take on a starting role at the back of the Buffalo Bills’ secondary. And with good reason. Bishop was coming off back-to-back inconsistent performances and had endured injuries during both his rookie season (a shoulder injury suffered during training camp) and last year (a quad injury that sidelined him for a portion of the offseason workout program).

But this year, for the first time in his young NFL career, Bishop enters training camp as an unquestioned starter at safety, and big things are...

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...

The Buffalo Bills have done a good job developing quality offensive linemen over the last decade or so. None of their offensive linemen were first-round draft picks, and many of the linemen on their current roster were either Day 3 draft picks or undrafted free agents.

Another thing Buffalo tends to do with their offensive linemen is cross-train them at multiple positions. This allows the team to keep fewer linemen active on game days, as they can be sure that they have players who can fill in at multiple spots if necessary. But, it also gives players a chance at...

The Buffalo Bills are set to hold a second organized practice session at the new Highmark Stadium on Tuesday, August 18, per an article written by Lance Lysowski with The Buffalo News. The report comes on the heels of news that the team’s annual “Return of the Blue & Red” practice will be offered exclusively (first) to season ticket holders who have paid Personal Seat License (PSL) fees.

This just-announced second practice session won’t be offered first or exclusively to PSL holders. Further details are to come on that matter and more. On the move to add the practice, Bills...

The Buffalo Bills are shifting defenses, and with that shift comes a shift in responsibility for the players on the roster. Buffalo is likely to be more multiple in their fronts, even if they are a 3-4 defense in name, and they are likely to have their linebackers, in particular, playing a totally different style than they did under the previous regime.

Does that mean that holdovers from the Sean McDermott era have less opportunity to succeed with new defensive boss Jim Leonhard in town? Does it mean that any newcomers have an upper hand? Fortunately, we’re inching ever closer...

Last time I showed off my friend’s work and gave some teasers of what we still have in store. This stage represents a major milestone for the project as it was the most significant mechanical build.

Between shaping and assembly, this was by far the most “smithing” part of the journey. It’s not that other things didn’t require work, it’s that…

Well, you’ll see.

“Forging” ahead

The last time you saw the overall armor, it was nothing more than the four base plates from this picture.

It looks cool stacked, but it’s not together. I also mentioned that...

We asked and you answered the call in our latest round of Reacts polls here at Buffalo Rumblings. So, who do Rumblings readers believe will lead the Buffalo Bills in sacks for the 2026 NFL season? The original poll generated a lot of good commentary on the subject, which perhaps illustrates just how uncertain things feel on defense right now.

That of course is natural with the Bills switching to a base 3-4 defensive system that prioritizes attacking the opponent — this after almost a decade of former head coach Sean McDermott’s nickel-heavy base 4-3 system. The truth is that...