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...

The biggest move president of football operations/general manager Brandon Beane made this offseason to improve the Buffalo Bills’ offense was trading for veteran wide receiver DJ Moore. It’s a move that gives former NFL MVP Josh Allen another talented weapon while reuniting Moore with head coach Joe Brady, who was Moore’s offensive coordinator in 2020 and 2021 with the Carolina Panthers.

Moore has a chance at reclaiming his position as a clear No. 1 wideout with the Bills, and today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks leads off by discussing Moore’s potential output in his first year catching passes from Allen.

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The Buffalo Bills have four running backs on the current roster who have been with the team for two whole seasons. The top four players on the running back depth chart have not changed since the 2023 season, when Latavius Murray was on the squad along with Leonard Fournette. Neither man has played in an NFL game since that 2023 season, but Fournette has joked about playing in his first World Cup this summer thanks to his resemblance to Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku.

Speaking of players who played in leagues other than the NFL, today’s installment of “91 players in...

For several years now, the Buffalo Bills have held an open-to-the-public, complementary practice known as “The Return of the Blue & Red” at their home stadium in the midst of training camp at St. John Fisher University. The event has served as a fantastic community builder for Bills Mafia, many of whom often find themselves unable to attend training camp over an hour away east in Pittsford, NY.

With a new era and a brand-new Highmark Stadium, comes a change to the “Blue & Red” practice. Instead of it being an event open to the general public, where before ticket...

Buffalo Bills safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson has rightly earned a reputation as one of the NFL’s more boisterous trash-talkers, but there’s another association with Gardner-Johnson that the veteran would like to immediately dispel as he prepares for his first season with the Bills: that he’s a locker room cancer who gets under the skin of both opposing players and guys on his own team.

Today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks leads off by hearing how Gardner-Johnson is motivated to help lead the Bills’ defense in the first season under new defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard, why he thinks he’s bounced between seven teams...

The Buffalo Bills are in a period of transition on defense. Gone is former head coach Sean McDermott and his nickel-base, even-front system, replaced by new defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard and an odd-front scheme.

How will Buffalo’s holdovers along the defensive line respond to the change in systems? How will those holdovers fit into new roles and new positions? Will any of it even matter once the games start in September?

In today’s installment of “91 players in 91 days,” we discuss a defensive lineman entering the third year of his career.
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Name: DeWayne Carter

Number: 90

Position: DT...

I hope by now you’re hooked on the whole “Skarekrow is making something” deal happening in this series. If so, that means you’ve seen me mention multiple times that my friend bought us both Black Series helmets to decorate Buffalo Bills style.

Let’s take a little detour on my path then and show you what his vision was.

Call back to Part 1

Let’s take a stroll back down memory lane and revisit the photo of my friend and I posing with our helmets fresh out of the boxes. Remember that mine is the Sabine Wren one. That’s...

Regarding the Buffalo Bills this season, training camp opens with the illusion of certainty. The depth chart seems decided, most of the starters are certain, and the narrative is already written before a single padded practice happens.

But rosters aren’t finalized in the offseason. They’re built in July and August, when the film stops being theoretical, and the competition gets real.

In what here is the first installment of a series meant to break down every meaningful position battle on Buffalo’s 2026 roster we’ll start with the offensive backfield and the offensive line: the engine room of head coach Joe...

While football fans patiently wait for the start of the 2026 NFL season, it’s never too early to start talking about fantasy football. With the majority of drafts set to take place in the coming weeks, I was curious where the experts had Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen heading into this season.

It came as little surprise that Allen was ranked as the top quarterback by ESPN‘s panel of experts. Allen was the top choice by seven of the eight experts, with Eric Moody listing him second behind Lamar Jackson. Overall, Jackson took the second spot, followed by Jayden Daniels,...

The Buffalo Bills did not have a great receiver group last season. If people like ESPN’s Bill Barnwell are to be believed, the team’s receiving corps is still bad this season despite adding DJ Moore via trade and Skyler Bell via a fourth-round draft pick.

Does this lack of talent at the receiver position mean that some unheralded names will make the team this year? In today’s installment of “91 players in 91 days,” we discuss a receiver who would love for that to be the case.
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Name: Stephen Gosnell

Number: 89

Position: WR

Height/Weight: 6’1″, 198 pounds

Age:...

DJ Moore hasn’t caught his first pass in a Buffalo Bills uniform, but he’s already figuring out one of the quickest ways to become a fan favorite in Buffalo.

According to a news report from WKBW, Moore recently stopped by Tee Shirt University at the Walden Galleria while shopping with his family. After spotting a display of Bills T-shirts with his name and number, he asked how much it would cost to buy them all.

The answer? About $1,200 for all 27 shirts.

Without hesitation, Moore bought every one of them and told the store to give them away to...