Bills Rumors & News

CBS Sports "Coach Sean McDermott said Moss (toe) was ruled out for Sunday's game against the Rams, Chris Brown of the Bills' official site reports. " September 25

NFL.com "Ahead of Sunday's slate of NFL games, the league issued a memo Friday reminding clubs about game day protocols. The memo, obtained by NFL Network's Tom Pelissero, included another emphasis on face covering requirements and the NFL's intention to continue to impose..." September 25

USA Today "A total of 11 NFL teams have jumped out to 2-0 starts, tying the league record for the most in a single year. While it’s still early, a hot start normally bodes well for postseason implications. Since 1990, of the 244 teams that have opened the year with 2-0 records, 151 of..." September 25

Bleacher Report "As expected, NFL free agency isn't slowing down as the calendar turns to Week 3.  With injuries piling up and expanded practice squads a part of this year's proceedings, notable names such as Blake Bortles, Ezekiel Ansah and Devonta Freeman have..." September 25

Syracuse.com "Jalen Ramsey has never been a Josh Allen fan. The cornerback was quick to refer to the Bills' quarterback as “trash” in a GQ interview. He didn’t back off of that statement leading up to their last matchup, a game that saw Allen and the Bills emerge..." September 25

The Big Lead "The MVP hype train left the station early for several elite NFL quarterbacks already. But while Russell Wilson, Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, Aaron Rodgers and Kyler Murray have all gotten the recognition they deserve for their outstanding play so far this season,..." September 24

CBS Sports "A flurry of signings took place as the start of the regular season was approaching. Multiple players who would have been highly sought after in free agency or franchise tag candidates were taken off the market. Some of the more notable signings of players heading into a contract year..." September 24

WGRZ.com " Josh Allen has been named AFC Offensive Player of the Week. It comes after his performance against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, where he threw a career high 417 yards along with four touchdown passes. He led the team to beat the Dolphins 31-28 in Miami. " September 23

Pro Football Talk "More points and more touchdowns have been scored in the first two weeks of this season than in any opening two weeks in NFL history. So far this season, NFL teams have scored a combined 1,611 points. That breaks the previous record of 1,556 points scored in the first two weeks of the..." September 23

Sportsnaut "We are now two full weeks through the 2020 NFL season. There’s been some absolutely brutal quarterback play in those first two weeks. However, there’s also been some standout signal callers making major noise.  Typically, this is the position that..." September 23

NFL.com "A number of NFL players expressed disappointment and frustration regarding Wednesday's news that a Kentucky grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police for their role in the death of Breonna Taylor. The one indictment brought by the grand jury was three..." September 23

Bleacher Report "Some teams acquire their franchise quarterbacks through luck, and solid draft scouting—such as the New England Patriots with Tom Brady or the Seattle Seahawks with Russell Wilson. Other teams make moves in free agency (Drew Brees). Rarely are starting-level quarterbacks acquired via..." September 22

Sportsnet "The NFL and NFL Players Association announced Tuesday that no players were positive for COVID-19 during the testing period from Sept. 13-19. " September 22

Yahoo! Sports "Most NFL stadiums have been empty this season, and those with fans at all are operating at significantly reduced capacities. The NFL isn’t sure whether that will still be the case on Super Bowl Sunday. NFL event planners toured Raymond James Stadium this morning as part of the..." September 22

Clutch Points "The Buffalo Bills offense has been hard to stop in their first two games of the season. The team scored a 27-17 win against the New York Jets in their opening game followed by a tight 31-28 victory against the Miami Dolphins. Bills quarterback Josh Allen..." September 22

USA Today "NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has no qualms about harshly penalizing coaches who violate the NFL’s protocols mandating that they wear facemasks while roaming the sidelines. The NFL on Monday fined three coaches – San Francisco’s Kyle Shanahan,..." September 22

Pro Football Talk "When the NFL developed its policy that coaches must cover their mouths and noses on the sidelines, the NFL planned eventually  to conduct COVID-19 testing on players and coaches three times per week. Now that the NFL is conducting, and likely will continue to conduct, COVID-19 testing on a..." September 22

Sportsnaut "The biggest story to come out of Sunday’s Week 2 NFL action was myriad injuries suffered by multiple teams around the league. We’re talking game changers for contending teams and season-ending injuries to some of the game’s biggest stars.  All of this..." September 21

Yardbarker "The Buffalo Bills will have to contend with Los Angeles Rams star Aaron Donald in Week 3, and their game-planning involves a little bit of wishful thinking.  Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll weighed in on how Buffalo will contain Donald and keep him from being..." September 21

Yardbarker "After a Week 1 warning, the NFL may be about to get serious when it comes to coaches who did not properly wear face coverings on the sideline. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the NFL is reviewing footage from Week 2 games and may fine several coaches for not following the..." September 21

USA Today "There are 11 teams with 0-2 records following the NFL's second week of action.   The Miami Dolphins, Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets, Houston Texans, Denver Broncos, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons and Carolina..." September 21

Total Pro Sports "Josh Allen went full beastmode. The Buffalo Bills quarterback was trying to extend a drive with his feet with less than a minute to play in the first half, when he found himself face-to-face with a Dolphins defender. He shredded that tackle before shredding another one. " September 20

CBS Sports "The NFL is very serious about enforcing all COVID-related measures on game days this season, as a strongly-worded memo to teams indicated last week. Troy Vincent, the NFL's vice president of football operations, told me that fines and other punishment will be forthcoming for those who do..." September 20

Larry Brown Sports "The NFL had extremely low rates of positive COVID-19 tests throughout the offseason, but many were concerned about how travel would impact that once games began. Through one week, the travel appears to have had no impact at all. Zero players or coaches tested positive for the..." September 20

New York Post "Gregg Williams saw the potential for domination on Sunday — not of his defense, but by it. Where others witnessed the Jets unit getting overwhelmed most of the afternoon, allowing 404 yards of total offense, getting gashed by Josh Allen for a career-high 312 yards through the..." September 19

The Score "Jamal Adams vs. Cam Newton New England (1-0) at Seattle (1-0), 8:20 p.m. Sunday night's Patriots-Seahawks throwdown is shaping up to be the best potential chess match of Week 2. The Patriots leaned into Cam Newton's ability to run the ball in last..." September 19

Syracuse.com "Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott announced on Friday morning during an appearance on WGR 550 Sports Radio that linebackers Matt Milano and Tremaine Edmunds won’t play against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. “It’s a hit to a position - a significant hit,"..." September 18

ESPN "There really can be no debate: The NFL has aced its initial efforts to practice and play amid the coronavirus pandemic. Since training camp practices began in mid-August, only seven players have produced positive test results. There have been no team outbreaks, and the only scare was..." September 18

The Undefeated "Sometime on Sunday afternoon in Long Beach, California, trailblazer Marlin Briscoe plans to settle into his sofa, put up his feet and grab a remote control. He’ll have a lot of football to watch. The first Black quarterback in the old American Football League, which..." September 18

Pro Football Rumors "Cap management has been extra complicated in the NFL this year. After ~70 NFL players opted out of the 2020 season, teams were left with holes and plenty of available dollars to fill the gaps. At first, the ongoing uncertainty over next year’s salary cap had teams nervous about..." September 18

USA Today "Let’s save ourselves some headaches for the next two months and dispense with the nonsense. The NFL is not dying. Throngs of fans are not turning off their televisions – or phones or tablets or however else they’re watching – in disgust over the player protests..." September 17

Bleacher Report "NFL free agency remains a viable avenue for teams in need of a quick fix. While the market doesn't have a headline name like Jadeveon Clowney anymore, the fact that he's already putting on a show with the Tennessee Titans is a good indication of just how quickly the..." September 17

BuffaloBills.com "With an open spot on their active roster, Buffalo made cornerback Cam Lewis the 53rd player on the roster, elevating the practice squad player on Thursday. " September 17

Pro Football Rumors "Unlike in the NBA or MLB, players’ contracts in the NFL aren’t guaranteed by default. Typically, an NFL player will receive at least some guaranteed money when he signs a deal, but that money often comes in the form of contract bonuses, and in particular signing bonuses. While..." September 17

NFL.com "In the latest weekly update on NFL-NFL Players Association testing results, there were seven confirmed positives, including two players, out of 40,479 tests from Sept. 6 through Saturday. It's one fewer positive test than the previous week's results. " September 17

MSN.com "NFL kickers had a brutal Week One. Empty stadiums may be to blame. Kickers missed more field goal attempts in Week One of 2020 than they’ve missed in any opening week since 1982, when field goal kickers were far less accurate than they’ve become in recent..." September 17

Buffalo News "Josh Allen’s running isn’t a problem by itself. Fumbling when he runs is. That became an unavoidable focal point after he coughed up the ball on two of his 14 carries in the Buffalo Bills’ season-opening victory against the New York Jets on Sunday. It..." September 17

Pro Football Talk "The NFL got a piece of good news to start the 2020 season: All 32 starting quarterbacks made it out of Week One unscathed. No quarterbacks suffered serious injuries in Week One, and no quarterbacks were benched, either. That means 2020 is poised to be the first season since 2011 when..." September 17

SI "Quarterback Peyton Manning and defensive back Charles Woodson are among 130 preliminary candidates named Wednesday by the Pro Football Hall of Fame for its modern-era Class of 2021.  Of course, Manning and Woodson are more than nominees for election. Both are expected to be..." September 16

Sportsnaut "Dreadful. Pathetic. Whatever term we want to use for the Cleveland Browns’ season-opening performance, they were just not on the same level as the Baltimore Ravens. Cleveland dropped the opener by the score of 38-6. Baker Mayfield was a disaster under center. Star wide..." September 16

CBS Sports "Le'Veon Bell is being placed on injured reserve, the Jets announced on Tuesday. Bell, who left the Jets season-opening loss to the Bills before its conclusion, is currently dealing with a hamstring injury. Also joining Bell on injured reserve is second-year..." September 15

Yahoo! Sports "The NFL spent its first 100 years trying to be all things to all people. It might spend the next 100 deciding which of its fans it can least afford to enrage.  Week 1 of the 2020 NFL season is in the books, and with it the league’s first attempt at a more progressive stance..." September 15

USA Today "Mike Ditka spent five-plus decades around pro football. He's a Hall of Famer and a Super Bowl champion. But when it comes to NFL players protesting police brutality and racial injustice during the national anthem, Ditka sounds like a broken record … of the stubbornly..." September 15

The Big Lead "Finding a reliable kicker has recently become rather difficult for NFL teams other than the Baltimore Ravens, who are blessed with Justin Tucker. Since the NFL changed the extra point rules in 2015, forcing kickers to make a 33-yard attempt instead of a 15-yard chip shot following..." September 15

USA Today "Without the benefit of preseason games, the opening week of the NFL season finally pulled the curtain back on how teams plan to use their players. Week 1 usually provides the widest variety of waiver-wire pickups in fantasy leagues, but this year things are even more wide-open than..." September 15

BuffaloBills.com "Stefon Diggs has spoken highly of his chemistry with Josh Allen, a relationship developed through mid-summer repetitions and training camp practices, plus the occasional Call of Duty game. Yet for all that work, it takes real game action to learn some things. For example: Diggs said..." September 14

Yahoo! Sports "Eric Reid has never been shy in sharing his opinions about commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL’s treatment of Black people, especially when it comes to protesting. That hasn’t changed with the start of the 2020 NFL season, even though Reid hasn’t been signed by any team and..." September 14

Sportsnaut "The 2020 NFL season kicked off in Week 1 with former NFL MVPs Cam Newton and Tom Brady making their debuts in new homes. With two superstar quarterbacks changing uniforms, we’ve seen a big shake-up in jersey sales to begin the NFL season. While Kansas City Chiefs quarterback..." September 14

Total Pro Sports "On Sunday, the Buffalo Bills got their season off to a great start when they defeated the New York Jets 27-17 behind quarterback Josh Allen turning in the best statistical performance of his career, completing 33 of 46 passes for a career-high 312 yards and two touchdowns. It was..." September 14

The Score "The NFL sent a memo Monday reminding teams and coaches of the importance of following the league's guidelines on wearing face coverings on the sidelines. "Failure to adhere to this requirement will result in accountability measures being imposed against offending individuals..." September 14