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Buffalo Bills LB Matt Milano entering free agency for 1st time in career

Selected in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft, linebacker Matt Milano has quietly been one of the biggest draft successes for the modern era Buffalo Bills not named “Josh Allen.” That success though has been mixed with injuries. As a result of that, Milano will able to test free agency for the first […]

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19 days ago | 2 reads

Bills news: Ways to address Buffalo’s current salary cap situation

The Buffalo Bills are preparing for a pressure-filled offseason where president of football operations/general manager Brandon Beane needs to find a way to bring in the right players to finally help lift the Bills to the franchise’s first Super Bowl title. To do so, he has to first make a series of moves to create […]

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20 days ago | 2 reads

Evaluating the Buffalo Bills’ 2025 roster: Running back, offensive line

The 2025 NFL season saw the Buffalo Bills lean heavily into their ground game, leading the league with 2,714 rushing yards (159.6 per game), 30 rushing touchdowns, and 5.0 yards per attempt while ranking fourth in scoring at 28.3 points per game. A look at advanced metrics reinforces this dominance: first in rushing DVOA (13.5%), […]

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21 days ago | 2 reads

2026 NFL Draft aligns with Buffalo Bills’ needs in pivotal offseason

The Buffalo Bills have found themselves with a stroke of good fortune in how the 2026 NFL Draft aligns with the team’s needs. Buffalo is looking to address a plethora of roster holes throughout March and April amid an overhaul in the coaching ranks. To know where needs align, we must reset the Bills’ needs […]

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21 days ago | 1 read

Bills can’t afford to pass on TE Dalton Kincaid’s fifth-year option

Dalton Kincaid has shown thus far in his career that he’s an NFL tight end with great ability. Dalton Kincaid has also shown that, thus far in his career, he’s an NFL tight end with less great availability. Since entering the NFL, Kincaid has missed games or been limited due to multiple ailments. A PCL […]

21 days ago | 3 reads

Buffalo Bills fans weigh in on TE Dalton Kincaid’s 5th-year option

One of the story lines that fans of the Buffalo Bills will be following this offseason is the decision the club needs to make on tight end Dalton Kincaid’s fifth-year option. The team has until May 1 to make a decision on Kincaid’s option, which would pay him close to $9 million for the 2027 […]

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22 days ago | 3 reads

Buffalo Bills void-year deadline triggers $29M in 2026 dead cap

Today is one of the sneakiest days on the NFL offseason schedule: the void year deadline. For the Buffalo Bills, it means several contracts will officially trigger their automatic voids for 2026 and beyond. When that happens, any remaining prorated bonus money doesn’t disappear — it accelerates onto the 2026 salary cap. Here’s where things […]

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22 days ago | 1 read

Bills news: Former Super Bowl HC John Fox joins Joe Brady’s staff

Over the last two weeks, new Buffalo Bills head coach Joe Brady has been assembling his coaching staff, bringing in a mix of veteran minds and up-and-coming assistant coaches. The Bills and Brady finalized the list of Brady’s coaching staff, and there was an intriguing name: John Fox, who coached both the Carolina Panthers and […]

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22 days ago | 2 reads

Super Bowl LX serves as a valuable teaching tool for Buffalo Bills

Making any long-term team-building philosophical judgements based upon one game is bad process. There’s no way around it. Football is too complicated of a team sport with too many variables (one of which is luck) for a single contest (even a championship one) to provide the unequivocal truth about the methodology by which your favorite […]

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23 days ago | 6 reads

Buffalo Bills add WR Denzel Boston in latest mock from Cynthia Frelund

With the NFL Scouting Combine just days away, the amount of time that I’m spending reviewing mock drafts has increased exponentially over the past week. One mock that particularly caught my eye comes from Cynthia Frelund, courtesy of NFL.com, where she has the Buffalo Bills addressing the team’s need at wide receiver. This is Frelund’s […]

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23 days ago | 4 reads

Bills free agent analysis: Brandin Cooks game film

Our film review of Buffalo Bills free agents returns, this time on offense with a look at wide receiver Brandin Cooks. The WR was signed on November 25th, and saw his first game action five days later against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Cooks was brought in to help for a Super Bowl push and if the […]

25 days ago | 3 reads

Bills news: Joe Brady’s coaching staff coming into focus

Since being hired as the 21st head coach in the history of the Buffalo Bills, Joe Brady has been busy building his coaching staff that will be tasked with finally leading the Bills to their first Super Bowl title. Today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks leads off by exploring how Brady’s staff features a blend of […]

25 days ago | 3 reads

Buffalo Bills should look to keep free agent CB Tre’Davious White

As the long stretch of time without Buffalo Bills football continues, let’s keep playing along as if we’re part of the front office and evaluate free agents that Buffalo may, or may not, wish to retain. Today’s look will be cornerback Tre’Davious White, a fan favorite with his second stint with the team. Originally signed […]

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26 days ago | 3 reads

Buffalo Bills salary cap: Cutting Taylor Rapp would open space

The Buffalo Bills need to open up salary cap space before the 2026 league year kicks off in March. There are some big levers they can pull like restructuring the contracts of several big name players. They can also cut some veterans to recoup some investment. The one I want to look at today is […]

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26 days ago | 3 reads

Buffalo Bills guarantee contracts for 4 key players this week

Every February, there’s some quiet time in the NFL calendar…but there is still plenty going on behind the scenes on the business side of things. This week, per Spotrac, four members of the Buffalo Bills officially saw future money become fully guaranteed. Let’s unpack what it means. WR Khalil Shakir Shakir’s $11.9 million base salary for 2026 […]

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26 days ago | 2 reads

Bills news: Early thoughts on a pivotal offseason

The Buffalo Bills are counting on the league’s youngest head coach, 36-year-old Joe Brady, to deliver the franchise’s first Super Bowl title. It won’t be an easy task. True, the Bills have the uber-talented Josh Allen at quarterback, return the league’s rushing champion in James Cook III, and have several other talented contributors that helped […]

27 days ago | 4 reads

Dion Dawkins trade: Buffalo Bills salary cap and cash fuel speculation

The Buffalo Bills are in a bit of a soft reset this offseason, firing head coach Sean McDermott and promoting Joe Brady to the top job. It’s not a full reset and they have Josh Allen, but they are pretty close to the salary cap right now for 2026. There’s been some chatter that one […]

27 days ago | 4 reads

Bills free agency: Buffalo re-signs a quarterback and wide receiver

The Buffalo Bills have re-signed two former players to new contracts. Quarterback Shane Beuchele and WR Jalen Virgil rejoin the Bills after previous stints with the team. Beuchele first signed in Buffalo in August 2023 when he was added to the practice squad. after being waived by the Kansas City Chiefs. He re-signed for the […]

27 days ago | 4 reads

Buffalo Bills news: Biggest questions for 2026 offseason

With Super Bowl LX officially history, the Buffalo Bills have turned their focus to building a roster that can not only get the team back to the Super Bowl but finally claim the franchise’s first Super Bowl title. It won’t be easy as Buffalo is currently tight against the salary cap (though there are moves […]

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29 days ago | 4 reads

What the Buffalo Bills can learn from the Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl win

The Buffalo Bills lost in the AFC Divisional Round to the Denver Broncos and sat at home on Super Bowl Sunday. Hopefully they were paying attention to what the Seattle Seahawks did, and so were you. In the NFL, good is the enemy of great The Buffalo Bills just fired Sean McDermott because he couldn’t […]

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30 days ago | 5 reads

Bills news: Joe Brady seeking collaborative teachers for Buffalo’s staff

Knowing full well that the Buffalo Bills are facing immediate pressure to not only make it to but win the franchise’s first Super Bowl under his watch as head coach, Joe Brady has gone about filling out his coaching staff by seeking to hire coaches who are fond of working together and incorporating strategies that […]

about 1 month ago | 4 reads

Buffalo Bills OC Pete Carmichael excited to work with Joe Brady again

Since the Buffalo Bills lost to the Denver Broncos in this past season’s Divisional Round of the playoffs, it’s been anything other than status-quo at One Bills Drive. Gone is head coach Sean McDermott. In his place is Joe Brady, promoted from offensive coordinator to head coach in a move that surprised many observers. To […]

about 1 month ago | 8 reads