Thursday night’s showdown between the Bills and Lions carries the highest total of Week 2 at 53.5 points, with Buffalo favored by 4.5. That kind of shootout projection makes this game a fantasy goldmine, but not every skill player is equally positioned to cash in.
Each week, Yardbarker looks at prime-time NFL games on Thursday, Sunday and Monday nights, predicting the result of each. Here are picks for Week 2.
Cook nearly gifted the Texans with a turnover when he lost control of the football early in what became Buffalo's game-winning scoring drive.
Quarterback’s performance during Bills’ win over the Texans cements his place in an exclusive group of NFL stars. Josh Allen cemented his place, once again, among the NFL’s all-time greats after Sunday’s dominant performance against the Houston Texans.
How many of the NFL receivers to rack up at least 10,00 yards and 80 touchdowns in their career can you name in five minutes?
Week 1 was full of excitement for the Buffalo Bills, who were able to win in a 36-31 shootout against the Houston Texans. Buffalo hadn't won in Houston in 20 years, which gives them plenty of confidence heading into Week 2 that they can accomplish anything this year.
A few trades have rearranged the NFL's backup quarterback ranks, but the dust has mostly settled. From a mix of recent first-round disappointments, aging vets, and young project types, here is how the league's QB2 ranks look for the 2026 season.
Buffalo pulls back the curtain on its brand-new digs in primetime Thursday night and Dan Campbell knows the Lions understand the assignment at Highmark Stadium.
Josh Allen had an unexpected visitor during his latest Buffalo Bills media availability, and the superstar quarterback made his feelings about the situation very clear.
The Buffalo Bills released 34 players at the NFL roster deadline, but the end of summer did not necessarily mean the end of the road for a number of the cuts.
The Buffalo Bills didn’t make things easy on themselves in Week 1, but they did exactly what contenders are supposed to do when facing adversity. Buffalo rallied on the road to defeat the Houston Texans 36-31 on Sunday, overcoming a late push from C.J.
Week 1 was an exciting one for the Buffalo Bills as they knocked off the Houston Texans 36-31. Buffalo needed a 34-yard touchdown from Josh Allen to Joshua Palmer, as well as a huge defensive stop late in the game to pull off the win, giving them their first victory in Houston since the 2006 season.
The Buffalo Bills’ offense is potent. Of course, Josh Allen is arguably the best player in the NFL, and the Bills gave him a new favorite target in the form of DJ Moore in the offseason.
NFL stars can't play forever, and retirement is coming sooner than later for some of the league's top players. These 25 players could call it quits following the 2026 season.
“Well, we’ve had some experience with him in Tennessee. We got to see him most recently in Buffalo. I think he’s a veteran interior player that I think still has some good snaps ahead of him,” Mike Vrabel said to the media regarding his newly signed nose tackle, DaQuan Jones.
The Buffalo Bills scrapped by the Houston Texans 36-31 in their season opener last Sunday. But it wasn’t without bumps along the way. Safety Cole Bishop left the game with a minor leg/knee injury but returned after halftime.
Brady made it clear Tuesday that Allen's game-winning touchdown against the Houston Texans wasn't going to erase what happened one play earlier.
The first week of NFL action has officially wrapped up, and now it's time to get down to the power rankings for these 32 teams.
Teams have been deploying 13 personnel more and more over the last few years and it looks like the Buffalo Bills might be getting in on the fun — or least they did in Week 1 against the Houston Texans.
As good as his debut with the Buffalo Bills was, DJ Moore’s day did not end with a bang. On the final snap against the Carolina Panthers, Moore injured his ankle.
Former Ole Miss lineman Nick Broeker is off the Buffalo Bills practice squad again. The Bills released Broeker from the practice squad Monday as part of a flurry of transactions that added fullback Brock Lampe, receiver Greg Dortch and running back Frank Gore Jr., via the NFL transaction log.
The Buffalo Bills’ newest addition, DJ Moore, made an immediate impact on Sunday. His five receptions for 100 yards and a touchdown translated the Bills’ “on paper” wide receiver room into reality. Moore helped the offensive line’s burden with quick separation.
The Buffalo Bills opened the 2026 season already working the salary cap. According to Spotrac, the team converted $4.825 million of defensive end Michael Hoecht’s base salary into a signing bonus before Week 1, a standard NFL accounting move that created about $3.6 million in cap room for the current year.
One game won't tell Buffalo everything about its new offense. It did offer the rest of the NFL an uncomfortable first look.
Who said Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen couldn't beat the big, bad Houston Texans?
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has carried this franchise through eight seasons of near-misses, and on the debut episode of the Gruden Family Football Show, brothers Jon and Jay Gruden couldn’t agree on whether that’s still the right plan heading into 2026.
Given the team's lack of depth on defense, it turned to a former divisional rival to bolster the trenches.
The Rams weren't the only team exploring a trade for Garrett.
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