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Cook scores 2 TDs and Bills defense forces 3 turnovers in Buffalo's 24-21 win over Patriots

Dec. 22, 2024 20:07 PM EST

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — James Cook scored two touchdowns, Buffalo’s defense forced three second-half turnovers and the AFC East champion Bills overcame a 14-0 deficit to pull out a 24-21 win over the New England Patriots on Sunday. With trainers examining Bills quarterback Josh...

5-time defending AFC East champion Bills face Pats in 1st meeting of season between division rivals

Dec. 19, 2024 14:21 PM EST

New England (3-11) at Buffalo (11-3) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EST, CBS BetMGM NFL odds: Bills by 14. Series record: Patriots lead 78-50-1. Against the spread: Patriots 5-8-1, Bills 9-5. Last meeting: Bills beat Patriots 27-21 on...

Bills QB Josh Allen credits fiancee Hailee Steinfeld with influencing his MVP-caliber season

Dec. 18, 2024 18:33 PM EST

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The reason Josh Allen is making his NFL MVP case this season while playing with such joyful abandon is obvious to Buffalo Bills left tackle Dion Dawkins. It must be love. “There’s something about it,” Dawkins said Wednesday, referring...

Lions have been hit hardest by rash of injuries, though NFL says overall amount has decreased

Dec. 17, 2024 18:44 PM EST

Patrick Mahomes is battling another ankle injury. Josh Allen has a banged-up shoulder. Geno Smith is dealing with a knee issue. Those are just the quarterbacks who got hurt in Week 15. The Detroit Lions keep losing players at an alarming rate. Other teams are dealing...

Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas wonders why Bills QB Allen wasn't an NFL MVP candidate before this year

Dec. 16, 2024 18:56 PM EST

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame running back Thurman Thomas isn’t the least bit surprised by the national attention quarterback Josh Allen is generating in making his NFL MVP case this season. The only thing baffling Thomas, who in 1991 became the second and...

Lions aim to extend franchise-record winning streak to 12 against AFC East champion Bills

Dec. 12, 2024 20:03 PM EST

Buffalo (10-3) at Detroit (12-1) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EST, CBS BetMGM NFL odds: Lions by 2 1/2. Against the spread: Bills 8-5; Lions 9-4. Series record: Bills lead 7-4-1. Last meeting: Bills beat Lions 28-25 on Nov. 24, 2022,...

Bills take 7-game winning streak, AFC East title to Los Angeles to face the up-and-down Rams

Dec. 05, 2024 19:21 PM EST

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Although every good NFL team usually loses key players annually, the Buffalo Bills have been better than the Los Angeles Rams at maintaining a consistent level of roster excellence during the concurrent careers of their successful coaches, Sean McDermott and Sean McVay. ...

Safety Micah Hyde rejoins the Buffalo Bills after being signed to practice squad

Dec. 04, 2024 18:39 PM EST

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — As much enjoyment as Micah Hyde was having coaching his son’s soccer team in sunny San Diego, the lure of resuming his playing career and one last opportunity to bring a championship to Buffalo was too much to pass up for the Bills veteran safety. And...

Christian McCaffrey's season 'potentially' over after knee injury in 49ers' loss to Bills

Dec. 02, 2024 02:06 AM EST

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — San Francisco running back Christian McCaffrey suffered a knee injury that coach Kyle Shanahan described as “potentially” season-ending in the 49ers’ 35-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night. Shanahan said McCaffrey is believed to have injured...

Bills release safety Mike Edwards after failing in a bid to trade him before NFL deadline

Nov. 05, 2024 18:53 PM EST

The Buffalo Bills released safety Mike Edwards after failing in a bid to trade him before the NFL's deadline on Tuesday. The offseason free-agent addition requested to be traded a few weeks ago for his lack of playing time. Edwards appeared in just three games for Buffalo this...