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Bills offense is 'Cooking,' with running game adding a powerful new dimension
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen may be hard-pressed to top 4,000 yards passing for a fifth consecutive season. And that’s not a bad thing. As much as the five-time defending AFC East champion Bills (12-3) rely on Allen to run what’s still a highly productive...
Josh Allen shakes off hit to his funny bone in Bills' win over Patriots
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen’s funny bone was no laughing matter for a few fraught moments of another Bills victory. Buffalo’s star quarterback, who is enjoying an MVP-caliber season, repeatedly shook his throwing hand and winced while trainers attended to his bruised...
Cook scores 2 TDs and Bills defense forces 3 turnovers in Buffalo's 24-21 win over Patriots
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...
Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas wonders why Bills QB Allen wasn't an NFL MVP candidate before this year
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...
Bills defense out to prove against high-scoring Lions that it's better than its dud vs. Rams
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Cornerback Taron Johnson is still agitated over the dud the Buffalo Bills defense produced in giving up season worsts in points and yards, while melting down on third down in a loss to the Los Angeles Rams last weekend. There’s no better time or...
Allen runs for TD and Bills force 4 turnovers by Flacco to win 5th straight, 30-20 over Colts
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Josh Allen expects more out of Buffalo’s offense than he saw Sunday at Indianapolis. He couldn’t have asked for anything more from the Bills' defense. Taron Johnson picked off Joe Flacco’s first pass and returned it 23 yards for a touchdown,...
Bills try to avoid first 3-game skid with Allen as starter and face Jets led by interim Ulbrich
Buffalo (3-2) at New York Jets (2-3) Monday, 8:15 p.m. EDT, ESPN. BetMGM NFL odds: Bills by 2 1/2. Series record: Bills lead 69-58. Against the spread: Bills 2-3, Jets 2-3. Last meeting: Bills beat Jets 32-6 on Nov. 19,...
Bills coach McDermott rules out starting defensive tackle Oliver from playing Jets on Monday night
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Ed Oliver will miss a second week with a hamstring injury after coach Sean McDermott on Saturday ruled out the starter from playing at the New York Jets on Monday night. McDermott said he’s hopeful Oliver can return the...
Bills place emphasis on defensive backups in wake of NFL's 4-game suspension of Von Miller
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bills cornerback Rasul Douglas didn’t think anything of Von Miller's absence at practice on Wednesday, assuming the edge rusher had a rest day, as sometimes happens for the 35-year-old veteran. “What?” Douglas said, appearing confused when asked how...
Bills' early Super Bowl shine tarnished after their deficiencies exposed in lopsided loss to Ravens
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The challenges with fielding a young roster, depleted by injuries on defense and the lack of a proven receiving threat on offense, was bound to eventually catch up to the Buffalo Bills at some point this season. The only surprise is it took until Week 4...
