Buffalo Bills — 2026 season outlook, updated Aug 31, 2026.
Buffalo Bills finished the 2025 season 12-5 · AFC wild card, #5 seed.
Buffalo Bills: 12-5 regular season.
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2025 · AFC wild card, #5 seed
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Bills Camp — Aug 31: Hairston Named Starting Corner, Doman Wins Punter
Joe Brady named first-round pick Maxwell Hairston the starting cornerback, seventh-round punter Tommy Doman Jr. took the job from veteran Mitch Wishnowsky, and Kyle Allen is the backup quarterback — Shane Buechele was released three days after starting and winning the preseason finale. The initial 53 carries five wide receivers, per the team's website, two of them coming off injury-limited weeks, and the depth receivers who produced in August — Trent Sherfield, Dante Pettis, Ja'Mori Maclin — all went out in the cuts.
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- Camp · Aug 23, 2026
Bills Camp — Aug 23: Kyle Allen Presses His Case at 24 of 28
Kyle Allen went 10 of 12 in one half of a 31-7 walkover in Cleveland and has one beat writer declaring the backup job settled while another insists Shane Buechele's 71-yard touchdown night keeps it open. The starters got their real work at Thursday's joint practice, where Josh Allen threw four touchdowns to his tight ends — and the injury file turned over again, with Keon Coleman in a walking boot and Khalil Shakir and Ed Oliver new to the out list.
- Camp · Aug 16, 2026
Buffalo Bills Camp Update — August 16: Allen Christens the Stadium, Moore Limps Off
Josh Allen christened the 2.1-billion-dollar building going 6 of 8 for 111 yards and a touchdown, DJ Moore looked like the July thesis for two drives — and then Moore and Keon Coleman both left injured. Behind them, the Leonhard defense passed its first live audition — an interception, stacked sacks, three straight three-and-outs forced — against a Carolina line missing both starting guards.
- Camp · Aug 9, 2026
Buffalo Bills Camp Update — August 9: Josh Allen Says the New Defense Is "Flying Around"
We spent July skeptical of trading a known defensive floor for a theoretical ceiling. Two weeks of camp are arguing with us: Leonhard's 3-4 is the story of Pittsford, Allen keeps praising the thing that's beating him, and the DJ Moore connection is building on schedule.
- 2026 Preview
Buffalo Bills 2026 Season Preview — The Floor Got Fired
The cleanest luck ledger in the AFC East belonged to the team that fired its coach anyway — Buffalo kept the offense that earned 12 wins and tore down the defense that helped.
- Season Review
12-5 regular season
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10 picks in the 2026 NFL Draft
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