- The Buffalo Bills enter their bye week with the same problem staring back at them from the numbers: the defense has not kept pace with the offense, and the secondary is the clearest place to start.
- Buffalo is averaging 32.8 points per game, tied for the most in the NFL.
- The Bills are allowing 285.8 passing yards per game, second-worst in the NFL.
- C.J. Gardner-Johnson will be out for Week 8 after being suspended for one game for spitting toward a Las Vegas Raiders player, and Buffalo responded by adding cornerback Tre’Davious White to its practice squad.
- The Bills have already shown they can score.
- Now the bye week is about whether the defense, and especially the secondary, can catch up before Baltimore arrives.
Bills’ bye week shifts from broad concern to a test of secondary depth
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Sources & Referenced Reporting
- buffalowdown.com, “Bills' most obvious flaw must be their main focus during the bye week,” Oct. 22, 2026.
- buffalowdown.com, “5 defensive adjustments Bills need to make before Week 8 showdown,” Oct. 22, 2026.
- buffalowdown.com, “Assessing the Bills' secondary depth looking ahead to Week 8,” Oct. 22, 2026.
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