Buffalo Bills

2026 Season · Through Week 2 · Updated Sep 18, 2026

Buffalo Bills

AFC East

2-0 · 1st AFC East

Off EPA 4th · Def EPA 23rd · TO Diff +2

Schedule & Results2-0

W19/13

@HOU

W36-31

W29/17

DET

W41-31

W39/27

LAC

SUN1:00

W410/4

SUN1:00

W510/12

@LA

MON8:15

W610/18

@LV

SUN4:25

BYE

W811/1

BAL

SUN1:00

W911/9

@MIN

MON8:15

W1011/15

@NYJ

SUN1:00

W1111/22

MIA

SUN1:00

W1211/26

THU8:20

W1312/6

@NE

SUN4:25

W1412/13

@GB

SUN8:20

W1512/19

CHI

SAT8:20

W1612/25

@DEN

FRI4:30

W171/3

@MIA

SUN1:00

W181/10

NYJ

SUN1:00

Passing Attack

The passing offense ranks 3rd in EPA/play (+0.477) through Week 2.

J.Allen2 GP · 70 DB

EPA/DB

+0.55

CPOE

+6.93

Success%

56.1%

Passer Rtg

125.8

Pos	Name	Tgt	Rec	Yards	TD	Tgt Share	EPA/Tgt	YPRR
TE	D.Kincaid	14	12	225	1	25.0%	+1.06	—
WR	K.Shakir	12	7	78	0	21.4%	+0.09	—
WR	D.Moore	8	5	100	1	14.3%	+0.80	—
RB	J.Cook	7	4	16	0	12.5%	-0.22	—
WR	K.Coleman	7	7	64	0	12.5%	+0.98	—
WR	J.Palmer	5	2	77	2	8.9%	+1.79	—
TE	D.Knox	3	3	12	1	5.4%	+0.69	—

See full QB Rankings →

Ground Game

The rush offense ranks 5th in EPA (+0.126), running through the M gap most effectively through Week 2.

EPA by Run Gap

Name	Carries	Yds/Carry	EPA/Carry	Success%
J.Cook	34	5.6	+0.15	44.1%
J.Allen	9	2.9	+0.02	77.8%
R.Davis	1	3.0	-0.15	0.0%
D.Moore	1	-1.0	-0.94	0.0%
F.Gore	1	3.0	-0.06	0.0%

Full Run Gap Breakdown →

Rushing by Down & Distance

Down	1-2 yds	3-4 yds	5-7 yds	8-10 yds	11+ yds
1st	0.33 3 car	—	0.59 1 car	0.07 27 car(NFL: -0.04)	—
2nd	0.41 3 car	0.36 1 car	-0.05 1 car	-0.06 4 car	—
3rd	0.51 4 car	0.16 2 car	—	—	—
4th	-4.25 1 car	—	—	—	—

PoorBreak-even (0.00)EliteDashed = <5 carriesNFL avg rush EPA ~-0.06

Situational Efficiency

All Plays

Overall offensive efficiency

3rd

117 plays

+0.36

EPA/Play

SR: 50%

Pass%: 55%

Run

+0.21

Pass

+0.48

Early Downs

1st & 2nd down

4th

96 plays

+0.29

EPA/Play

SR: 48%

Pass%: 52%

Run

+0.28

Pass

+0.30

Passing Downs

2nd & 7+ or 3rd & 5+

6th

33 plays

+0.58

EPA/Play

SR: 45%

Pass%: 79%

Run

+0.42

Pass

+0.63

Short Yardage

3rd/4th & 2 or less

20th

6 plays

-0.21

EPA/Play

SR: 83%

Pass%: 17%

Run

-0.44

Pass

+0.96

Red Zone

Inside the 20

19th

19 plays

+0.18

EPA/Play

SR: 47%

Pass%: 47%

Run

+0.45

Pass

-0.11

Goal Line

Inside the 5

14th

7 plays

+0.42

EPA/Play

SR: 71%

Pass%: 29%

Run

+0.47

Pass

+0.30

Late & Close

WP 25-75%, last 15 min

5th

16 plays

+0.35

EPA/Play

SR: 38%

Pass%: 75%

Run

-0.28

Pass

+0.56

Defense

Def EPA/Play

+0.144

23rd

Def Pass EPA

+0.242

24th

Def Rush EPA

-0.012

20th

Def Success Rate

47.4%

24th

Run Defense by Gap

Opponents target the LG gap most (11 carries). Best defended: RG (-0.277 EPA/carry).

2 car-0.48

5 car-0.26

11 car-0.25

9 car+0.50

9 car-0.28

8 car+0.18

4 car+0.16

AFC East