The Buffalo Bills will look to get back to winning ways against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.
The excellent offensive production has at times been halted by some slightly suspect work defensively with the Bills.
Coming into the game against the Panthers’ whose offense will be lead by veteran, Andy Dalton, in place of the fickle Bryce Young, as the former first overall pick deals with an ankle sprain, the Bills could once again be facing a harder-than-expected opponent to deal with, now coming off successive losses to the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons.
And much of the defensive output could well be contingent on some injury news – as both starting linebackers, Terrel Bernard and former first-team All-Pro, Matt Milano, have been dealing with injuries as of late.
Revealing the playing status for their guys this weekend, the Bills have listed both Milano and Bernard as “questionable” for Sunday.
Bernard is looking to overcome an ankle injury – whilst Milano will hope that he can play through a pectoral problem, as Buffalo looks to stay competitive in both the division and wider AFC conference.
Bills Linebackers Needed To Help With Biggest Vulnerability
Although they rank in the middle of the pack in total defense (15th), this season, the Bills D has been a tale of two halves, the passing and the run.
The pass defense, despite some slightly inconsistent play in parts of the secondary, ranks second in the NFL in 2025.
The run defense, however, has performed awfully, coming in at 31st out of all 32 teams, with Buffalo conceding an average of 156.3 yards on the ground per game. Only the Miami Dolphins, at 159.3/game, have allowed more.
Bills Severely Underperforming Despite Inherent Advantage
What’s more puzzling is that the Bills are one of the foremost offenses in the NFL, so in theory they should face far more aggressive passing offenses, rather than teams looking to keep it on the ground and churn out victories, as they play with a lead far more often than the average team.
This season, Milano’s attendance on the field has been sketchy at best due to injury, having missed three out of six games, and only played around 50% of snaps in two of the other two fixtures since the season opener against the Baltimore Ravens.
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