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2–0

MIA

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Kickoff

BUFMIA

Until kickoff · Sun, Jan 3 · 1:00 p.m. ET

Upcoming · Away

Desk

BUF @ MIA

Hard Rock Stadium · Sun, Jan 3 · 1:00 p.m. ET

Division closer on the road. Preview stub — recap posts after the final

The desk

Players. History. Next Sunday.

716Mafia leads with the news cycle, not a wallpaper of records. Allen’s historic open, the stops that still decided 2–0, and three concrete things to watch when the Chargers come to Highmark.

Player storylines

Who wrote the first two weeks

Tap a name for season stats and each week’s line.

Josh Allen — 9 TD, 0 TO

5 pass + 4 rush through two. CBS: ~582 pass yds, 5 TD, 0 INT; ~92 rush yds, 4 TD.

James Cook — 21–135–1

Highmark opener, Lions night. Week 1 rushing line is not on this desk.

Dalton Kincaid — 7–95–1

Thursday night. In Houston: 35-yard catch on the winning drive.

Joshua Palmer — 34-yard TD

Go-ahead, 1:36 left, Houston. Two-point try failed.

Greg Rousseau — late strip

Red-zone sack-fumble, ~10 seconds left. Second strip of the night.

Deone Walker — sack and bats

W1 red-zone sack. W2 bat-downs into a Lions 3-and-out from the 10.

Terrel Bernard — the recovery

Fell on Rousseau’s strip at the Buffalo 28. Game over.

Joe Brady — still calling it

Headset on. 2–0. Story, not a fake QB line.

Historic / notable

A start the league has not seen

From the public recaps through Detroit.

First ever

5+ pass + 3+ rush through two

First player to open a season with 5+ passing TDs and 3+ rushing TDs (Bills.com / CBS). Third to open 9+ total TDs and 0 turnovers — Peyton Manning 2013, Patrick Mahomes 2018 (Yardbarker / CBS).

Yardbarker / CBS Sports / Bills.com

New house

First Highmark opener: 5-TD night

Allen’s 3 pass + 2 rush in the first regular-season game at Highmark. Fourth career game with 3+ passing TDs and 2+ rushing TDs — only Kordell Stewart has multiple such games besides him.

CBS / Bills.com

Watch next

Chargers · Highmark · 1 p.m. FOX

Sunday, Sep 27, 1:00 p.m. ET. Three concrete watches from facts already on this desk. See the Desk pick for the Sep 19 lean.

See the Desk pick

Allen’s dual-threat continuity

9 total TDs, 0 turnovers through two. The question is whether the 5-pass / 4-rush split stays clean against a Chargers club that opened 0–1 (14–26 vs. Arizona).

Public boxes · ESPN scoreboard

Leonhard’s D vs. a pass-game Sunday

31 allowed twice. Four sacks and Walker’s bats bought Thursday. Jim Leonhard’s 3-4 is forming, not finished — a 1 p.m. FOX window is another test, not a verdict.

Bills.com / TSN

Highmark, 2–0, first statement Sunday

The new house already has a Thursday night win (41–31). This is the first true home statement date after that opener. A win is 3–0. A loss makes the East a 2–1 conversation before New England.

Bills.com schedule · public standings Sep 19

W–L

2–0

AFC East · GB

1st —

Streak

2–0

Point diff

+15

Alone atop the East. Jets 1–0, half-game back on paper — they still host GB Sep 20 before Buffalo kicks. Pats and Dolphins 1.5 GB, both 0–1. Point diff +15.

17 · Allen

4 · Cook

Preview

Why this week matters

Listed at Miami Dolphins, Sun, Jan 3 · 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS. Recap posts here after the final. This is a public-schedule stub, not a live injury or betting card

Away · Hard Rock Stadium
Sun, Jan 3 · 1:00 p.m. ET · CBS
Week 7 is the bye (Nov. 1 is the next listed home date after Oct. 18)
Confirm listings — Week 18 and some windows can flex

Recap

Recap posts here after the final.

Road week

Road listing. Confirm the window and the actives on the official card

No betting lean

This desk publishes public schedule facts and original notes. It does not lead with a total or a spread

Three to watch

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The listing
Sun, Jan 3 · 1:00 p.m. ET on CBS
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The place
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL
03
The card
Preview stub. We will not invent a box score

From the card

“Week 17: Buffalo at Miami Dolphins, Sun, Jan 3 · 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS”
Schedule listing
Bills 2026 schedule ↗

Venue / TV

Hard Rock Stadium

Miami Gardens, FL

Confirm closer to kick

TV: CBS. No feed here