{"id":400963,"date":"2025-09-27T12:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T12:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/400963\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T12:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T12:09:10","slug":"bills-vs-saints-game-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/400963\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills vs. Saints game preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On paper, the Buffalo Bills (3-0) are the biggest favorite of the young season when they welcome the New Orleans Saints (0-3) to town Sunday afternoon, with the Las Vegas oddsmakers pegging Buffalo as 15.5-point favorites over the Saints. But on any given Sunday, any team can emerge victorious\u2026just look to last week, when the Cleveland Browns knocked the heavily favored Green Bay Packers off in the upset of the year to date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Today\u2019s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks leads off by examining the key matchups to watch and positional analysis as the Bills look to avoid a trap game vs. the Saints and start the season 4-0 for the 10th time in franchise history.<a href=\"https:\/\/platform.buffalorumblings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2025\/09\/imagn-25080115.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,4.0106404747289,100,91.978719050542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><\/p>\n<p>Bills vs. Saints story lines to watch<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Saints might be one of six winless teams in the league, but they will still present some challenges to a Bills squad that has struggled to get off the field on third down scenarios this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Linked below: Exploring how new head coach Kellen Moore has the Saints operating at a breakneck speed on offense, and how quarterback Spencer Rattler will look to connect frequently with top wide receiver Chris Olave and talented running back Alvin Kamara.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On the other side of the football, James Cook and Buffalo\u2019s ground game should experience plenty of running room against a porous Saints defense; Josh Allen should have ample time to find his open receivers against a Saints pass rush that is not great at generating pressure on opposing quarterbacks; will this be the week that offensive coordinator Joe Brady dials up some deep passing plays for Josh Allen?; and can Buffalo extend their streak to 25 straight games of winning the turnover battle?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Hear from rookie defensive end Landon Jackson on how he\u2019s staying ready and focused while he waits patiently for his first chance at playing in the NFL; Plus, we learn about veteran David Edwards\u2019 unusual journey to become one of the best offensive linemen on the team; the traffic patterns fans can expect for the Saints game; reminisce about the history of Highmark Stadium with Bills superfan Del Reid; and more!<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Bills articles recently featured on Buffalo Rumblings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On paper, the Buffalo Bills (3-0) are the biggest favorite of the young season when they welcome the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2076],"tags":[18563,2090,7,896,55,2572,2571,6,397,54000],"class_list":{"0":"post-400963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-saints","8":"tag-buffalo-bills-game-information","9":"tag-buffalo-bills-news","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-new-orleans","12":"tag-new-orleans-saints","13":"tag-neworleans","14":"tag-neworleanssaints","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-saints","17":"tag-web-rumblings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115276190133458394","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}