2021 Buffalo Bills season

2021 Buffalo Bills season
Owner	Terry and Kim Pegula
General manager	Brandon Beane
Head coach	Sean McDermott
Home field	Highmark Stadium
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The 2021 season is the Buffalo Bills' 62nd season as a franchise, 52nd in the National Football League, seventh full under the ownership of Terry and Kim Pegula and their fifth under the head coach/general manager tandem of Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane. The Bills will attempt to improve on their 13–3 record from the previous season, return to the playoffs for the fourth time in five years, and reach their first Super Bowl since 1993.

On March 29, the Bills sold the naming rights to their stadium to Pittsburgh-based health insurance company Highmark; the stadium is now known as Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Stadium, or simply Highmark Stadium.

Draft

Main article: 2021 NFL Draft

2021 Buffalo Bills Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	30	Gregory Rousseau	DE	Miami (FL)
2	61	Carlos Basham Jr.	DE	Wake Forest
3	93	Spencer Brown	OT	Northern Iowa
5	161	Tommy Doyle	OT	Miami (OH)	from Las Vegas
6	203	Marquez Stevenson	WR	Houston	from Washington via Las Vegas and Miami and Houston
	212	Damar Hamlin	S	Pittsburgh	from New Orleans via Houston
	213	Rachad Wildgoose	CB	Wisconsin
7	236	Jack Anderson	OG	Texas Tech	from Carolina

Notes

• The Bills received a fifth-round selection from the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for wide receiver Zay Jones.
• The Bills got a conditional seventh-round selection from the Carolina Panthers in exchange for offensive tackle Marshall Newhouse.

Staff

Buffalo Bills staff

	Front office Owner/CEO/president – Terry Pegula Owner – Kim Pegula General manager – Brandon Beane Assistant general manager – Brian Gaine Director of player personnel – Terrance Gray Senior advisor to the GM/football operations – Jim Overdorf Senior executive – Lake Dawson Senior personnel advisor – Malik Boyd Co-director of pro scouting/team advances – Chris Marrow Co-director of pro scouting/free agency – Curtis Rukavina Vice president of football administration – Kevin Meganck Director of football operations – Brendan Rowe Senior personnel executive – Matt Bazirgan Head coach Head coach – Sean McDermott Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Joe Brady Quarterbacks – Ronald Curry Running backs – Kelly Skipper Wide receivers – Adam Henry Tight ends – Rob Boras Offensive line – Aaron Kromer Offensive assistant/offensive line – Austin Gund Offensive quality control – DJ Mangas Offensive quality control – Kyle Shurmur Passing game specialist/game management – Marc Lubick			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Bobby Babich Defensive line – Marcus West Assistant defensive line – Matt Edwards Linebackers – Al Holcomb Cornerbacks – Jahmile Addae Nickel/senior defensive assistant – Scott Booker Safeties – Joe Danna Defensive quality control – Christian Taylor Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Matthew Smiley Assistant special teams – Cory Harkey Director of team administration – Matt Worswick Strength and conditioning Head strength and conditioning – Eric Ciano Assistant strength and conditioning/performance development – Will Greenberg Assistant strength and conditioning – Hal Luther Strength and conditioning assistant – Nick Lacy Strength and conditioning assistant – Jason Oszvart → Coaching staff → Management → More NFL staffs

Current roster

Buffalo Bills roster

Quarterbacks 17 Josh Allen  6 Shane Buechele 11 Mitchell Trubisky Running backs  4 James Cook 22 Ray Davis 37 Darrynton Evans 41 Reggie Gilliam FB 20 Frank Gore Jr. 26 Ty Johnson Wide receivers 14 Chase Claypool  0 Keon Coleman 19 K. J. Hamler 13 Mack Hollins 87 Andy Isabella 16 Xavier Johnson 82 Lawrence Keys  1 Curtis Samuel 10 Khalil Shakir 80 Tyrell Shavers 18 Justin Shorter 89 Bryan Thompson 81 Marquez Valdes-Scantling Tight ends 84 Zach Davidson 86 Dalton Kincaid 88 Dawson Knox 83 Tre' McKitty 85 Quintin Morris

Offensive linemen 70 Alec Anderson G 60 Keaton Bills G 61 Gunner Britton G 79 Spencer Brown T 77 Will Clapp C 67 Travis Clayton T (Int.) 71 La'el Collins T 73 Dion Dawkins T 76 David Edwards G 65 Mike Edwards T 75 Richard Gouraige T 68 Tylan Grable T 63 Kevin Jarvis G 66 Connor McGovern C 64 O'Cyrus Torrence G 74 Ryan Van Demark T 62 Sedrick Van Pran-Granger C Defensive linemen 51 Eli Ankou DT 97 Rondell Bothroyd DE 90 DeWayne Carter DT 96 Kameron Cline DE 53 Branson Deen DT 57 A. J. Epenesa DE 98 Austin Johnson DT 59 Kingsley Jonathan DE 92 DaQuan Jones DT 91 Ed Oliver DT 50 Gregory Rousseau DE 94 Dawuane Smoot DE 56 Javon Solomon DE 61 Gable Steveson DT 99 Casey Toohill DE 55 David Ugwoegbu DE 93 DeShawn Williams DT

Linebackers 44 Joe Andreessen MLB 43 Terrel Bernard MLB 45 Deion Jones MLB 58 Matt Milano OLB 40 Von Miller OLB 52 Nicholas Morrow MLB 49 Shayne Simon LB 54 Baylon Spector OLB 48 Edefuan Ulofoshio MLB 42 Dorian Williams OLB Defensive backs 47 Christian Benford CB 24 Cole Bishop FS 32 Kyron Brown CB 33 Te'Cory Couch CB 29 Dee Delaney S 31 Rasul Douglas CB 21 Mike Edwards FS  5 Kaiir Elam CB  3 Damar Hamlin FS 25 Daequan Hardy CB 46 Ja'Marcus Ingram CB  7 Taron Johnson CB 39 Cam Lewis FS 38 Keni-H Lovely CB  9 Taylor Rapp SS 36 Kendall Williamson S Special teams  2 Tyler Bass K 30 Jack Browning P 69 Reid Ferguson LS  8 Sam Martin P

Reserve lists 72 Tommy Doyle T (PUPTooltip Physically unable to perform) Rookies in italics Roster updated June 20, 2024 Depth chart Transactions 90 active (+1 exempt), 1 inactive → AFC rosters → NFC rosters

Preseason

The Bills preseason schedule was announced on May 12. They opened the preseason with a 16-15 road win against the Detroit Lions.

Week	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	TV	Recap
1	August 13	7:00 p.m.	at Detroit Lions	W 16–15	1–0	Ford Field	WIVB	Recap
2	August 21	1:00 p.m.	at Chicago Bears	W 41–15	2–0	Soldier Field	WIVB	Recap
3	August 28	1:00 p.m.	Green Bay Packers	W 19–0	3–0	Highmark Stadium	WIVB	Recap

Regular season

Schedule

The Bills 2021 schedule was announced on May 12. They'll open the season at home against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Week	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	TV	Recap
1	September 12	1:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh Steelers			Highmark Stadium	CBS
2	September 19	1:00 p.m.	at Miami Dolphins			Hard Rock Stadium	Fox
3	September 26	1:00 p.m.	Washington Football Team			Highmark Stadium	Fox
4	October 3	1:00 p.m.	Houston Texans			Highmark Stadium	CBS
5	October 10	8:20 p.m.	at Kansas City Chiefs			Arrowhead Stadium	NBC
6	October 18	8:15 p.m.	at Tennessee Titans			Nissan Stadium	ESPN
7	Bye
8	October 31	1:00 p.m.	Miami Dolphins			Highmark Stadium	CBS
9	November 7	1:00 p.m.	at Jacksonville Jaguars			TIAA Bank Field	CBS
10	November 14	1:00 p.m.	at New York Jets			MetLife Stadium	CBS
11	November 21	1:00 p.m.	Indianapolis Colts			Highmark Stadium	CBS
12	November 25	8:20 p.m.	at New Orleans Saints			Caesars Superdome	NBC
13	December 6	8:15 p.m.	New England Patriots			Highmark Stadium	ESPN
14	December 12	4:25 p.m.	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers			Raymond James Stadium	CBS
15	December 18 or 19	TBD	Carolina Panthers			Highmark Stadium	TBD
16	December 26	1:00 p.m.	at New England Patriots			Gillette Stadium	CBS
17	January 2	1:00 p.m.	Atlanta Falcons			Highmark Stadium	Fox
18	January 9	1:00 p.m.	New York Jets			Highmark Stadium	CBS

Notes:

• Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
• Networks and times for Sunday games from Weeks 5–18 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.
• As the result of Saturday flexible scheduling during Week 15, the date, time and network for that week's game vs. the Carolina Panthers will be finalized at a later date—by no later than four weeks prior to game day.
• Week 18 is subject to being flexed to Saturday, January 8.

External links

• Official website