2025 Buffalo Bills season

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2025 Buffalo Bills season
Owner Terry and Kim Pegula
General manager Brandon Beane
Head coach Sean McDermott
Home stadium Highmark Stadium
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The 2025 season will be the Buffalo Bills' 56th in the National Football League (NFL), their 66th overall, their eleventh full season under the ownership of Terry and Kim Pegula, and their ninth under the head coach/general manager tandem of Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane. The Bills will look to improve on their 2024 record of 13–4 and achieve their seventh straight winning season. It will also mark the Bills' final season playing their home games at their current Highmark Stadium, as their New Highmark Stadium will open in time for the 2026 season. [1] For the first time since 2016, safety Micah Hyde will not be on the roster, as he announced his retirement on January 27. [2]

Contents

Transactions

Arrivals

PositionPlayer2024 team(s)Date signed
P Jake Camarda Tampa Bay Buccaneers January 7, 2025 [3]
TE Armani Rogers Philadelphia Eagles
Atlanta Falcons
January 17, 2025 [4]

Departures

PositionPlayer2025 teamDate signedNotes
DT Eli Ankou Free Agent Contracts expired January 26, 2025
C Will Clapp Free Agent
FS Micah Hyde Retired [2]
SS Kareem Jackson Free Agent
DE Kingsley Jonathan Houston Texans February 7, 2025 [5]
LB Tyreek Maddox-Williams Free Agent
DE Casey Toohill Free Agent
P Sam Martin Free AgentReleased March 6, 2025 [6]
LB Von Miller Free AgentReleased March 9, 2025 [7]

Draft

2025 Buffalo Bills Draft
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
1 30
262
TBDFrom Vikings via Texans [A]
394Traded to the Cleveland Browns [B]
4TBD
TBDFrom Bears [C]
5TBDTraded to the Houston Texans [A]
6TBD
TBDFrom Giants [D]
TBDFrom Browns [B]
7TBDTraded to the New York Giants [D]

Notes

Draft trades

  1. 1 2 The Bills traded a fifth-round selection, a 2024 sixth-round selection and WR Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans in exchange for a second-round selection. [8]
  2. 1 2 The Bills traded a third-round selection and a 2026 seventh-round selection to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a sixth-round selection and WR Amari Cooper. [9]
  3. The Bills traded a 2024 fifth-round selection (144th overall) to the Chicago Bears in exchange for a fourth-round selection. [10]
  4. 1 2 The Bills traded a seventh-round selection and LB Carlos Basham Jr. to the New York Giants in exchange for a sixth-round selection. [11]

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 – Chris Marrow
  • Co-director of pro scouting – Curtis Rukavina
  • Assistant director of pro scouting – Asil Mulbah
  • Vice president of football administration – Kevin Meganck
  • Director of football operations – Brendan Rowe
  • Director of college scouting – Matt Bazirgan
Head coach
Offensive coaches
 
Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
  • Special teams coordinator – Chris Tabor
  • Assistant special teams – Turner West
  • Assistant special teams – Cory Harkey
  • Director of team administration – Matt Worswick
Strength and conditioning
  • Head strength and conditioning – Vacant

Coaching staff
Front office
More NFL staffs

Current roster

Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Impending free agents (FA)


As of March 9, 2025. Rookies in italics.

56 active, 11 free agent(s)

Preseason

The Bills' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in May, in conjunction with the release of the regular season schedule.

Regular season

2025 opponents

Listed below are the Bills' opponents for 2025. Exact dates and times will be announced in May. [12]

CategoryHomeAway
Division opponents
(AFC East)
Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots
New York Jets
Conference opponents
(AFC North)
Baltimore Ravens
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers
Conference opponents
(based on 2024 division placement)
Kansas City Chiefs Houston Texans
Interconference opponents
(NFC South)
New Orleans Saints
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
Interconference opponent
(based on 2024 division placement)  
Philadelphia Eagles

References

  1. Licciardi, Anthony (February 24, 2024). "Bills Reveal Key Details for New Highmark Stadium: 'Loud And Intimidating'". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Towle, Kam (January 30, 2025). "Bills safety Micah Hyde officially retires from NFL". BillsWire.USAToday.com.
  3. White, Alec (January 7, 2025). "Bills sign P Jake Camarda to reserve/futures contract". BuffaloBills.com.
  4. "Bills' Armani Rogers: Getting look from Buffalo". CBSSports.com. January 17, 2025.
  5. "Houston Texans Transactions (2-7-2025)". HoustonTexans.com. February 7, 2025.
  6. "Bills release punter Sam Martin". BuffaloBills.com. March 6, 2025.
  7. "Buffalo Bills release LB Von Miller". BuffaloBills.com. March 9, 2025.
  8. White, Alec (April 3, 2024). "Bills and Texans agree to terms on trade to send WR Stefon Diggs to Houston". buffalobills.com. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  9. "Browns trade Amari Cooper to Bills". ClevelandBrowns.com. October 15, 2024. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  10. Hajdu, Gabbyk (April 27, 2024). "Bears make trade with Bills, select Kansas DL Austin Booker in fifth round". chicagobears.com. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  11. Eisen, Michael (August 30, 2023). "Giants acquire OLB Boogie Basham in trade with Bills". giants.com. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  12. "2025 Opponents Determined". NFL Football Operations. January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.