2022 Buffalo Bills season

2022 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 2022 season will be the Buffalo Bills' 53rd in the National Football League (NFL), their 63rd as a franchise and their eighth full season under the ownership of Terry and Kim Pegula, and their sixth under the head coach/general manager tandem of Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane.

The Bills will enter the 2022 season as back-to-back defending AFC East champions.

2022 is the final season in the Bills' current lease on Highmark Stadium. Negotiations remain underway for the construction of a new stadium for the team as of January 2022; the team stated that it would not renew its lease on Highmark Stadium unless an agreement for a new stadium is struck by the end of the 2022 season.

Transactions

Arrivals

Position	Player	2021 team	Date signed	Notes
LB	Von Miller	Denver/LA Rams	March 16, 2022	6 years / $120 million
G	Rodger Saffold	Tennessee Titans	March 14, 2022	1 year / $6.25 million

Draft

Main article: 2022 NFL Draft

2022 Buffalo Bills Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	23	Kaiir Elam	CB	Florida	from Baltimore
1	25	Traded to the Baltimore Ravens
2	63	James Cook	RB	Georgia	from Cincinnati
3	89	Terrel Bernard	LB	Baylor
4	130	Traded to the Baltimore Ravens
5	148	Khalil Shakir	WR	Boise State
6	180	Matt Araiza	P	San Diego State
	185	Christian Benford	CB	Villanova	from Carolina
	209	Luke Tenuta	OT	Virginia Tech	from Cincinnati
7	231	Baylon Spector	LB	Clemson	from Atlanta

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 – 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 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 → Front office → More NFL staffs

Current roster

Buffalo Bills roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 17 Josh Allen 11 Mitchell Trubisky Running backs (RB)  4 James Cook 22 Ray Davis 41 Reggie Gilliam FB 26 Ty Johnson Wide receivers (WR)  0 Keon Coleman 18 Amari Cooper 13 Mack Hollins  1 Curtis Samuel 10 Khalil Shakir 89 Jalen Virgil Tight ends (TE) 86 Dalton Kincaid 88 Dawson Knox 85 Quintin Morris

Offensive linemen (OL) 70 Alec Anderson G 79 Spencer Brown RT 77 Will Clapp LG 73 Dion Dawkins LT 76 David Edwards LG 66 Connor McGovern C 64 O'Cyrus Torrence RG 74 Ryan Van Demark LT 62 Sedrick Van Pran-Granger C Defensive linemen (DL) 57 A. J. Epenesa DE 71 Quinton Jefferson DT 98 Austin Johnson DT 92 DaQuan Jones DT 97 Jordan Phillips DT 91 Ed Oliver DT 50 Greg Rousseau DE 56 Javon Solomon DE 99 Casey Toohill DE

Linebackers (LB) 44 Joe Andreessen MLB 43 Terrel Bernard MLB 40 Von Miller OLB 32 Nicholas Morrow MLB 48 Edefuan Ulofoshio MLB 42 Dorian Williams OLB Defensive backs (DB) 47 Christian Benford CB 24 Cole Bishop FS 29 Brandon Codrington CB 31 Rasul Douglas CB  5 Kaiir Elam CB  3 Damar Hamlin FS 46 Ja'Marcus Ingram CB  7 Taron Johnson CB 39 Cam Lewis CB  9 Taylor Rapp SS Special teams  2 Tyler Bass K 69 Reid Ferguson LS  8 Sam Martin P

Practice squad 51 Eli Ankou DT 15 Deon Cain WR 36 Lewis Cine FS 96 Kameron Cline DE 33 Te'Cory Couch CB 84 Zach Davidson TE 53 Branson Deen DT 65 Mike Edwards RG 20 Frank Gore Jr. RB 75 Richard Gouraige RT 19 K. J. Hamler WR 25 Daequan Hardy CB 27 Kareem Jackson SS 59 Kingsley Jonathan DE (IPP) 93 Zion Logue DT 80 Tyrell Shavers WR 14 Mike White QB Reserve  6 Shane Buechele QB (IR) 90 DeWayne Carter DT (IR) 67 Travis Clayton RT (IR) 72 Tommy Doyle LT (IR) 68 Tylan Grable LT (IR) 58 Matt Milano OLB (IR) 94 Dawuane Smoot DE (IR) 54 Baylon Spector OLB (IR) As of November 12, 2024. Rookies in italics. 52 active, 8 reserve, 16 practice squad (+1 exempt) Roster Depth chart Transactions

Preseason

The Bills' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in the spring.

Week	Date	Time (EDT)	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	TV	Recap
1	TBD (August 11–15)
2	TBD (August 18–22)
3	TBD (August 25–29)

Regular season

On May 9, the NFL announced that the Bills would host the Tennessee Titans at 7:15 p.m. EDT on September 19, as part of ESPN's Week 2 Monday Night doubleheader.

The remainder of the Bills' 2022 schedule was announced on May 12.

Schedule

Week	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	TV	Recap
1	September 8	8:20 p.m.	at Los Angeles Rams			SoFi Stadium	NBC
2	September 19	7:15 p.m.	Tennessee Titans			Highmark Stadium	ESPN
3	September 25	1:00 p.m.	at Miami Dolphins			Hard Rock Stadium	CBS
4	October 2	1:00 p.m.	at Baltimore Ravens			M&T Bank Stadium	CBS
5	October 9	1:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh Steelers			Highmark Stadium	CBS
6	October 16	4:25 p.m.	at Kansas City Chiefs			Arrowhead Stadium	CBS
7	Bye
8	October 30	8:20 p.m.	Green Bay Packers			Highmark Stadium	NBC
9	November 6	1:00 p.m.	at New York Jets			MetLife Stadium	CBS
10	November 13	1:00 p.m.	Minnesota Vikings			Highmark Stadium	Fox
11	November 20	1:00 p.m.	Cleveland Browns			Highmark Stadium	CBS
12	November 24	12:30 p.m.	at Detroit Lions			Ford Field	CBS
13	December 1	8:15 p.m.	at New England Patriots			Gillette Stadium	NFLN/Amazon Prime Video
14	December 11	1:00 p.m.	New York Jets			Highmark Stadium	CBS
15	December 17/18	TBD	Miami Dolphins			Highmark Stadium	TBD
16	December 24	1:00 p.m.	at Chicago Bears			Soldier Field	CBS
17	January 2	8:30 p.m.	at Cincinnati Bengals			Paul Brown Stadium	ESPN/ABC
18	January 7/8	TBD	New England Patriots			Highmark Stadium	TBD

Notes

• Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
• Networks and times from Weeks 5–18 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling.
• Week 18 is subject to being flexed to Saturday, January 7.

External links

• Official website