Overview
- The Bills improved to 2-0 after a 41-31 win that served as the regular‑season opener at the new $2.1 billion Highmark Stadium on Thursday.
- Josh Allen accounted for five touchdowns with three passing and two rushing scores while piling up 248 passing yards and 69 rushing yards.
- James Cook carried 21 times for about 135 yards and plunged in a 1‑yard touchdown with 2:50 remaining to clinch the game for Buffalo.
- Detroit played without two starting offensive linemen and lost starting safety Avonte Maddox to a foot injury, leaving the team shorthanded in its line and secondary.
- Dalton Kincaid emerged as a key receiving target and Buffalo’s third‑down efficiency exposed urgent questions about Detroit’s defensive play‑calling and personnel going forward.