GAUNTLET: Buffalo Bills' 2026 QB Schedule STACKS Matthew Stafford, Lamar Jackson, Mahomes vs. Allen

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🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Buffalo Bills face a gauntlet of elite quarterbacks in 2026—can Josh Allen outduel stars like Matthew Stafford, Lamar Jackson, and Patrick Mahomes week after week? Joe Marino ranks every opposing QB on the schedule, breaking down the threat levels posed by Jordan Love, Jared Goff, Justin Herbert, Drake Maye, and other rising or dynamic signal-callers. Key insights include past performances against Buffalo, career passer ratings, and each quarterback’s defining strengths, from dual-threat playmakers like Lamar Jackson to savvy veterans like Kirk Cousins. The episode spotlights tough road trips, primetime matchups—including the Highmark Stadium opener versus Detroit—and explores which new-look offenses and reclamation projects might surprise the Bills' revamped Jim Leonhard-led defense. Will Buffalo’s QB advantage secure pivotal wins against top contenders and unproven threats alike?

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0:00.0	The Buffalo Bills face three of the top five and five of the top 10 quarterbacks in 2026.
0:06.9	We're going to break down the Bills quarterback schedule this year right now.
0:15.7	You are locked on bills, your daily Buffalo Bills podcast.
0:21.1	Part of the Locked on podcast Bills, your daily Buffalo Bills podcast. Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:27.1	What's up, Bill's Mafia?
0:29.1	It's Joe Marino.
0:30.5	On today's episode, we are exploring the quarterbacks that the Buffalo Bills are set
0:36.1	to face in 2026.
0:39.0	Now, we get the full schedule on Thursday, but we know the opponents.
0:42.9	We just don't know the order of the games outside of week two.
0:46.2	We know the bills are hosting the Detroit Lions on Thursday night football to open the new
0:51.4	high mark stadium.
0:52.6	But other than that, as of the recording in this podcast,
0:54.6	we don't know the order of the games and when they will be played. But we do know the
0:59.6	opponents, which means we know the quarterbacks. And so I want to have a conversation about
1:04.2	the bill's schedule in 2026 through the lens of the quarterbacks that they are set to face.
1:11.7	And in advance of recording this podcast, I went through and I personally ranked all of
1:18.0	the 32 projected starters in the NFL 1 to 32.
1:22.6	And so I want to discuss them in order of how I have them ranked.
1:27.8	And so as I teased in the cold open, the bills play three of the top five,
1:32.8	five of the top ten.
1:34.4	And so we'll go through this.
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