Because the 2025 season shortly approaches, it provides new hope that change is coming. For the Buffalo Payments, there’s nothing to vary about their regular-season success. They’ve gained the AFC East 5 consecutive years.
The Payments are desperate to flip their postseason luck in recent times. One participant with the flexibility to manage Buffalo’s future is 2024 league MVP, Josh Allen. On Saturday, the Payments are residence to face the New York Giants within the preseason opener. Beginning QB Josh Allen is not going to play for Buffalo.
Josh Allen is not going to be out there for the Payments on Saturday
Josh Allen is not going to play Saturday in Preseason Week 1 vs the Giants.
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— Buffalo Payments (@BuffaloBills) August 7, 2025
At a press convention on Thursday, Payments head coach Sean McDermott introduced that Josh Allen is not going to go well with up on Saturday. Buffalo plans to relaxation their QB1 for his or her preseason opener vs. the Giants. That also leaves two preseason video games for Allen to get enjoying time earlier than the 2025 common season begins. Backup QB will get the beginning on Saturday afternoon vs. the Giants.
That is Trubisky’s second stint with Buffalo. He was beforehand with the crew in 2021, enjoying in six video games and making zero begins. That’s as a result of Josh Allen has been an ironman for the Payments in his profession. For the reason that 2019 season, Allen hasn’t missed a begin for the Payments. Together with the playoffs, he’s began 114 straight video games for Buffalo. The following closest is Lions’ Jared Goff at 51 video games.
Josh Allen gained’t play within the Payments preseason open towards the Giants on Saturday per Sean McDermott.
Mitch Trubisky will get the beginning in his place. pic.twitter.com/QtwFrXTo0Z
— Mike Bundt (@Mike_Bundt) August 7, 2025
Sean McDermott instructed reporters Thursday morning that the “ones” will play for roughly 1 / 4. After that, they’ll begin making substitutions to get backups invaluable enjoying time. McDermott talked about that Trubisky getting enjoying time with the starters is helpful to Buffalo. If Josh Allen went down, Trubisky would immediately grow to be the starter. Any reside reps he can get with he first crew are invaluable.
The Payments are holding Allen out to make sure that he is able to go for Week 1 of the 2025 season. That’s the usual process with most beginning QBs within the NFL. Rookies or second-year gamers might see extra work within the preseason. A longtime veteran like Josh Allen will seemingly take a majority of his preseason reps of their sport on August 23 vs. the Buccaneers.
