The Buffalo Bills have been floated as a possible landing spot for Los Angeles Chargers edge rusher Khalil Mack, with NFL analyst Kristopher Knox of Bleacher Report making the case that Buffalo should explore a deal.
The timing makes sense on paper. Los Angeles is sitting at 0-4, while Buffalo is 3-1, and Knox believes Mack fits better with a contender at this point in his career. He also thinks the Bills could land the veteran defender for a conditional 2027 fourth-round pick.
Mack has been one of the few bright spots for the Chargers. He’s opened the season with 14 tackles, five tackles for loss, three sacks and eight quarterback pressures, showing he’s still producing at a high level despite the team’s rough start.
For Buffalo, the appeal is obvious. The Bills are scoring at a clip no one else in the league can match, averaging 31.8 points per game through four weeks, but the defense has been a different story. Buffalo is allowing 26.8 points per game, which ranks 25th out of 32 teams.
That’s why Mack keeps popping up as a fit. The Bills could use another impact player up front, and Mack’s résumé speaks for itself: nine Pro Bowls and 116.0 career sacks. Knox described him as a future Hall of Famer, and the kind of player who would push Buffalo closer to championship level.
Buffalo’s season has already had its highs and one painful slip. The Bills beat the Houston Texans in Week 1, the Detroit Lions in Week 2 and the Chargers in Week 3 before falling to the New England Patriots in Week 4.
Josh Allen’s numbers against New England were respectable on the surface: 253 passing yards, one passing touchdown and one interception, plus a rushing touchdown. He completed 69.7% of his passes.
But the late-game mistake stood out. With under two minutes left and Buffalo down three, Allen spun away from pressure, then tried to fit the ball into double coverage, where safety Craig Woodson picked it off.
That performance was part of a rougher stretch for Allen. He now has 1,039 passing yards, six passing touchdowns, three interceptions, 118 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns on the year, and he leads the NFL in rushing touchdowns. Still, over his last two games against the Chargers and Patriots, he has thrown three interceptions, lost two fumbles and connected on only one touchdown pass.
Ball security has been an issue all season. Allen has fumbled in all four games, though only one of those four fumbles was recovered by the other team.
Buffalo now turns to Week 5 and a Monday Night Football matchup with the Los Angeles Rams, who are 2-2. The Bills will be watching to see whether Myles Garrett plays, and it’s also unclear if Aaron Donald will suit up.
Allen has already helped Buffalo reach the AFC Championship Game twice, and both times the Bills ran into Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Kansas City is 4-0 this season, with Mahomes looking like his old self after suffering a major knee injury in 2025.
For Buffalo, the next step is simple enough: clean up the mistakes, protect the football and see whether the defense - with or without a move like Mack - can hold up its end of the bargain.
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