The Buffalo Bills’ record book has been getting a workout, and Week 9 brings another batch of milestones worth tracking. Josh Allen, James Cook, Greg Rousseau, Dawson Knox, and Tyler Bass have all pushed names around the franchise ledger lately, and there are still a few more marks hanging in the balance.
Start with Dawson Knox, who is sitting on 2,736 career receiving yards. That total has him tied with James Lofton for 16th in Bills history, and one more yard would move him ahead of the Hall of Fame receiver.
The wrinkle here is Khalil Shakir, who has 2,666 career receiving yards and is only 70 behind Knox. With half the season still to go, that one could turn into a teammate chase all the way through Week 18.
Josh Allen has a couple of numbers in play as well. He needs just nine rushing yards to reach 5,000 for his career after gaining 30 against Baltimore, which leaves him at 4,991. That sounds like a small ask, though Allen did manage only one rushing yard against Las Vegas three weeks ago, so it is not quite a lock yet.
Allen is also one touchdown away from another major milestone. Peyton Manning owns the NFL record for the most combined touchdowns through a player’s first 10 seasons with 322, and Allen is right behind him at 321.
One touchdown through the air or on the ground would tie Manning. Two would give Allen the record outright.
James Cook is closing in on Allen from the other direction. Cook has 4,966 career rushing yards, leaving him 25 shy of Allen’s 4,991.
That means he needs to outgain his quarterback by 26 yards to move into fourth place on Buffalo’s all-time rushing list. It has already bounced around the notebook a few times, and this one looks like it could be decided before Week 18.
Allen also has a shot at two Hall of Famers on the rushing touchdown list. He has 88 career rushing scores, which puts him two away from tying Eric Dickerson and Curtis Martin at 90. Two rushing touchdowns in a game is not new territory for Allen, but with Cook handling plenty of the ground work and Allen also doing damage as a passer, it does not quite land in the sure-thing category.
Greg Rousseau has his own pair of targets. He already has seven sacks this season, one short of his career high of eight, which he reached in both 2022 and 2024.
One sack against the Minnesota Vikings would match that mark. Two would give him nine on the year and a new personal best.
The bigger chase for Rousseau is a little farther up the franchise list. He has already moved past Darryl Talley on Buffalo’s career sack chart, and now Mario Williams is next.
Williams finished his Bills run with 43 sacks, while Rousseau has 39. That leaves him four away from tying Williams and 4.5 from passing him.
That is a steep climb for one game, but the record book has already been moving fast. With Monday night still ahead, Buffalo could need the pencils, the erasers, and the permanent markers all at once.
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