Two weeks down, and we already need the eraser.
Some of the numbers we have been watching since Week 1 are gone. James Cook caught Joe Cribbs — and passed him. Joe Brady has already done something no other Bills head coach has done. And Josh Allen keeps climbing a list that, quite frankly, has an awful lot of running backs on it for a quarterback to be hanging around.
Now the Los Angeles Chargers are coming to Buffalo, and we have a few more numbers within reach.
Each week, we’ll open the Buffalo Record
Book to four chapters: Sure Things, A Good Bet, Not Impossible, and Superhuman. Some weeks, we will have an entry in every chapter. Other weeks, we may be more selective.
This week, we have something for all four.
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WEEK 3 — September 27, 2026
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Chapter 1: Sure Things
• Khalil Shakir receptions: Shakir caught three passes against Detroit, bringing his career total to 204. That moved him past Robert Woods and into a tie with former Bills tight end Jay Riemersma on Buffalo’s all-time receptions list.
One catch Sunday gives Shakir 205 and 17th place all to himself. The human pinball has caught at least one pass in every game he has played since Week 18 of the 2022 season, so we’re feeling pretty comfortable putting this one here.
Of course, now that I said that out loud, you can blame me if Allen throws to literally everyone else.
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Chapter 2: A Good Bet
• Dawson Knox receptions: Knox caught two passes against Detroit, bringing his career total to 232. That leaves him one behind Cole Beasley, who caught 233 passes during his four seasons in Buffalo. One catch Sunday ties Beasley. Two moves Knox past him on Buffalo’s all-time receptions list.
Last week we called two Knox catches a good bet, and he gave us exactly two. Same assignment this week, Dawson.
• Josh Allen keeps chasing running backs: Allen scored two more rushing touchdowns against Detroit, bringing his career total to 83 and tying Hall of Fame running back Jim Taylor for 18th on the NFL’s all-time list.
One rushing touchdown Sunday moves Allen past Taylor. Two would give him 85 and tie former Bills running back Marshawn Lynch.
Again, completely normal quarterback stuff.
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Chapter 3: Not Impossible
• Dawson Knox touchdown catches: We finally got some movement here. Knox caught his 28th career touchdown against Detroit, pulling him even with Stevie Johnson and Gabe Davis on Buffalo’s all-time list. One more would give Knox 29, move him past both, and tie Jerry Butler.
Apparently, complaining last week that Allen was throwing touchdowns to everyone except Knox worked. You’re welcome.
• Joe Brady goes for 3-0: Brady became the first head coach in Bills history to win each of his first two regular-season games when Buffalo beat Detroit. Now he has a chance to put his name on a much shorter NFL list.
With a win Sunday, Brady would become the fifth-youngest head coach in NFL history to begin his career 3-0. Brady turned 37 this week. Josh McDaniels and John Madden were 33 when they did it, while Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin were 35.
We put Brady’s first win in this chapter because calling it anything stronger felt like a good way to upset the football gods. No reason to start tempting fate now.
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Chapter 4: Superhuman
• James Cook rushing yards: Look who’s back.
Cook escaped this chapter last week when his target dropped from 187 yards to 130. Then he ran for 135 against Detroit, passed Joe Cribbs, and moved into fifth place on the Bills’ all-time rushing list with 4,451 career yards.
His next target happens to be his own quarterback. Allen enters Sunday fourth on Buffalo’s career rushing list with 4,813 yards. That means Cook would need 363 yards against the Chargers to pass him – and that’s only if Allen doesn’t move the target (which we all know he will).
For a little perspective, the NFL single-game rushing record is Adrian Peterson’s 296 yards. Cook would need to break the NFL record by 67 yards Sunday to catch Allen.
Welcome back to Superhuman, Chef.
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Two weeks into this thing, we have already crossed a couple of names out, moved a few numbers around, and watched at least one entry jump from Superhuman to the record book.
Now we get another Sunday to see what needs ink, what stays in pencil, and what we’ll have to do the math on again next week.
At this rate, we might be doing a lot more erasing before the season is over.
