{"id":271737,"date":"2026-08-25T05:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T05:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271737\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T05:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T05:54:13","slug":"preseason-week-2-preview-what-to-expect-as-buffalo-bills-meet-pittsburgh-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271737\/","title":{"rendered":"Preseason Week 2 Preview: What to expect as Buffalo Bills meet Pittsburgh Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) \u2013\u00a0The Buffalo Bills will host the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday night for their final preseason game. <\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Bills gameday basics:Teams: Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers Date: Aug. 30Time: 7 p.m.Location: Highmark StadiumNetwork: NFL Network<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalobills.com\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parking, Gate Entry &amp; More<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bills have gone 2\u2013\u00a00 in the preseason with wins over the Carolina Panthers and, most recently, the Cleveland Browns. Buffalo beat Cleveland 31\u20137 on the road at Huntington Bank field in a game full of mostly backups. Kyle Allen made his case in the backup quarterback race completing ten of twelve passes and throwing for 128 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, Bills rookie offensive lineman Jude Bowry suffered a lower leg injury, leaving the game for the medical tent and not returning. He also showed up to practice on Monday in a boot on his left leg. The Bills have not offered specifics on the injury as of Monday\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday will be the final preseason game before the Bills open the season on the road against the Houston Texans on Sept. 13. It will also be one of the last opportunities players on the bubble will have to make an impression before the Bills have to solidify their 53-man roster by 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make sure to watch News10NBC at 4, 5, 6 and 11 on Thursday for more on the game!<\/p>\n<p>Player to watch: Geno Stone <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Geno Stone is competing for a spot at safety on the roster. Stone started all 17 games for the Cincinnati Bengals the past two seasons finishing 2025 with 65 tackles, two interceptions and two sacks. As it stands, he\u2019s fighting for a spot against Damar Hamlin if Buffalo only keeps one of them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related: <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/tag\/bills-game\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bills game<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/tag\/bills-stadium\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bills stadium<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) \u2013\u00a0The Buffalo Bills will host the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday night for their final preseason&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[114427,114428,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-271737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-bills-game","tag-bills-stadium","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}