Buffalo Bills players expressed concerns about the team’s training staff through the 2025 NFL team report card, which the league prevented the NFLPA from releasing due to an arbitration ruling.
News broke over the weekend that the NFL was blocking the NFLPA from releasing these reports, but Pro Football Talk obtained a 26-page ruling that included multiple criticisms of the way certain NFL teams, including the Bills, operate.
“The league has dropped clubs in the overall rankings in previous years because ‘issues… have been raised previously’ [by Players] … was not addressed and therefore became a larger issue,” as stated in the ruling, according to Pulmonary function test.
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‘League claims players are concerned about ‘current [training] Staffing was insufficient to help them recover,” it continued. “Traveling remains the worst part of their experience” as they “travel without a comfortable space and the travel schedule itself is a source of significant dissatisfaction.”
This information cannot be ignored, especially after the NFL went to great lengths to prevent the players union from releasing these reports. Couple that with the injury issues Buffalo has dealt with recently, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see Bills players have questions about how the team handles injuries. Buffalo had more than 15 players with serious injuries after the Bills lost to the Houston Texans in Week 12.
Buffalo’s front office opted to retain its current training staff shortly after bringing in former offensive coordinator Joe Brady as the team’s new head coach following the firing of Sean McDermott.
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Last season, Buffalo had 17 players miss a total of 246 games, fifth-most in the NFL. The Bills’ injured reserve list is already crowded for the 2025 season. Defensive tackle Ed Oliver missed 14 games due to multiple injuries, while kicker Tyler Bass missed training camp with ankle and knee injuries, among other issues, missing important games for the Bills in 2025.
