Bills’ Josh Allen focused on changing narrative at start of 2026 season originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Buffalo Bills will begin their 2026 campaign with a tough road matchup against the Houston Texans and Josh Allen has one goal for that contest.
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The goal has to do with Allen getting over the hump against the Texans, a team he is 1-3 against in the regular season during his career.
Allen has especially struggled in Houston, where he has never won a game in four tries (including playoffs).
“In terms of looking at the schedule, I really don’t. I know that we got Houston game one… The only thing that really strikes out to me is the first game. It’s at Houston, a place that I particularly haven’t played very well at, so I gotta do everything in my power to kinda change that narrative there,” he said on the Centered on Buffalo podcast.
In four career regular season games against the Texans, Allen has completed just 56.7% of his passes for 716 yards and three touchdowns to three picks.
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His only career victory over the Texans came in Buffalo in 2021, when the Bills crushed Houston, 40-0.
In the 2019 playoff meeting with Houston, Allen threw for 264 yards but didn’t score through the air. He also added 92 rushing yards and a touchdown on nine carries.
Changing the narrative at Houston in Week 1 won’t be easy, as the Texans will sport one of the NFL’s best defenses once again this coming season.
Houston ranked sixth against the pass, fourth against the run and gave up the second-fewest points per contest in 2025.
The Texans also sported a top-notch pass-rush after finishing tied for the seventh-most sacks in the league.
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While the Bills will have a difficult start to their season, Buffalo’s schedule overall isn’t too daunting.
According to Warren Sharp of Sharp Football Analysis, the Bills will have the 14th-easiest schedule in the NFL based on projected win totals for their opponents from Vegas oddsmakers.
Buffalo has the second-toughest schedule in the AFC East, though, with the New York Jets and New England Patriots both having easier slates.
The poor Miami Dolphins bring up the rear with the toughest slate in the division, and Miami has the second-toughest schedule in the entire NFL, also.
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