The Buffalo Bills (2-0) are back at home in Week 3 for a matchup with the Los Angeles Chargers (0-2). Buffalo is looking to get out to a 3-0 start for the second consecutive season.

These are three storylines to know heading into this Sunday's game.

1 - Will Buffalo's point production continue?

Buffalo's offense has come out of the gate fast. Yes, the Bills sit atop the league in scoring, averaging 38.5 points per game over the first two weeks. But it's their efficiency on offense that's carrying them.

The Bills lead the league in yards per play at just over seven (7.07). They're also first in passing yards per play (9.43), with their run game not far behind at fourth best in the league (5.01 yds/play).

They're additionally second in first downs per game (27), fourth in third down conversion rate (57.1%), and eighth in red zone touchdown percentage (75%).

Head coach Joe Brady does not believe his offense has stamped itself with a recognizable identity yet but feels that's common this early in the season.

"I think every game is going to be different, and we have to make sure we're still trying to figure out exactly what our identity is going to be," Brady said. "I think early in the season you're still figuring that out. I'm in the process still figuring out our team and our guys and what they need, how to call it, those type of things.

"But I do think there's been a style of play that has been married. We'll continue to evaluate that on a week in, week out basis. But anytime you have the ability to run the ball, and then you also have Josh Allen in there you can be aggressive with it. It puts a little stress on the defense, and it's about us taking advantage of whatever they do. I know we've scored a lot of points, but we've left a lot out there too."

Brady and his staff also spent part of the long weekend after last Thursday night's win conducting some self-scouting to see if they have unknowingly created some tendencies.

"The biggest thing is making sure that what we've put on tape these last few weeks we're conscientious of," said Brady. "We don't just avoid it. Now that we've had time to kind of go back through our games, we don't allow the negative things that have shown up that might not have been a negative result. If we continue to do those things, it's not going to go well. We work to find ways to improve upon that."

2 - Chargers come in desperate

It has been a rough start for the Chargers as they have dropped their first two games against a pair of teams that managed just six wins combined in 2025 in Arizona and Las Vegas. Both losses were by an identical score (26-14).

According to OptaStats, Los Angeles was just the second team in NFL history to lose back-to-back games by double digits with both coming at home against teams that had a sub-.200 win pct the previous season. The other was the 1926 Racine Tornadoes (Oct. 10-17), who played just one more game before folding as a club.

The Chargers have struggled with their execution through the first two weeks. Thus far, they've had a bad center to quarterback exchange, running backs going the wrong way on hand-offs, dropped passes, leaky pass protection, along with three interceptions and seven fumbles with two lost.

"It's not good enough, and there's a group full of grown men that can handle their job and will do everything they can to fix it," said QB Justin Herbert, who had a career-high three turnovers last week. "We are going to stick together. It's tough. No one wants to lose two games, but there's nothing we can do about it now. We've got to get better and fix it."

Head coach Jim Harbaugh and his players believe they are close to playing winning football but feels they're losing in the margins.

"(It's) frustrating," said LT Rashawn Slater. "We're clearly capable, but we're not finishing drives. So many self-inflicted wounds. We're shooting ourselves in the foot. We're never going to win like that. We need to fix that. You can't win like that."

The Chargers on the defensive side of the ball feel much the same as they rank 29^th against the pass through the first two weeks.

"It's about the big plays, the 'gotta have it' plays, the fourth downs… it's the end of half, not letting them get points," said S Derwin James. "We've got to be better situationally on defense. We've just got to look each other in the eye, tell the truth and just get better because right now it just looks (like) trash."

3 – Smoothing out the peaks and valleys

The Bills defense played better in Week 2 than Week 1, but to those watching live it may not have appeared that way after Buffalo surrendered another 31 points to the Lions just as they did in Week 1.

But facing one of the most dynamic running backs in the league, Buffalo's run defense was on point. They held RB Jahmyr Gibbs to just 52 yards rushing on 16 carries, with eight of his rushes going for zero or negative yardage.

They also forced four punts on nine Detroit possessions with a pair of three-and-outs, and a pair of four-and-outs, permitting just four third down conversions on 11 attempts.

On the other side of the coin, Buffalo's defense gave up six plays of 20 yards or more, including a 27-yard touchdown from Jared Goff to Amon-Ra St. Brown. They also allowed touchdowns on three of the Lions' four red zone possessions.

Defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard would like to remove the wide variance in his defense between making big plays, and surrendering them.

"I think it's inconsistent right now," said Leonhard. "We're kind of a boom or bust defense, and that's not okay long term. That's not sustainable. When things have gone well in a drive, I think we're pretty much either three-and-out or touchdown right now over two games. Obviously, that's not a sustainable way to win and play good defense throughout the course of this season."

Leonhard believes his defensive unit needs to have a little more "emotional stability" as drives go on and wants them to fight to find ways to get off the field.

"(Our play) is not clean enough and when that happens, you're going to give up touchdowns, and you're going to make games more interesting than they need to be," Leonhard said.

Buffalo's defensive play caller felt the pre-snap communication was much improved in Week 2. He now is pushing for better technique and execution to follow.