The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff is here

College football’s bowl season has already begun as we hurdle towards the new year. But the most important contests are soon to come in the College Football Playoff. The 12-team field will feature the eight lowest seeds facing off for the right to go on to the quarterfinals to be played on New Year’s Eve/Day.

The four contests feature seeds five through 12 with one game on Friday night and the rest throughout the day on Saturday. The Hoosiers and Irish get the sole game on Friday night.

That game is one...

Maybe even panic-button concerned

I know there’s been a lot of consternation among fans about the Buffalo Bills’ defense this season, but overall I haven’t been too worried. They’ve only allowed more than 30 points in three contests — which came against the Baltimore Ravens, Los Angeles Rams, and Detroit Lions; none of which are slouches. I’m not saying the Bills don’t have defensive flaws, but I’m not worried about the defense.

Overall, I don’t think I’m an arrogant fan or writer either — which I think lends some credence to the premise of this article. If the Bills’ defense...

There are really only three games that will affect the Bills this week, but they have big implications for seeding

Well, Week 15 was much more fun than Week 14. Being on the greater end of the league’s highest-scoring game will make that happen. Adding to the Buffalo Bills’ 48-42 win over the Detroit Lions was the fact that the Pittsburgh Steelers lost, creating a little space between the two teams. Unfortunately, the Kansas City Chiefs didn’t cooperate, and their win keeps them two games ahead of the Bills in the race for the AFC’s number one seed.

This week,...

Division games in December can be wonky. Will the Bills fall victim to their own hype?

The Buffalo Bills are the AFC East champions for the fifth straight year. The New England Patriots are careening towards their second consecutive last-place finish in the AFC East. New England hasn’t finished in the division’s cellar in consecutive seasons since the 1999 and 2000 seasons. In 1999, they finished tied for last with the New York Jets at 8-8. They have never finished in sole possession of last place in the AFC East for two straight years.

The Bills enter play riding high...

It’s been a tough season for the Patriots.

The New England Patriots enter play against the Buffalo Bills this week with one of the NFL’s worst records. At 3-11, the Patriots are currently in line to pick third in the 2025 NFL Draft, which would be their highest natural draft selection since, well, just last year, when New England finished 4-13.

Prior to this two-year stretch of misery, you have to go back to the early 1990s for this level of futility in Foxborough. The Patriots were 1-15 in 1990, but they rebounded for a 6-10 year in 1991 before...

The Bills defense has given up 40+ points in consecutive weeks

Welcome back to our weekend chat, Buffalo Bills fans.

The Buffalo Bills’ defense has given up 42+ points in consecutive weeks, and every time the national media talks about how awesome the Bills offense has been over that two-game stretch, they add a caveat before anointing the Bills.

“Can the Bills’ offense overcome the Bills defense?”

So it begs the question: How concerned are we really about the defense?

Here are some key points for your consieration:

Matt Milano’s return has been ‘meh’

Milano has been okay in...

Nobody in Buffalo was in a red jersey today, and Rasul Douglas says he’s playing.

There were no red, non-contact jerseys at One Bills Drive Thursday as the Buffalo Bills held their second practice of the week in preparation of hosting the New England Patriots on Sunday evening. Just because everyone was practicing, doesn’t mean there isn’t anything to be concerned about or keep our eyes on.

Here’s a look at how injured players are trending as we’ve hit the middle of the week.

Bills injured players trending toward playing

• T Spencer Brown (neck)
• DT DeWayne...

The Chargers beat the Broncos, so the Bills’ potential opponent has shifted.

Week 16 opened on Thursday night with a matchup of two likely AFC playoff teams. The Buffalo Bills were surely watching.

The Los Angeles Chargers beat the Denver Broncos to tie them in overall record and ultimately pass them based on the head-to-head tiebreaker. The Broncos are now in seventh place while the Chargers move up to sixth.

If the current standings hold, the Bills as the second seed would host those Broncos and rookie QB Bo Nix. There is still a lot of football to be played....

A pair of AFC West playoff hopefuls battles it out in Los Angeles

The Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Chargers get Week 16 of NFL action started on Thursday Night Football on Prime. It’s a classic AFC West showdown, with both teams clinging to playoff spots at the back half of postseason seeding.

The 9-5 Broncos off a bit of that “surprise team” this season with rookie quarterback Bo Nix finding his rhythm in the second half of the year. As for the Chargers, their 8-6 record would have them in the tournament if the playoffs began today. But they...

Are you confident in the Bills’ current direction with three games to go in the 2024 NFL regular season?

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The Bills look far healthier than the Patriots, but there’s still room for a little concern about the Buffalo defense.

So, the Buffalo Bills played in yet another “game of the year” on Sunday afternoon, and, this time, they were on the better end of the 48-42 score. Unfortunately, along with the win, they picked up a couple of more injuries. While the new injuries may seem minor (in the sense that no one is headed to the Injured Reserve), with just three weeks until the NFL Playoffs, anything causes loss of playing time is worrisome.

The Bills’s final three...

With 8 AFC Player of the Week awards, a Buffalo Bills player has earned the award in more than half of the weeks this season.

Being a Buffalo Bills fan this season has been one to celebrate — not just for the team’s success but also for their individual successes on the field. Through 15 weeks, the Bills have racked up an incredible eight AFC Player of the Week awards plus the Offensive Player of the Month award in September. Let’s put that into perspective: out of the 45 awards handed out in AFC (42 if you subtract the bye...