The Buffalo Bills are headed down south this weekend for a playoff matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars. This is the third time these teams have met in the postseason, and the second time the matchup has occurred under head coach Sean McDermott’s watch in Duval County, FL.

In McDermott’s first playoff appearance as head coach, and Buffalo’s first playoff appearance of the 21st Century, the Jaguars outlasted the Bills in a 10-3 game that featured some combination of terrible offense and great defense from both clubs back in the winter of 2018. In Jacksonville’s first playoff appearance in their franchise’s...

The Jacksonville Jaguars host the Buffalo Bills on Sunday afternoon, and it’s the second time in head coach Sean McDermott’s tenure that a six-seeded Buffalo club will travel to a three-seeded Jacksonville team. In the first meeting, Jacksonville won a barn-burner, outlasting the Bills in a 10-3 contest that led many of my friends to text me things like, “This game has set the NFL back 100 years.”

At the time, I was just excited that the Bills were in the playoffs. After all, the Bills broke a 17-season playoff drought the week prior, and that playoff game against Jacksonville...

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The postseason is finally here, which, for fans of the Buffalo Bills, feels like ages in the making. Every ounce of belief Bills Mafia has in this team rides on their playoff journey. No pressure, right? Through 18 weeks of polls, we’ve asked Rumblers and Bills fans alike to weigh in with their confidence, whether full of it or lacking until...

In the 2018 draft, the Buffalo Bills selected quarterback Josh Allen with the seventh overall pick. At that time, the New England Patriots were still dominating the division, the Miami Dolphins were hit and miss while the New York Jets were, well, the Jets. It took Allen a couple years to get going but once he did, the Bills rattled off five straight division titles before the Patriots were able to get the division this year. Against the AFC East, Allen has a 34-14 record including the postseason, leaving the other teams to find a head coach to combat his...

The Buffalo Bills don’t have a great record of winning road playoff games during the history of the franchise.

Not only have the Bills lost their last eight road playoff games, they have dropped 13 of their 17 postseason games all-time, including losses in their last two AFC Championship games.

If Josh Allen and the No. 6 Bills (12-5) want to win the franchise’s first Super Bowl title, they’re most likely going to have to win three times away from Highmark Stadium, beginning with Sunday’s Wild Card clash at the No. 3 Jacksonville Jaguars (13-4).

The last time the Bills...

The Buffalo Bills have announced a series of roster moves ahead of their playoff matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, January 11. Notably, veteran cornerback Dane Jackson was signed to the 53-man active roster.

Adding Jackson all but guarantees that rookie cornerback Maxwell Hairston won’t be available to play on Sunday. Hairston suffered an ankle injury late in the fourth quarter of Buffalo’s Week 18 game against the New York Jets.

Jackson knows the system but it remains to be seen what he brings to the field from a physical standpoint at this stage of his career. If Jackson...

The Buffalo Bills (12-5) have made the playoffs in the last seven seasons with Josh Allen as their starting quarterback, but unlike the previous five years where the Bills won the AFC East title, this year’s run to the Super Bowl begins on the road with the Bills as the AFC’s No. 6 seed.

Allen and the Bills have a tough task in front of them, drawing Trevor Lawrence and the red-hot Jacksonville Jaguars (13-4), who earned the No. 3 seed by winning the AFC South and bring an NFL-best eight-game winning streak into Sunday’s 1 p.m. EST clash.

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The Buffalo Bills are no strangers to fielding a postseason roster compromised by injury woes. Like many teams, it’s seldom that the Bills have ever entered the playoffs at full strength, and utilizing their intended defensive starters. With that, Buffalo must now prepare to face the Jacksonville Jaguars without a key co-starter in the defensive backfield.

Rookie cornerback Maxwell Hairston is dealing with an ankle injury and isn’t expected to suit up against the Bills’ wild card opponent this coming Sunday, the Jacksonville Jaguars. Head coach Sean McDermott told reporters that Hairston is “unlikely to play this week,” due to...

The Buffalo Bills signed a kicker to their practice squad on Tuesday, adding veteran Matthew Wright ahead of Sunday’s playoff game at the Jacksonville Jaguars. To make room for Wright on the practice squad, they released offensive tackle Richard Gouraige.

Wright, 29, appeared in four games this season, playing for three different teams. He kicked in two games for the Houston Texans, and one each for the Washington Commanders and Tennessee Titans. He was five-for-five on field goal attempts with a long of 46 yards this season. He was also perfect on PATs, nailing all four of the tries he...

The Buffalo Bills hosted the New York Jets for the last regular-season game ever at old Highmark Stadium, and likely the last game ever. A bunch of flags flying would have marred the celebration, and as I anticipated the officiating crew played along and kept their flags in check.

Interestingly, while low in volume the flags were characteristic of the two teams’ energy levels. The Jets’ flags reflected a team that had no interest in playing football at any level, let alone a professional one. Amped up in red helmets and looking to give fans one last hurrah, the flags...

The Buffalo Bills came into their final regular-season game against the New York Jets with a playoff berth clinched. The Bills were guaranteed a wild card spot, but whether they would end up the five, six, or seven seed was still up for grabs. After the Houston Texans came from behind to beat the Indianapolis Colts during the early games on Sunday, Buffalo knew they could only be trendy and end up the six or seven seed.

Well, thanks to a loss by the Los Angeles Chargers and a dominant victory by the Bills, we now know that Buffalo is...

Buffalo Bills running back James Cook III has put together an incredible campaign in 2025, having just claimed the NFL rushing title, finishing with 1,621 rushing yards — and over the likes of Derrick Henry, Jonathan Taylor, and Christian McCaffrey. In short, Cook has paid massive dividends for the Bills since signing his contract extension last summer.

As the league’s leading rusher in 2025, does that mean Cook is destined for an All-Pro season? If NFL history is any indicator, the outlook is good for Cook. In the last 24 NFL seasons, 23 of 24 rushing title holders were also...