‘Jay: In Week 12, the Bills begin a stretch with four of five games on the road, starting with a trip to Houston on short rest for a Thursday night game. After that, they visit Pittsburgh, return home to face Cincinnati and then travel to New England and Cleveland. That’s a lot of travel. While none of those road games will be against true contenders, it’s never easy to win on the road, and the Bills will have to do a lot of that.’
Archives for May 16, 2025
Ryan O’Halloran: Predicting what will be said after each Buffalo Bills game in 2025
‘Sept. 7 vs. Baltimore: “You have to think Lamar (Jackson) is fed up coming to this stadium,” left tackle Dion Dawkins said after the Bills’ season-opening win dropped Lamar to 1-3 all-time at Highmark.’
Jay Skurski: Top 10 (non-Bills) games to watch in the 2025 NFL season
‘Detroit Lions at Chiefs, Week 6 – A rematch of the 2023 season opener between these teams. It was in that game that the Lions solidified themselves as true contenders with a surprising victory. Since that time, Detroit has been one of the best teams in the NFL in the regular season. Kansas City will be tested early and often, with matchups against the Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles and Lions all happening within the first six weeks of the season.’
Alan Pergament: TV winners and losers in the Bills’ schedule release
‘Channel 4 must be less than thrilled that it lost games against Cincinnati (Dec. 7) and Carolina (Oct. 26) to Fox that a CBS affiliate would have normally received before the NFL recently tried to balance schedules by no longer requiring AFC road games to be carried by CBS and NFC road games to be carried by Fox.’
Buffalo Bills 2025 game-by-game predictions following schedule release
‘I’ve got the Bills finishing 12-5 which would be good enough to win their sixth straight AFC East division title.’
Primetime-heavy, travel-friendly slate for Bills fans in ‘25
‘Also lending credence to the notion this is an “easy” schedule is the lack of travel required for the Bills (or their fans). The Bills play nine home games and two others are about a three-hour drive from Western New York, visiting the Steelers and Browns.’
Buffalo Bills fan favorite hopes for return and to retire with team
‘“I love the game, you know? I’m in a place right now where I played 12 years, extremely thankful and blessed to have played the game for such a long time,” Poyer said. “Last year was an extremely tough year on so many levels. Our team wasn’t very good. I didn’t play as well as I wanted to play. It was just a really tough year. Obviously, transitioning from Buffalo to Miami, cultures being different, systems being different, it just didn’t work out the way that anybody had hoped. But at the same time, I’m thankful for it all, thankful for all the moments, all the friendships. Would I like to play again? Absolutely. Whatever that looks like…”’
Bills schedule release expected to ramp up travel plans for fans
‘”There’s so much excitement in the air,” said Carey during an appearance on WBEN with Brian Mazurowski and Susan Rose on Thursday. “When the schedule things were leaking, people started calling AAA. And we’re like, ‘Wait a minute, let’s make sure it’s official before we book anything.’ So there’s definitely a lot of excitement. We have gotten some calls already ahead of the release of the schedule, so we know it will be busy now that the schedule is out and people are really making their plans.”‘
Bills schedule is out, vacation requests are in
‘“Fans wait for the schedule to come out and they definitely plan vacations around it, so there’s definitely a lot of excitement,” said Elizabeth Carey, director of public relations and corporate communications for AAA Western and Central New York. “Fans should really think about it now if they are looking to go to an away game because you’re going to want to make sure that you get the best accommodations close to the stadium, airfare, things like that.”’