‘There are multiple shifts available for snow shovelers to work and be part of the team to get the venue ready for the hometown Bills Wildcard Playoff game vs. the Steelers!’
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Ryan O'Halloran: Easy decision – Joe Brady should get full-time coordinator job
‘“I think Joe does a great job listening to the things Josh wants especially and we have extra meetings to quickly go over what we like and what we don’t like,” tight end Dawson Knox said. “That two-way communication with the players has been awesome.”’
Bills notebook: Davis and Rapp ruled out; Taron Johnson earns AP second-team All-Pro
‘“I think there’s a lot of things that go into it, with his situation,” McDermott said of Douglas. “And so we’ll just see a little bit of how he looks today from the training standpoint, with not practicing, and evaluate the group as a whole.”’
Roundtable: What to expect from the Buffalo Bills in the playoffs
‘Unfortunately for Bills fans, Mother Nature just might have her say. A game in lake-effect snow and wind greatly benefits the Steelers, who likely weren’t going to try to throw the ball all that much, anyway. For those who doubt that, ask yourself this question: Which team is hoping for the weather Sunday to be as bad as possible? The answer is Pittsburgh, which is why I see the season ending Sunday – way sooner than anyone in Western New York hoped or expected.’
Alan Pergament: Allen to be interviewed by Cowher Sunday; Nantz thinks a weather game will be 'fantastic'
‘Allen is sitting down for an interview with Bill Cowher, who coached the Steelers for 15 seasons and won the Feb. 5, 2006, Super Bowl with a 21-10 victory over the Seattle Seahawks.’
Mark Gaughan: GM Brandon Beane hit for a big average in helping Buffalo Bills reach playoffs
‘Beane’s batting average and big hits are a key reason the Bills claimed their fourth consecutive AFC East division title. It’s especially impressive considering the Bills were 28th in the NFL in salary cap space (at $16 million over the 2023 cap) just two weeks before the start of free-agent shopping in March.’
'A young Superman in training': Rookie Dalton Kincaid gives Bills offense an advantage
‘Kincaid’s 73 receptions are the most by any Bills rookie or first-year player in a season, passing wide receiver Sammy Watkins’ 65 catches in 2014. The 73 are also the most by any Bills tight end in a season, with Pete Metzelaars’ 68 in 1993 the previous high.’
Twelve defining moments from the Bills' regular season
‘More than 2,000 plays from scrimmage and a combined 122 punts, 57 field-goal attempts, 76 point-after kicks, 46 kick returns and 10 two-point plays later, the Buffalo Bills are back in the AFC playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.’
Jim Nantz reflects on a Buffalo Bills journey that is as amazing as Tony Romo's prediction
‘When they work their fifth Buffalo game Sunday as the Bills host the Pittsburgh Steelers in an AFC wild-card playoff game on WIVB-TV (Channel 4), Nantz is sure to bring up the super-optimistic comment made by Romo after the Bills defeated the Kansas City Chiefs to go to 7-6.’
For recent arrivals to Buffalo, the Bills started as a curiosity. But the passion found them
‘Jack Harry Elder, an exchange student at the University at Buffalo, originally from northern Scotland and a law student at the University of Glasgow, echoed my sentiments. After he moved to Buffalo in August, he kept seeing signs by the road that said “Allen Diggs.” “I had no idea what it meant,” he said. “I thought it was like a wall for something. I started passing more and more to the point where I’m like, ‘OK, why is this?’ and then I had it explained to me.”’
Bills have hosted few playoff games in bad weather. That's about to change
‘Obviously, there have been many inclement weather regular season games but that’s because the pool to choose from is exponentially larger as the Bills have now played exactly 100 home games in December/January.’
Will weather impact Bills’ playoff hopes?
‘I guess it shows you can’t count out a Mike Tomlin-led team, even one that’s on its third quarterback of the season. Trusting the “hot hand” of Mason Rudolph, Tomlin is sticking with the 2018 second round pick — the sixth quarterback taken in Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson’s class — over second-year Pitt product Kenny Pickett, who returned from injury two weeks ago, and Mitchell Trubisky.’
Bills face Steelers in ‘Bradford Bowl’
‘Situated along the Buffalo-Pittsburgh Highway — otherwise known as Route 219 — Bradford is home to fans of both the Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers, in just about equal measure.’
Weak sauce? Pittsburgh restaurants boycotting buffalo sauce ahead of Bills-Steelers game
‘“You can order ANY other flavor, but we will NOT be selling Buffalo Sauce all week long!!!!” their Facebook post read.’
Bills believe the right type of adversity has grizzled them to peak in the playoffs
‘“This year we rode a roller coaster a little bit as far as having wins and having losses,” Bills receiver Stefon Diggs said. “I’m not going to say we got hot at the right time, but we start winning at the right time towards that (time) in a year when you start finding yourself, what kind of team you got, the character of your team, too, as far as — when we were losing, nobody really kind of jumped out of the wheelbarrow.”’