Bills vs. Jets NFL Week 17 NFL Week 17 scores, stats, highlights and updates

ORCHARD PARK — Josh Allen suggested last week that the Bills may have held back some of their game plan during their win over the Patriots, preferring not to put too much on tape ahead of the postseason.

If the Bills actually went into the game with a simple game plan, it almost cost them as they had to rally from a 14-point deficit to earn a far-too-close 24-21 win against a bad division rival.

There will be another poor division rival at Highmark Stadium on Sunday, although one can argue that the New York Jets are a better team than their terrible 4-11 record suggests because they have a much better roster than the Patriots.

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The Bills can’t afford to mess around because thanks to the Ravens’ win on Christmas Day and the fact that they host the Browns in Week 18, they remain in the hunt for the No. 2 seed in the AFC playoffs and the Bills have to win one of their last two games to secure this valuable position.

“I think securing the two seeds is a top priority,” Allen said Thursday. “And that only guarantees us two home playoff games, and you have to win the first one to get the second one. So for us it’s just about going out there this week and just trying to play good, solid football and show our kind of brand that we know how to play. I think that’s a huge plus with things in lockdown.”

A win on Sunday would also have the added benefit of allowing Sean McDermott to rest many of his frontline players in Week 18 in New England. So there’s a lot at stake in this game against an opponent that would love to cause fear in Buffalo.

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Bills fans celebrate in the rain at the final home game of the regular season

The inactive invoices do not include Rapp, Milano

Good news on the roster front as safety Taylor Rapp and linebacker Matt Milano are both active and ready to play. Rapp had missed the last two games with a neck injury and Milano was sidelined last week with a groin injury.

The Bills will be without safety Damar Hamlin for the third straight season and wide receiver Curtis Samuel for the second straight season.

The other inactives are cornerback Kaiir Elam, safety Lewis Cine, linebacker Nick Morrow, defensive tackle Austin Johnson and offensive lineman Tylan Grable.

Cine was called up from the practice squad if Rapp or Cam Lewis couldn’t play, but since both were active, he wasn’t needed. Instead of Samuel, the Bills drafted Tyrell Shavers as their fifth wide receiver.

As for the Jets, all their injury concerns during the week were just an excuse. Questionable players like wide receiver Davante Adams, defensive tackle Quinnen Williams and cornerback Sauce Gardner — perhaps New York’s three best players — are all active for the game.

Bills increase safety, wide receiver off practice squad

Saturday’s roster raises almost always provide a glimpse of what the active roster might look like come game day, and that’s true for the Bills as well.

Wide receiver Tyrell Shavers and safety Lewis Cine were both called up for the second time this season, and that’s an indication that wide receiver Curtis Samuel and one of the safety trio Taylor Rapp, Damar Hamlin and Cam Lewis will also be out.

Samuel (ribs), Rapp (neck), Hamlin (ribs) and Lewis (shoulder) are all listed as questionable in the final injury report released Friday.

Samuel was inactive last week against the Patriots and Jalen Virgil was called up, but his three raises have now expired, giving Shavers – who was called up twice – his third and final chance of the season unless the Bills add him or Virgil at some point the 53-man squad.

Rapp and Hamlin have each missed the last two games, while Lewis – who played all 15 games – was injured against the Patriots. Cine was called up for the Rams game but only played on special teams.

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As we saw last Sunday against the Patriots, division games are just different. The teams’ records usually don’t matter, as both sides’ familiarity with each other makes it much harder to catch an opponent off guard and sharp execution is crucial. That will be even more evident this week as the Bills and Jets have already played each other once this season, so both coaching staffs will have to come up with different ways to attack.

Allen said after the Patriots game that the Bills are “in a weird position right now” because they’re trying to get the best seed possible but also want to save some of their schedule for the playoffs. “How much are we willing to show? “Do we want to go to extremes and show our entire arsenal when there is a line that has to be followed?” he said.

With the No. 2 seed still up in the air, it doesn’t seem logical to hold anything back against a Jets team that no one should overlook despite their ugly record. New York has a better roster than the New England team that just gave the Bills problems last week. The wisest thing to do would be to take care of business and then rest and play a game next week in New England that wouldn’t matter anymore.

When is the Buffalo Bills vs. New York Jets game?

Date: Sunday December 29th
Time: 1 p.m
Location: Highmark Stadium

Who is the favorite to win the Bills vs. Jets game?

Betting line: Bills -10
Over-Under: 46
Money line: Bills minus 550 (bet $550 to win $100) and Jets plus 400 (bet $100 to win $400).

Who announces the Bills vs. Jets game?

Play by Play: Jim Nantz
analyst: Tony Romo
Side reporter: Tracy Wolfson

∎ Cable/Network TV: CBS. The game will be available locally on the following stations: WROC-Channel 8 (Rochester area), WIVB-Channel 4 (Buffalo area), WTVH-Channel 5 (Syracuse area), WKTV-Channel 2 (Utica area), WENY Channel 2 (Elmira area). , WRGB-Channel 10 (Albany area) and WBNG-Channel 12 (Binghamton area).

∎ Online streaming services: You can watch games on NFL.com and the NFL mobile app, and subscribe to NFL+, the league’s own streaming service. However, you can’t cast the games to your TV, you’ll have to watch them on your phone or tablet.

∎ TV streaming: You can also stream games if you have subscriptions to Spectrum, DirecTV, fuboTV, Sling, Vidgo, Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, and Paramount+.

On the radio: How to listen to the Bills vs. Jets game

You can listen to SiriusXM satellite radio on channel 226 (Bills feed) and channel 382 (Jets feed), and on traditional radio, the Bills Radio Network has stations across the state. Chris Brown is in charge of play-by-play, Eric Wood is the analyst and Sal Capaccio is the sideline reporter. The network includes:

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