ORCHARD PARK - The AFC East standings, and the long-standing rivalry the Buffalo Bills have had with the New England Patriots which dates back to the births of both franchises in 1960, doesn’t exactly move the needle for Bills coach Joe Brady.
“I don't give a damn about that,” Brady said when he was asked about coaching his first game against a division opponent when the Bills host the defending AFC champion Patriots Sunday at Highmark Stadium. “No one cares if you're 3-0 or 0-3 right now. We have an opportunity to go into this fourth game of the season, just trying to have an ability to go 1-0. The rest of the stuff will take care of itself.”
Ugh. Brady has already mastered Coachspeak 101. Even Sean McDermott always admitted that division games
were always bigger, always more intense, but Brady simply wasn’t having any of it the other day.
“Sure as hell hope not,” he said when asked about the increase in intensity, especially in a game where the Patriots are going to be desperate to win in order to avoid falling three full games behind the Bills in the standings. “If we are changing who we are week to week, then we don't have the competitive stamina that we're preaching that we're talking about.
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“It should be a nameless, faceless opponent every single week. We know in the NFL every single week is going to be tough and a tremendous team that we're going against. Tremendous coaching staff, they do a great job over there, but we have a lot of things that we have to control over here and if we approach this week any different because it's a division game, then I'm not doing my job.”
Some might say if he’s not preaching to his players, especially the younger ones, the added importance of division games, he’s not doing his job.
Perhaps a veteran like Bradley Chubb can provide some context for Brady.
“Same mindset (as any other game), same attack that you want to have, same philosophy and everything of just worrying about what we do, making it the best version of ourselves, but when you get into game time, those juices start flowing a little differently, you know what’s on the line,” he said. “You don’t play different, but you just feel a little different. And they hate us, we hate them. And that’s everybody in the division.”
Here’s the broadcast and betting information:
What time does the Bills vs Patriots game start today?
Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. Sunday at Highmark Stadium.
What channel is Bills vs. Patriots game today?
∎ Cable/Network TV: CBS. The game will be available locally via 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 36 (Elmira area), WRGB channel 6 (Albany area), and WBNG channel 12 (Binghamton area).
How can you stream Buffalo Bills vs New England Patriots game?
∎ Online streaming services: You can watch games on NFL.com and the NFL mobile app, and you can subscribe to NFL+, the league’s own streaming service, though you can’t cast the games to your TV - you must watch on your phone or tablet.
∎ TV streaming: You can also stream games if you have subscriptions to Spectrum, DirecTV Choice, Fubo Sports, Sling, Vidgo, Hulu + Live TV, YouTubeTV + NFL Sunday Ticket, and Paramount+.
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Who is favored to win Bills vs. Patriots game
BetMGM information as of Friday, subject to change:
∎ Betting line: Bills -6.5
∎ Over-under: 48.5
∎ Money line: Bills minus-325 (bet $325 to win $100) and Patriots plus-270 (bet $100 to win $270).
Who is announcing the Bills vs. Patriots game?
∎ Play-by-play: Ian Eagle
∎ Analyst: Ross Tucker
∎ Sideline reporter: Evan Washburn
On the radio: How to listen to the Bills vs Patriots game
You can listen on SiriusXM satellite radio on channel 193 (Bills feed) and channel 262 (Patriots feed), and on traditional radio on the Bills Radio Network. Chris Brown has the play-by-play, Eric Wood is the analyst, and Steve Tasker is the sideline reporter. The network includes:
- Rochester (WAIO 95.1 FM);
- Buffalo (WGRF 96.9 FM);
- Syracuse (WSKO 1260 AM);
- Albany (WOFX 92.5 FM);
- Utica (WKLL 94.9 FM);
- Dunkirk (WDOE 1410 AM);
- Hornell (WKPQ 105.3 FM);
- Elmira (WMTT 94.7 FM);
- Jamestown (WWSE 93.3 FM);
- Olean (WPIG 95.7 FM);
- Ogdensburg (WQTK 92.7 FM);
- Watertown (WOTT 94.1 FM);
- Bradford, Pa. (WBRR 100.1 FM);
- Cortland/Ithaca (WIII 99.9 FM);
- Auburn (WAUB 1590 AM);
- Geneva (WGVA 1240 AM);
- Binghamton (WENE 1430 AM);
- Newark (WACK 1420 AM);
- Cobleskill/Schoharie (WSDE 1190 AM);
- Williamsport, PA (WRAK 1400 AM);
- Erie, Pa. (WRKT 104.9 FM);
- New York City (WEPN 1050 AM);
- West Palm Beach, Fla. (WESP 106.3 FM);
- Montreal, Canada (CKGM 690 AM);
- Ottawa, Canada (CFGO 1200 AM);
- Toronto, Canada (CHUM 1050 AM).
Sal Maiorana has covered the Buffalo Bills for four decades including 37 years as the full-time beat writer for the D&C. He has written numerous books about the history of the team, and he is also co-host of the BLEAV in Bills podcast/YouTube show. He can be reached at maiorana@gannett.com, and you can follow him on X @salmaiorana and on Bluesky @salmaiorana.bsky.social.
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