The Buffalo Bills and the Carolina Panthers are set to face off in an important game for both squads. The Bills enter play on a two-game losing streak, as they dropped consecutive contests to the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons before their bye week. The Panthers, meanwhile, are riding a three-game winning streak after defeating the Miami Dolphins, Dallas Cowboys, and New York Jets in successive weeks.
Buffalo has never lost under head coach Sean McDermott when coming off a bye week. The
Bills haven’t lost three in a row since 2019, and they haven’t lost three regular-season games in a row since a four-game skid during the 2018 season. Carolina hasn’t had a four-game winning streak since 2019, when they beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to enter their bye week 4-2 before finishing that season at 5-11 overall.
Will Josh Allen and the Buffalo offense return to form? Will veteran Andy Dalton, starting in place of an injured Bryce Young, provide enough offense to keep the Buffalo defense off balance? Can the Bills shut down Rico Dowdle and a potent Panthers rushing attack? Will offensive coordinator Joe Brady find a way to involve James Cook in the passing game? There are plenty of questions, but none of them can be answered until the game begins.
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Go Bills!
