In this January 3, 2016, New York Jets head coach Todd Bowles, left, and Buffalo Bills head coach Rex Ryan, right, shake hands after the Bills’ 22-17 win in an NFL football game in Orchard Park, N.Y. The Jets are heading to Orchard Park for an AFC East showdown against the Bills on Thursday night.
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For the first time, an National Football League game will be streamed live on Twitter.
Kickoff for this AFC East tilt is 8:25 p.m. ET at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y. The first was at home, 22-17, in November, and the second was in January in Buffalo, the final game of their regular season, also 22-17. Here’s all you need to know about the game.
Fitzpatrick will give it another go Thursday night in a critical early-season game for both teams.
Rex Ryan’s past and future meet once again tonight, as the Jets travel to western NY and take on their former coach’s Bills.
If you must bet, bet on the home team with the quarterback, but I don’t think Buffalo wins this game in the least, so give me NY?
Ryan Fitzpatrick – Should have a decent day against his old team, but the Bills secondary is probably the best part of their defense right now and I think they hold Fitz in check. The only thing that matters is tonight’s prime-time matchup against the Bills.
Buffalo star receiver Sammy Watkins is listed as questionable on the injury report. Forte led in receiving with 59 yards in five catches.
There’s also the added pressure Ryan is feeling following a year in which the Bills played below expectations, finishing 8-8 and missing the playoffs for a 16th consecutive year. In week one, the Jets lost a heartbreaker at home to the Bengals, 23-22.
“Against the Jets, they will be without offensive lineman Cordy Glenn, who injured the same ankle that kept him out for the whole of the Bills” pre-season. Taylor, fresh off signing a new six-year deal worth up to $92 million, had a poor outing.
Though the Jets’ defense left the Cincinnati Bengals’ QB Andy Dalton, 28, flat on his back a record setting seven times, it wasn’t enough to stop the Bengals, per ESPN. See the New York Jets vs. Buffalo Bills game on the SI site by clicking on this link. Revis really struggled against A.J. He had a very promising year last season and definitely deserved an extension, but I never thought a contract as long term and expensive as this was called for. “I’m hoping he plays, and we’ll see”. Neither team’s offense is wonderful but the Jets is much better.
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NO OFFENSE: The Bills were kept in check by the Ravens, who forced five three-and-outs and limited Taylor to 48 snaps.
