The activity of Week 13 of the 2022 season of the nfl will start when the buffalo bills (8-3) visit Gillette Stadium to face the New England patriots (6-5) in the Thursday Night Football. The broadcast of the game will be on Prime Video and will begin at 8:15 p.m. Eastern time.
Follow the NFL Bills and Patriots game live
Both teams enter the game with a week off after playing on NFL Thanksgiving Dayhowever, the results were different. The Bills beat the Detroit Lions 28-25 and the Patriots lost 33-26 to the Minnesota Vikings.
Now, both New England and Buffalo will seek to cement their spot in the AFC postseason seeding. If the season ended today, Brian Daboll’s men would be fifth in the AFC and Bill Belichick’s men would be out in eighth.
odds
Spread: -3.5 Bills
Over/Under: 43.5 points
moneyline: -190 Bills, +158 Patriots
What you should know
buffalo bills
- Buffalo has won four of the last five meetings between the two franchises. The most recent was in last season’s Wild Card Round and they crushed New England 47-17.
- Josh Allen leads the NFL in interceptions (11)but ranks second in touchdown passes (23).
- the DT Ed Oliver was named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week 12 and will be looking to replicate his dominating performance this week.
- The Bills are 0-2. in matchups against AFC East rivals in 2022.
New England Patriots
- Historically, Patriots lead series with 77 wins47 losses and a draw.
- New England has brand of 2-1 against their division rivals in 2022.
- Mac Jones he has more interceptions (7) than touchdown passes (6) and has been sacked 24 times.
- Running back Rhamondre Stevenson he is the only New England player to surpass a thousand yards (1,039) from the line of scrimmage.
absences and injuries
The Bills’ most notable absences are linebacker Von Miller (knee), nor the tackle dion dawkins (ankle). For the Pats, the recovery of the running back Damian Harris (thigh) has been slower than expected and will not face the Buffalo team.
key duel
Matt Judon vs. offensive tackles
With Dawkins sidelined with an ankle injury, the linebacker Matt Judon will have the advantage when facing the outside offensive lineman who tries to block him. Judon leads the entire NFL in sacks with 13 and will increase that number against the Bills. According to Buffalo’s depth chart, Spencer Brown will be the starting right tackle and David Quessenberry will be on the left side.
Forecast
Bills 30-17 Patriots
Despite the absence of von Miller, the Bills’ defense looks threatening with the return of Gregory Rousseau. Added to that, Josh Allen will guard the ovoid and will avoid committing turnovers at Gillette Stadium.