The Bills locked up the AFC East title and a playoff position over the course of recent weeks. But they should need little motivation for their upcoming meeting, even if plenty of things are already secured.
Buffalo (11-3) visits the New England Patriots (6-8) in Week 16 on Monday Night Football. Despite the Pats already missing out on the playoffs, the Bills will likely have reason to be motivated considering the team’s past against New England. Many Bills players have never won on the road against the Pats, and none of them have done so twice in a year.
With a win on Monday at Gillette Stadium, it’d be the first time since 1999 that Buffalo has swept the Pats. Can the Bills get it done?
With that, here are six things to watch for and a prediction for Week 16’s Bills-Patriots meeting: