Buffalo Bills 2024 Schedule: Takeaways, Predictions

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills’ 2024 schedule was released Wednesday along with the rest of the NFL roster.

For a Bills team in transition after major offseason changes, there will be no time to relax in the year with a quick and tricky start to the season that includes four prime-time games over the course of of the first six weeks, including three consecutive. 2-4. Buffalo will also be on the road early, with four of the first six games away.

This schedule was going to be full of big games for the Bills no matter how it was ordered, with matchups against the two conference champions at home (separated by a bye week) and the entire NFC West among the matchups.

The division was fought down to the final game of the regular season last year, and in 2024 the Bills will have Buffalo’s time on the team’s side with some of the AFC East matchups. The season ends with three straight division games (two against New England), including two in Orchard Park, NY.

Here’s what’s in store for the Bills:

Bills 2024 regular season schedule

Week 1: September 8 vs. Arizona

Week 2: September 12 in Miami (TNF)

Week 3: September 23 vs. Jacksonville (MNF)

Week 4: September 29 at Baltimore (SNF)

Week 5: October 6 in Houston

Week 6: October 14 at NY Jets (MNF)

Week 7: October 20 vs. Tennessee

Week 8: October 27 in Seattle

Week 9: November 3 vs. Miami

Week 10: November 10 in Indianapolis

Week 11: November 17 vs. Kansas City

Week 12: GOODBYE

Week 13: December 1 vs. San Francisco (SNF)

Week 14: December 8 at LA Rams

Week 15: December 15 in Detroit

Week 16: December 22 vs. New England

Week 17: December 29 vs. New York Jets

Week 18: January 4 or 5 in New England

Strength of schedule: T6th-most difficult

More less : 10.5

The biggest takeaway

A difficult start to the year. A national stage awaits early for a Bills team with so many changes, and amid the prime-time matchups is a matchup against former Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs in Houston for Week 6, which is sure to be an important game . a variety of levels.

This is a Bills team that is full of new faces, and getting on the same page quickly will be key with this tough roster to getting things done. Last year’s team showed that you don’t need a hot start to not only make the playoffs, but to win the division. However, this team also won five games to end the year. How this version of the bills handles the first six weeks will be telling.

Revenge game

This could go one of two ways. The game against the Houston Texans is easily surrounded after the Stefon Diggs trade. This will be an important matchup for both teams – because of Diggs and the AFC playoff picture – but the real revenge game for Buffalo? That would be when the Kansas City Chiefs would return to Orchard Park. Matchups with Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen at quarterback will always be big matchups, but after losing to the Chiefs at home in the divisional round last year, the Bills welcome Kansas City to Buffalo for the first times in the regular season since 2020. Since then, teams have played three regular season games (and two playoff series) at Arrowhead Stadium. The Bills won all three regular season meetings in Kansas City, but lost the regular season game at home in 2020. While beating the Chiefs in the playoffs is the big goal, this once again is shaping up to be a game key to this series. .

Bold prediction

The Bills will win six of their eight home games. That’s no easy task for a Bills team in transition, but no team has had a better home winning percentage than the Bills since 2020 (79.4%). The AFC East will feature significant hurdles, particularly from the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins, plus visits from each side’s reigning conference champions – the 49ers and San Francisco Chiefs – visiting Buffalo. Warmer weather teams like the Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans and Arizona Cardinals traveling to Buffalo are always an advantage, and the Bills will have the opportunity to set another solid home record.