ORCHARD PARK – One more time at 53-year-old Highmark Stadium.
Now that the final day has arrived, the day when the Buffalo Bills will play their last game at the venerable venue in the snow belt, it feels a little surreal. Finality does that, right.
Generations of fans have trekked to the stadium in Orchard Park, which carried several different names through the years but will, for most, be fondly remembered as The Ralph in honor of the Bills’ founder and original owner, Ralph Wilson.
Call it what you want, but the place had character, it had stories, it had drama, it had weather, it had victory, and it had defeat. But time marches on and it is now time for Highmark to take its final bow when the Bills play their long-time AFL and AFC East rival the New York Jets.
The Democrat and Chronicle will be providing expanded coverage of everything that is happening, and there will be live updates right here before, during and after the game.
∎ Play-by-play: Andrew CatalonÂ
∎ Analyst: Charles Davis, Jason McCourtyÂ
∎ Sideline reporter: AJ RossÂ
On Saturday, the Bills announced that Judon, the newly-acquired edge rusher who was signed to the Bills’ practice squad a couple weeks ago, and linebacker Keonta Jenkins would be elevated from the practice squad for Sunday’s game.
Judon, a former star for the Ravens and Patriots where he earned a combined four Pro Bowl berths, has been in decline for a couple years as he bounced from the Falcons in 2024 to the Dolphins in 2025. He has 72 career sacks, but had none in 13 games and 337 snaps for Miami and was thus released.
It is expected that edge rusher Joey Bosa will be inactive, so Judon will get a chance to show whether the Bills can consider him as option in the postseason as opposed to Javon Solomon.
Jenkins has been on the practice squad all year but this will be his first game action as Terrel Bernard is out, and veterans Shaq Thompson and Matt Milano are expected to get most of the game off to protect from injury.
What time does the Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets game start?
The Buffalo Bills and New York Jets will play at 4:25 p.m. ET Sunday, Jan. 4, 2025 at Highmark Stadium.
What channel is Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets game?
∎ Cable/Network TV: CBS. The game will be available locally via the following stations: WROC channel 8 (Rochester area), WIVB channel 4 (Buffalo area), WTVH channel 5 (Syracuse area), WKTV channel 2 (Utica area), WENY channel 36 (Elmira area), WRGB channel 6 (Albany area), and WBNG channel 12 (Binghamton area).
Bills vs Jets game preview storiesHow can you stream Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets game?
∎ Online streaming services: You can watch games on NFL.com and the NFL mobile app, and you can subscribe to NFL+, the league’s own streaming service, though you can’t cast the games to your TV – you must watch on your phone or tablet.
∎ TV streaming: You can also stream games if you have subscriptions to Spectrum, DirecTV Choice, Fubo Sports, Sling, Vidgo, Hulu + Live TV, YouTubeTV + NFL Sunday Ticket, and Paramount+.
On the radio: How to listen to the Bills vs Jets game
You can listen on SiriusXM satellite radio on channel 225 (Bills feed) and channel 380 (Jets feed), and on traditional radio, the Bills Radio Network has stations all across the state. Chris Brown has the play-by-play, Eric Wood is the analyst, and Sal Capaccio is the sideline reporter. The network includes:
Rochester (WCMF 96.5/WROC 950 AM)Buffalo (WGR 550 AM)Syracuse (WKRL 100.9/106.5)Binghamton (WDRE 100.5FM)Ithaca (WIII 99.9/100.3 FM)Bath (WVIN 98.3 FM)Newark (WACK 1420 AM)Dansville (WDNY 93.9 FM)Elmira (WNGZ 1490 AM)Auburn (WAUB 98.1 FM/1590 AM)Geneva (WGVA 95.9 FM, 1240 AM)
Sal Maiorana has covered the Buffalo Bills for four decades including 35 years as the full-time beat writer for the D&C, he has written numerous books about the history of the team, and he is also co-host of the BLEAV in Bills podcast/YouTube show. He can be reached at maiorana@gannett.com, and you can follow him on X @salmaiorana and on Bluesky @salmaiorana.bsky.social.