ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WKBW) \u2014 With the regular season officially here, the Buffalo Bills have shifted their focus to the marquee matchup of Week 1 against the Baltimore Ravens. It’s a rematch of the AFC Divisional Round and two of the best quarterbacks in the NFL.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be the first to admit it, it doesn\u2019t matter who we are playing, that first game, there\u2019s just something special about it,\u201d Josh Allen said on Wednesday. \u201cIt\u2019s the emotion inside the entire stadium, and obviously, it\u2019s the last home opener here in this stadium, and I think fans are going to feel that and give us the juice we need to try and perform the best we can.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMan, I can\u2019t wait to play my opponent, I\u2019m tired of playing against my team,\u201d Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson said. \u201cIt\u2019s time to take our frustration out on those guys, so that\u2019s pretty much how I look at it.\u201d<\/p>\n
But the matchup goes well beyond the quarterbacks. Both teams are dealing with notable injuries that could impact a game that’s expected to be a toss-up.<\/p>\n
For the Bills, it will also be our first chance to see a revamped defensive line that was the top priority of the offseason. They’ll have an incredibly difficult task trying to help stop Jackson and Derrick Henry, two of the most prolific players in the NFL.<\/p>\n
So, what are the major storylines at the halfway point of the week, and how will the Bills respond? Our sports team shares their initial thoughts on the matchup and which players they’re keeping an eye on. You can watch the entire conversation at the top of the page!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WKBW) \u2014 With the regular season officially here, the Buffalo Bills have shifted their focus…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,53,7,4704,6,14253,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-339471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-baltimore","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-baltimoreravens","11":"tag-buffalo-bills","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-highmark-stadium","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-one-bills-drive","16":"tag-ravens"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115142807134393354","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}