{"id":661892,"date":"2026-01-07T19:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/661892\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T19:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:33:16","slug":"bills-news-trevor-lawrence-and-the-jaguars-present-unique-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/661892\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills news: Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars present unique challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Buffalo Bills (12-5) have made the playoffs in the last seven seasons with Josh Allen as their starting quarterback, but unlike the previous five years where the Bills won the AFC East title, this year\u2019s run to the Super Bowl begins on the road with the Bills as the AFC\u2019s No. 6 seed.<\/p>\n

Allen and the Bills have a tough task in front of them, drawing Trevor Lawrence and the red-hot Jacksonville Jaguars (13-4), who earned the No. 3 seed by winning the AFC South and bring an NFL-best eight-game winning streak into Sunday\u2019s 1 p.m. EST clash.<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks leads off by previewing the Wild Card round matchup between the Bills and the Jaguars.<\/p>\n

\"\"Bills must slow down the NFL\u2019s hottest team<\/p>\n

The Jacksonville Jaguars are the hottest team in the league right now, with an eight-game winning streak heading into Wild Card weekend. They have not lost since a 36-29 loss to the Houston Texans in Week 10.<\/p>\n

Recently, playing in Jacksonville has been a house of horrors for the Bills, including one of then ugliest games in team history: a 9-6 setback on Nov. 7, 2021, when Josh Allen was picked off twice and sacked four times and Jacksonville\u2019s aggressive defense kept the Bills out of the end zone, and Lawrence and the Jags won despite amassing only 218 yards of total offense.<\/p>\n

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The Bills have not won in Jacksonville since the 2013 NFL season and have not won a road playoff game since knocking off Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins in the 1992 AFC Championship game.<\/p>\n

We break down how Lawrence and Jacksonville\u2019s passing attack has caught fire during their eight-game winning streak; how trade deadline acquisition Jakobi Meyers has made an immediate impact; how the pressure will be on Allen\u2019s receiving targets to come through in the clutch against the Jags\u2019 zone defense; how James Cook and Buffalo\u2019s offensive line will be challenged by Jacksonville\u2019s league-leading run defense; how Allen and Buffalo\u2019s aerial attack can take advantage of Jacksonville\u2019s secondary; and more!<\/p>\n

\"\"Latest news on injured CB Maxwell Hairston<\/p>\n

Head coach Sean McDermott said cornerback Maxwell Hairston is \u201cunlikely to play\u201d in Sunday\u2019s Wild Card game in Jacksonville after the promising rookie suffered an ankle injury late in Sunday\u2019s 35-8 win over the New York Jets.<\/p>\n

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Even more Bills news<\/p>\n

Get to know Matthew Wright, the veteran kicker and Buffalo\u2019s insurance policy should Matt Prater\u2019s injury keep him sidelined for the Wild Card game. Plus, Buffalo brings in a veteran cornerback in the aftermath of Hairston\u2019s injury; how head coach Sean McDermott has evolved during his nine years with the Bills; and reviewing the records the Bills set during the 2025 NFL regular season.<\/p>\n

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