The Bengals and Bills are both set to go to the playoffs and may face off in January, but we won’t have to wait too long to see them on the same field.
On Monday night, the two teams will meet in Cincinnati for the first time since the 2019 season. That means quarterback Joe Burrow will face the Buffaloes for the first time, and the Bengals will face the Bills for the first time since he was promoted to the top of the AFC during the 2021 season.
Some might see this game as a yardstick for the Bengals, given the Bills’ top AFC playoff heap, but Barrow said Thursday that his team won’t do such a thing after winning the conference last year. He said he believed he got over it.
“Yeah, I mean, we beat everyone,” Burrow said at a press conference. Like I said, we treat all games the same.For the last two years we’ve played with all of them and we haven’t played against the Bills yet so it’s going to be a fun challenge But they are good on defense and they have a lot of veteran players and they know how to play within their plan.They play hard, they play fast, they play. It will be a fun challenge.
The Bengals are on a seven-game win streak, and whether it’s litmus test or not, an eight-game win streak against the Bills would make the AFC more interesting going into the postseason. field on Monday night.