The Bills close the regular season at home against the Jets. Here's the broadcast and betting information for the game.
ORCHARD PARK - In a normal NFL week, the Sunday 4:25 p.m. television broadcast window is reserved for the best teams in the league playing in what it deems as the most meaningful games.
But Week 18 is never a normal week because the league does not set the kickoff times until Week 17 is complete, not only for competitive balance reasons, but also to make sure the best games get slotted into the standalone prime time slots.
That’s the only reason why the moribund New York Jets will be playing their first 4:25 game of the season when they take on the Buffalo Bills in the last game at Highmark Stadium.
Usually, the biggest audiences are watching the 4:25 game, but the NFL is not subjecting the majority of the viewing public to the Jets because in Week 18, the 4:25 games aren’t any different than the 1 p.m. games; both are essentially regional time slots and Sunday, there are actually more games being played late in the afternoon (seven) than there are early (six).
Only two games at 1 p.m. matter for the postseason - Colts vs. Texans and Jaguars vs. Titans because those results will determine whether the Texans or Jaguars win the AFC South.
At 4:25, Bills vs. Jets is part of a series of games that will impact playoff seeding in both conferences, the others being Patriots vs. Dolphins and Chargers vs. Broncos in the AFC, and Bears vs. Lions, Rams vs. Cardinals, and Eagles vs. Commanders in the NFC, so those games are all kicking off at the same time.
The island games are Saturday - Panthers vs. Buccaneers to determine the NFC South champion, and Seahawks vs. 49ers to determine the NFC West. And on Sunday night, Ravens vs. Steelers is for the NFC North title.
When the Bills take the field, they will do so with an all-time record in Orchard Park of 265 wins and 172 losses counting the postseason which computes to a winning percentage of .606.
Much of that positive disparity occurred during two separate eras. In Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Kelly’s 11 seasons as Bills quarterback, they went 74-24, while in Josh Allen’s eight years, they are 56-19. Add that up and it’s a hugely impressive mark of 130-43, a winning percentage of .751.
Of course, Bills fans would prefer to forget the periods of irrelevance surrounding those two snippets of time because in the 34 seasons without Kelly or Allen, the numbers are pretty pedestrian at 135-129 without a single postseason game played in the stadium.
Here’s the broadcast and betting information:
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).
How 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+.
Who is favored to win Bills vs. Jets game
Information as of Tuesday, subject to change:
∎ Betting line: Bills -7.5
∎ Over-under: 38.5
∎ Money line: Bills minus-405 (bet $405 to win $100) and Jets plus-320 (bet $100 to win $320).
Who is announcing the Bills vs. Jets game
∎ Play-by-play: Andrew Catalon
∎ Analyst: Charles Davis, Jason McCourty
∎ Sideline reporter: AJ Ross
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 [email protected], and you can follow him on X @salmaiorana and on Bluesky @salmaiorana.bsky.social.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Bills vs Jets game: Where to watch NFL Week 18
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