NFL Playoffs: Bills at Chiefs (5:30 CT) — Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread

Bills vs. Chiefs
Bills vs. Chiefs

It’s a rematch of last year’s AFC Championship in Kansas City when the Bills come to town to take on the two-time defending AFC champion-Cheifs today. Can Josh Allen and the Bills get over the hump this time, or will Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs continue their march towards their third consecutive Super Bowl appearance?

Game Info

Buffalo Bills (11-6, 1st AFC East) at Kansas City Chiefs (12-5, 1st AFC West)

Kickoff Time: 7:20 p.m. CT
TV: CBS – Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson, Jay Feely
Site:
 Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Mo.
Referee: John Hussey
Odds: KC -2 – O/U: 53.5 (via DraftKings Sports Book)

Bills Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Josh Allen
•   RB Devin Singletary
•   WR Stefon Diggs, Emmanuel Sanders, Cole Beasley
•   TE Dawson Knox
•   LT Dion Dawkins, LG Ryan Bates, C Mitch Morse, RG Daryl Williams, RT Spencer Brown

Defense
•   LDE Greg Rousseau, LDT Ed Oliver, RDT Harrison Phillips, RDE Jerry Hughes
•   SLB A.J. Klein, MLB Tremaine Edmunds, WLB Matt Milano
•   LCB Taron Johnson, RCB Levi Wallace
•   FS Micah Hyde, SS Jordan Poyer

Specialists
•   Tyler Bass (kicker), Matt Haack (punter, holder), Reid Ferguson (long snapper), Isaiah McKenzie (kick and punt returns)

Chiefs Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Patrick Mahomes
•   RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire
•   WR Tyreek Hill, Byron Pringle, Mecole Hardman
•   TE Travis Kelce
•   LT Orlando Brown Jr., LG Joe Thuney, C Creed Humphrey, RG Kyle Long, RT Andrew Wylie

Defense
•   LDE Chris Jones, LDT Jarran Reed, RDT Derrick Nnadi, RDE Frank Clark
•   WLB Nick Bolton, MLB Anthony Hitchens, SLB Willie Gay
•   LCB Chavarius Ward, RCB L’Jarius Sneed
•   FS Juan Thornhill, SS Daniel Sorensen

Specialists
•   Harrison Butker (kicker), Tommy Townsend (punter, holder), James Winchester (long snapper), Byron Pringle, Mike Hughes (kick and punt returns)

Inactives

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