Monday Night Football: Bills at Bengals (7:15 CT) Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread, More

The final Monday Night Football game of the season will no doubt be a good one, and probably the best one of the season, when Josh Allen and the Bills head to Cincinnati to take on Joe Burrow and the Bengals tonight.

Burrow and the Bengals can clinch the AFC North with a win over the Bills tonight. Allen and the Bills are looking to stay in the mix for the No. 1 seed in the AFC, so there’s plenty on the line for both teams in what should be an epic battle.

Game Info

Buffalo Bills (12-3, 1st AFC East) at Cincinnati Bengals (11-4 1st AFC North) – ESPN (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters), ESPN Deportes (Eduardo Varela, Pablo Viruega, John Sutcliffe) Westwood One (Kevin Harlan, Kurt Warner)

Kickoff Time: 7:15 p.m. CT
Site: Paycor Stadium, Cincinnati, Oh.
Referee: Shawn Smith
Odds: Bills -2.5, O/U 50.5 (via DraftKings Sports Book)

Coaches

Bills: Sean McDermott (61-35) vs. Bengals: Zac Taylor (27-36-1)

Starting QBs and Projected Game Stats

Bills: Josh Allen: 23/36, 263 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 7 carries, 39 rushing yards

versus

Bengals: Joe Burrow: 27/39, 279 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 4 carries, 16 rushing yards

Week 17 projected stats via ESPN projections

Bills Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Josh Allen
•   RB Devin Singletary
•   WRs Stephon Diggs, Gabe Davis, Isaiah McKenzie
•   TE Dawson Knox
•   LT Dion Dawkins, LG Rodger Saffold, C Mitch Morse, RG Ryan Bates, RT Spencer Brown

Defense
•   LDE Greg Rousseau, LDT Ed Oliver, RDT DaQuan Jones, RDE Shaq Lawson
•   SAM Terrel Bernard, MIKE Tremaine Edmunds, WILL Matt Milano
•   LCB Tre’Davious White, RCB Xavier Rhodes
•   FS Jordan Poyer, SS Damar Hamlin

Specialists
•   
Tyler Bass (kicker), Sam Martin (punter, holder), Reid Ferguson (long snapper), Isaiah McKenzie, Nyheim Hines (kick and punt returns)

Bengals Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Joe Burrow
•   RB Joe Mixon
•   WR Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Tyler Boyd
•   TE Hayden Hurst
•   LT Jonah Williams, LG Cordell Volson, C Ted Karras, RG Alex Cappa, RT Hakeem Adeniji

Defense
•   LDE Sam Hubbard, LDT D.J. Reader, RDT B.J. Hill, RDE Trey Hendrickson
•   WLB Logan Wilson, MLB Germaine Pratt, SLB Akeem Davis-Gaither
•   LCB Eli Apple, RCB Cam Taylor-Britt
•   FS Jessie Bates III, SS Vonn Bell

Specialists
•   Evan McPherson (kicker), Kevin Huber (punter, holder), Cal Adomitis (long snapper), Trent Taylor, Chris Evans (kick and punt returns)

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Patrick grew up in Chicago's Bridgeport and Garfield Ridge neighborhoods before moving to the Western Suburbs of Chicago before eventually relocating to the Las Vegas area with his family in 2023. He started with Bleacher Nation in 2021 and has spent time as a Staff Writer and on the Chicago Blackhawks beat. He is currently a writer and editor at Bleacher Nation covering the Chicago Bears and the NFL at large and the author of the Bleacher Nation Newsletter. Patrick is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA).

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