Week 9 Buffalo Bills (5-2) at New York Jets (3-5) Thursday, November 2, 2017 | 8:25 PM ET | MetLife Stadium | Referee: Jerome Boger REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Bills lead all-time series, 60-53 LAST GAME: 9/10/17: Jets 12 at Bills 21 STREAKS: Jets have won 2 of past 3 LAST GAME AT SITE: 1/1/17: Jets 30, Bills 10 BUFFALO BILLS NEW YORK JETS LAST WEEK W 34-14 vs. Oakland LAST WEEK L 25-20 vs. Atlanta COACH VS. OPP. Sean McDermott: 1-0 COACH VS. OPP. Todd Bowles: 3-3 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 21.9/16.4 (T2L) PTS. FOR/AGAINST 19.6/23.3 OFFENSE 303.3 OFFENSE 307.9 PASSING Tyrod Taylor: 125-196-1343-8-2-93.1 PASSING Josh McCown: 179-254-1840-12-7-95.3 RUSHING LeSean McCoy: 137-521-3.8-3 RUSHING Bilal Powell: 74-316-4.3-2 RECEIVING LeSean McCoy (RB): 38-242-6.4-0 RECEIVING Austin Seferian-Jenkins (TE): 31-201-6.5-3 DEFENSE 346.6 DEFENSE 361.4 SACKS Jerry Hughes: 3 SACKS Demario Davis: 2.5 INTs Micah Hyde: 5 (1L) INTs Terrence Brooks, Marcus Maye (R): 2 TAKE/GIVE +14 (1L) (17/3) TAKE/GIVE -1 (13/14) PUNTING (NET) Colton Schmidt: 46.0 (40.9) PUNTING (NET) Lachlan Edwards: 47.6 (42.5) KICKING Stephen Hauschka: 63 (15/15 PAT; 16/18 FG) KICKING Chandler Catanzaro: 55 (16/16 PAT; 13/17 FG) BILLS NOTES JETS NOTES • QB TYROD TAYLOR completed 20 of 27 (74.1 pct.) with • QB JOSH MC COWN completed 26 of 33 (78.8 pct.) for TD pass & rush TD last week. Has 95+ rating in 4 of past 5. In 257 yards with 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 119.3 rating in Week 8. past 2 meetings, has 521 pass yards (260.5 per game) with 5 Is only QB in Jets history with 2+ TD passes & 60+ comp. TD passes vs. 2 INTs for 102.7 rating. pct. in 4 consecutive games. Has 100+ rating in 5 of past 7. • RB LE SEAN MC COY rushed for 151 yards with TD in Week Ranks 3rd in NFL with 70.5 comp. pct. In past 3 vs. division, 8. Has 8 games with 150+ rush yards since 2013, most in NFL. has passed for 812 yards (270.7 per game) with 6 TDs vs. 3 Had 159 scrimmage yards (110 rush, 49 rec.) in last meeting. INTs for 101.4 rating. Has 521 scrimmage yards (104.2 per game) with 3 rush TDs in • RB BILAL POWELL has 176 scrimmage yards (88 per 5 career meetings. Has 100+ rush yards in 3 of past 5 vs. NYJ. game) with TD catch in past 2 meetings. In past 3 home Aims for 3rd in row with 100+ scrimmage yards. RB MIKE games vs. Buf., has 299 rush yards (99.7 per game) with TOLBERT aims for 4th meeting in row with rush TD. 2 TDs (1 rush, 1 rec.). RB MATT FORTÉ has 100+ • WR ANDRE HOLMES had TD catch last week. Has 3 TDs in scrimmage yards in 2 of past 3 meetings. Is 1 of 5 players past 2 games vs. NYJ. WR ZAY JONES is 1 of 5 rookie WRs in NFL history with 9,500+ rush yards (9,579), 50+ rush TDs with 10+ catches (10) & 100+ rec. yards (115) in 2017. WR (52) & 20+ TD catches (20). KELVIN BENJAMIN makes team debut. Has 181 rec. yards • WR ROBBY ANDERSON had career-high 104 rec. (90.5 per game) in past 2 vs. AFC. WR JORDAN MATTHEWS yards & TD catch last week. Aims for 3rd in row with TD has TD catch in 2 of 3 career games on Thursday. catch. Has rec. TD in 2 of past 3 vs. division. TE AUSTIN • S MICAH HYDE has 4 INTs in past 4. Leads NFL with 5 SEFERIAN-JENKINS has 31 catches since Week 3, tied INTs. Had INT in last meeting. Since 2014, ties for 4th among for 2nd most among NFL TEs. Has TD catch in 3 of past 4. NFL safeties with 13 INTs. LB PRESTON BROWN has Aims for 3rd in row with rec. TD vs. division. 13+ tackles in 2 of past 3 meetings. S JORDAN POYER • DE MUHAMMAD WILKERSON had sack in Week 8. In had sack & INT in last game vs. NYJ. S TRAE ELSTON past 4 home meetings, has 5.5 sacks & FF. LB DEMARIO led team with career-high 11 tackles & had INT last week. DAVIS had 14 tackles in last game vs. Buf. Aims for 3rd Rookie CB TRE’DAVIOUS WHITE leads NFL with 12 PD. meeting in row with 10+ tackles. Is only NFL player with 60+ Has 5 PD in past 3 on road. Rookie LB MATT MILANO tackles (67) & 2+ sacks (2.5) in 2017. LB DARRON LEE had 40-yard FR-TD in Week 8. had sack in last meeting. ON THE AIRWAVES TV: NFLN (8:25 PM ET): Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson (Field reporter), Jay Feely (Field reporter) NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood One: Ian Eagle, Boomer Esiason | SIRIUS: 88 (WW1), 81 (Buf), 83 (NYJ) | XM: 88 (WW1), 81 (Buf), 83 (NYJ) Week 9 Atlanta Falcons (4-3) at Carolina Panthers (5-3) Sunday, November 5, 2017 | 1:00 PM ET | Bank of America Stadium | Referee: Tony Corrente REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY LEADER: Falcons lead all-time series, 27-17 LAST GAME: 12/24/16: Falcons 33 at Panthers 16 STREAKS: Falcons have won past 3 LAST GAME AT SITE: 12/24/16 ATLANTA FALCONS CAROLINA PANTHERS LAST WEEK W 25-20 at New York Jets LAST WEEK W 17-3 at Tampa Bay COACH VS. OPP. Dan Quinn: 3-1 COACH VS. OPP. Ron Rivera: 5-7 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 21.9/21.7 PTS. FOR/AGAINST 18.5/17.8 OFFENSE 374.4 OFFENSE 311.0 PASSING Matt Ryan: 153-232-1844-9-6-92.3 PASSING Cam Newton: 166-263-1841-10-11-79.1 RUSHING Devonta Freeman: 103-466-4.5-5 (T3L) RUSHING Jonathan Stewart: 110-329-3.0-1 RECEIVING Julio Jones: 37-540-14.6-1 RECEIVING Christian McCaffrey (R) (RB): 49 (3L)-378-7.7-2 DEFENSE 320.6 DEFENSE 264.0 (2L) SACKS Vic Beasley, Jr., Brooks Reed: 3 SACKS Julius Peppers: 7.5 INTs Deion Jones, Desmond Trufant: 1 INTs Luke Kuechly: 2 TAKE/GIVE -5 (4/9) TAKE/GIVE -7 (7/14) PUNTING (NET) Matt Bosher: 44.1 (41.0) PUNTING (NET) Michael Palardy: 47.1 (43.3) KICKING Matt Bryant: 57 (15/15 PAT; 14/17 FG) KICKING Graham Gano: 64 (13/14 PAT; 17/18 FG) FALCONS NOTES PANTHERS NOTES • QB MATT RYAN has 1,086 pass yards (362 per game), • QB CAM NEWTON has 17 pass TDs & 6 rush TDs in 12 7 TDs & 1 INT for 131.1 rating in past 3 meetings. In past career meetings. Aims for 3rd in row at home with rush TD. 3 on road vs. division, has 861 pass yards (287 per game), • RB JONATHAN STEWART had rush TD last week. Has 8 TDs & 0 INTs for 128.4 rating. Has thrown TD pass in 26 7 TDs in past 8 vs. NFC South. Rookie RB CHRISTIAN consecutive games, longest active streak. Has 200+ pass MC CAFFREY has 181 scrimmage yards (90.5 per game) yards in 62 consecutive games, longest streak in NFL history. & TD catch in past 2 at home. Leads all NFL rookies in • RB DEVONTA FREEMAN ties for 3rd in NFL with 5 rush receptions (49) & ranks 2nd in rec. yards (378). His 49 TDs. Has rush TD in 2 of past 3 meetings. In past 7 on road catches are most by Car. RB in single season. vs. NFC South, has 805 scrimmage yards (115 per game) & • WR DEVIN FUNCHESS leads team with 3 rec. TDs. TE 4 TDs (2 rush, 2 rec.). RB TEVIN COLEMAN has 5 TDs (4 ED DICKSON is averaging 15.9 yards per catch, most rush, 1 rec.) in past 4 vs. division. Had 104 scrimmage yards among NFL TEs with 20+ catches. Has 349 rec. yards, 3rd (82 rush, 22 rec.) in Week 8. most among NFC TEs. • WR JULIO JONES has 25 catches for 538 yards (179.3 • DE JULIUS PEPPERS had sack & FF in Week 8. Has per game) & 2 TDs in past 3 meetings. Has TD in 3 of past 151 career sacks & surpassed HOFer CHRIS DOLEMAN 4 vs. NFC South. Since 2014, ranks 2nd in NFL with 360 (150.5) for 4th most sacks all-time. Has 2 sacks & FR in receptions & 5,413 rec. yards. WR MOHAMED SANU past 3 meetings. DE MARIO ADDISON aims for 6th in had team-high 6 receptions for 74 yards & TD last week. TE row vs. NFC South with sack. Had 1.5 sacks in Week 8. Has AUSTIN HOOPER had TD catch in only career meeting 2.5 sacks in past 3 home meetings. LB LUKE KUECHLY (10/2/16). Had rec. TD in Week 8. had 8 tackles & INT last week. Has 78 tackles (9.8 per game) • LB VIC BEASLEY, JR. has 2 sacks & FF in 4 career & 2 INTs in past 8 meetings. Aims for 9th in row vs. division meetings. Since 2016, ranks 2nd in NFC with 18.5 sacks. 8+ tackles. Has 747 tackles since 2012, most in NFL. LB Rookie DE TAKKARIST MC KINLEY had sack & FF last THOMAS DAVIS led team with 12 tackles in last meeting.