{"id":19933,"date":"2025-01-17T04:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T04:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19933"},"modified":"2025-01-17T04:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T04:02:07","slug":"report-bills-get-great-news-before-playoff-game-against-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=19933","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Bills Get Great News Before Playoff Game Against Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2193718077-e1737053908482.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2193718077-e1737053908482.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2193718077-e1737053908482.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2193718077-e1737053908482.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Josh Allen\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1172\" data-img-load-time=\"1435\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Bills quarterback Josh Allen at Highmark Stadium on January 12, 2025.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After finishing the regular season with 13 wins and clinching their fifth consecutive AFC title, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/buffalo-bills\/\">Buffalo Bills<\/a>\u00a0took down the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/denver-broncos\/\">Denver Broncos<\/a>\u00a031-7 in the wild-card round.<\/p>\n<p>Next up, the Bills host the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens\/\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a>\u00a0at Highmark Stadium in the AFC divisional round. With Bills quarterback\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/josh-allen\/\">Josh Allen<\/a>\u00a0squaring off against fellow MVP candidate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/lamar-jackson\/\">Lamar Jackson<\/a>, the NFL gave the Ravens-Bills matchup the \u201cSunday Night Football\u201d slot on Jan. 19.<\/p>\n<p>The Ravens crushed the Bills 35-10 in Week 4 of the regular season. However, the Bills\u2019 defense was without three key defenders, Terrel Bernard, Matt Milano, and Taron Johnson. While Buffalo\u2019s offense took some hits during their wild-card win over Denver, the team received great news during practice on Thursday, Jan. 16.<\/p>\n<h2>Every Bills Player on the 53-Man Roster Practiced in Some Capacity on Thursday<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5242240\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-5242240 visible\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2193561398-e1736964725784.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Sean McDermott\" width=\"782\" height=\"441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5242240\" data-lazy-load=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2193561398-e1736964725784.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5242240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Bills Head coach Sean McDermott during the AFC Wild Card Playoffs at Highmark Stadium on January 12, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While the Bills have struggled with a depleted roster heading into the playoffs the past several years, every member of the 53-man roster practiced in some capacity on Thursday. That included running back\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/ray-davis\/\">Ray Davis<\/a>, who suffered a concussion against the Broncos last week.<\/p>\n<p>Davis still needs to work his way through concussion protocol before receiving clearance to play, however, seeing him at practice in a Guardian cap is a great sign. The 5-foot-8, 221-pounder appeared in all 17 games this season behind the Bills No. 1 running back, James Cook. He recorded 113 rushes for 442 yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Bills offensive lineman\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/alec-anderson\/\">Alec Anderson<\/a>, who was limited in practice on Wednesday due to a calf injury suffered against Denver, \u201cwas getting his usual work,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoeBuscaglia\/status\/1879955211034456086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">The Athletic\u2019s Joe Buscaglia<\/a>\u00a0noted on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Allen is playing the best football of his seven-year NFL career, having all his offensive weapons ready against Baltimore gives the team a huge boost. Rookie kick returner Brandon Codrington, who missed playing in the wild-card round due to a hamstring issue, is also good to go in the divisional round.<\/p>\n<h2>Bills QB Josh Allen \u2018Learned a Lot\u2019 Since Buffalo Lost to the Ravens<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ea81c1881158fbfcdb185a422775cce0\" class=\"embed_container\">\n<div class=\"lazy-embed lazy-embed--ssr embed-instagram-com lazy-embed--loaded\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DE3G3PGSSyN\/\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DE3G3PGSSyN\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=820&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fheavy.com&amp;rp=%2Fsports%2Fnfl%2Fbuffalo-bills%2Finjury-report-josh-allen-offense-ravens-playoffs%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A13028.39999999106%7D\" height=\"1114\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Ravens\u2019 defense was the only team during the regular season to keep Allen from scoring a touchdown. But the 28-year-old quarterback says the team has grown and evolved since that blowout loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLearned a lot from those moments,\u201d Allen\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BuffaloBills\/status\/1879607255516975472\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">told reporters<\/a>. \u201cGoing back and watching it obviously wasn\u2019t our best effort. Felt like we didn\u2019t play our best football. But, they got a really good team too. They\u2019re playing this week for a reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir defense, the last really 10 weeks has been superb. Their offense is fantastic as well. They got a lot of studs over there, led by Lamar and it\u2019s a tough team to play regardless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout the year, having the losses that we\u2019ve had and even some of the wins, we\u2019ve learned a lot throughout the year,\u201d Allen added. \u201cJust trusting the guys that we have in this building, in this locker room, and all we\u2019re trying to do is play for each other, put our best foot forward, and score one more point than them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Bills quarterback Josh Allen at Highmark Stadium on January 12, 2025. 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