The assignment was clear, even if the skies weren’t. The Buffalo Bills needed to beat the New York Jets to go unbeaten in Orchard Park for the first time since 1990 and secure the AFC’s second seed in this season’s NFL Playoffs.
The Bills understood the assignment and wanted to get right to work so, when Taron Johnson, who was playing in his 100th career game, linebacker “Buffalo Joe” Andreessen, somewhat of a hometown here, and wide receiver Amari Cooper walked out to midfield won the toss, Buffalo flipped the script and elected to receive sending Josh Allen and the offense out to start the game on a very rain-soaked field at Highmark Stadium.