will enter the playoffs as the No. 6 seed in the AFC, and as such meet a familiar opponent in the wild card round: the Patriots will travel to Buffalo to face the third-seeded Buffalo Bills (-4) for a third time since early December.
The first two meetings ended with a road victory on each side. The Patriots went into a windy Highmark Stadium in Buffalo in Week 13 to beat the Bills with a final score of 14-10. Three weeks later, the team was able to get its revenge via a 33-21 win at Gillette Stadium — a game that was instrumental in the Bills defending their AFC East title.