Buffalo (6-3) and Tampa Bay (6-3) combined to lose just one game in the first four weeks of the season. Their quarterbacks, Josh Allen and Baker Mayfield sat atop the odds board for NFL MVP and their respective teams looked destined to run away in their divisions and ultimately make deep postseason runs. Nine games into the season, however, injuries have caught up to the Bucs and Allen and co. just are not playing to the level they were earlier this season or in seasons past. As a result, Sunday’s meeting in Buffalo carries substantial weight.

Buffalo has lost three of their last five and considering how light the Patriots’ schedule is down the stretch, the Bills can ill afford to drop an additional game behind New England in the AFC East. The Bucs have lost two of their last three an

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