2026 NFL schedule release: Bills games named among best next year

These teams have met 10 times in the 2020s, and it’s an even 5-5 split. Buffalo has dominated the regular-season series 5-1, but the Chiefs are 4-0 in playoff matchups.

This is one of the showcase battles at new Highmark Stadium, and it should be one of the more anticipated matchups of the 2026 season, as it has been for the better part of a decade.

Bills at Patriots

I decided to go with the game in Foxborough because the Patriots reclaimed the AFC East in 2025 but also lost their home game against the Bills, who are likely to be their biggest impediment to repeating as division champs.

The Patriots won up in Buffalo last year, and that game is sure to be big as well, so you really could make a case for either matchup. Drake Maye outplayed Josh Allen in that game, and Maye’s emergence as an MVP candidate has certainly added some volume to this renewed rivalry.

New England emerged from a weak AFC field (and a soft schedule) to make the Super Bowl, but the blowout loss to Seattle has been followed up by offseason drama surrounding head coach Mike Vrabel. Can the Bills win back the division and become a Super Bowl contender again? The game at Gillette Stadium could reveal quite a bit on both fronts.

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