Overview

• Buffalo (4-0) hosts New England (2-2) on Sunday Night Football in Week 5 at Highmark Stadium in a divisional matchup drawing national attention.
• Second-year QB Drake Maye enters with a league-best 74% completion rate, 988 passing yards, a 7-2 TD-INT line and a 109.4 rating through four games.
• Josh Allen publicly praised Maye as “playing really good football,” and Bills coach Sean McDermott said he is “very impressed,” citing Maye’s arm, mobility and scrambling.
• The Bills boast the NFL’s top pass defense at 125.8 yards allowed per game and carry an 11-game home win streak against AFC East opponents, with Stefon Diggs returning to Buffalo as a Patriot.
• Buffalo listed DT Ed Oliver and LB Matt Milano as questionable on the Friday report, while betting lines have tightened and some analysts are calling a potential Patriots upset.