One of the most anticipated matchups of the entire playoff bracket is going to be between the Buffalo Bills and the Jacksonville Jaguars. The reigning MVP will take on maybe the hottest team in the entire league with a quarterback who has been playing the best football of his career.
For the first time in his career, though, Josh Allen will be going on the road in the Wild Card round, which should give some level of doubt about the outcome of the game. After a gruelling regular season, neither team is coming into the matchup fully healthy, so here are the players on the inactive list and the ones who will be starting for both squads.
Inactive List for Jaguars and Bills
Perhaps the biggest sigh of relief from the injury report has to come from the Bills camp. After both Josh Allen and Dalton Kincaid were ailing heading into the final week of the season, an extended rest should have them raring to go in Jacksonville.
Here are the confirmed inactives for today’s game:
Jacksonville Jaguars
- LG Cooper Hodges
- WR Dyami Brown
- RB DeeJay Dallas
- OL Cole Van Lanen
- TE Hunter Long
- DL Emmnauel Ogbah
- DT Maason Smith
Buffalo Bills
- RB Ty Johnson
- CB Maxwell Hairston
- LB Terrel Bernard
- S Damar Hamlin
- DT Larry Ogunjobi
- TE Keleki Latu
- OT Tylan Grable
- S Darnell Savage
Starting Lineups for Jaguars vs. Bills
Jacksonville Jaguars
Offense:Â
- QB – Trevor Lawrence
- RB – Travis Etienne Jr.
- WR1 – Brian Thomas Jr.
- WR2 – Parker Washington
- WR3 – Jakobi Meyers
- TE – Brenton Strange
- LT – Walker Little
- LG – Ezra Cleveland
- C – Robert Hainsey
- RG – Patrick Mekari
- RT – Anton Harrison
Defense:
- LDT – DaVon Hamilton
- RDT – Matt Dickerson
- LDE – Travon Walker
- RDE – Josh Hines-Allen
- SLB – Dennis Gardeck
- WLB – Foyesade Oluokun
- MLB – Devin Lloyd
- LCB – Montaric Brown
- RCB – Greg Newsome II
- SS – Eric Murray
- FS – Andrew Wingard
Special Teams:
- LS – Ross Matiscik
- K – Cam Little
- P, H – Logan Cooke
- KR – Parker Washington
- PR – Parker Washington
A remarkable season for the Jaguars under rookie head coach Liam Coen has them firing on all cylinders at just the right time of the year. Winning eight straight en route to this game, they have been bludgeoning everyone put in front of them, including two playoff teams in the Los Angeles Chargers and the Denver Broncos.
They’ll try to continue that momentum this week behind a surging Lawrence and an opportunistic defense that ranks inside the top-10 on PFSN’s Defense Impact.
Buffalo Bills
Offense:
- QB Josh Allen
- RB James Cook III
- WR Khalil Shakir
- WR Keon Coleman
- TE Dawson Knox
- FB Reggie Gilliam
- LT Dion Dawkins
- LG David Edwards
- C Connor McGovern
- RG O’Cyrus Torrence
- RT Spencer Brown
Defense:
- LDE Greg Rousseau
- RDT Deone Walker
- LDT DaQuan Jones
- RDE Joey Bosa
- SLB Matt Milano
- MLB Joe Andreessen
- WLB Shaq Thompson
- RCB Tre’Davious White
- SS Jordan Poyer
- FS Cole Bishop
- LCB Jordan Poyer
Special teams:
- PK Matt Prater
- P, H Mitch Wishnowsky
- PR Khalil Shakir
- KR Ray Davis
- LS Reid Ferguson
With no Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, or Joe Burrow in the playoff bracket, this is a golden opportunity for Allen to go on a run and finally overcome the AFC hurdle. However, a red-hot Jaguars team isn’t going to be an easy threat to cross.
The biggest advantage, though, for the reigning MVP and the team as a whole is the substantial edge they have when it comes to experience in the postseason, where Allen has suited up in 13 games, compared to just two for Lawrence.
