The Buffalo Bills will host the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, December 1, 2024 at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York.
How to watch: Fans can watch the game for free through DirecTV Stream or a fuboTV trial. You can also watch through your Sling TV subscription and get your first month half off.
Here’s what you need to know:
Content: NFL Sunday Night Football
Who: Buffalo Bills vs. San Francisco 49ers
When: December 1, 2024 (12/1/24)
Location: Highmark Stadium (Orchard Park, New York)
Time: 8:20 PM ET (7:20 PM CST)
TV: NBC
Free live streams: DirecTV Stream, fuboTV
Here’s a preview from The Associated Press:
San Francisco (5-6) vs. Buffalo (9-2)
Sunday, 8:20pm ET, NBC
BetMGM NFL Odds: Claimed by 7.
Series record: Bills lead 7-6.
Against the spread: 49ers 4-7, Bills 7-4.
Last meeting: On December 7, 2020, the Bills defeated the 49ers 34-24 in Glendale, Arizona.
Last week: Packers beat 49ers 38-10. Goodbye Bills.
49ers Offense: Overall (4), Rushing (7), Passing (4), Points (13).
49ers Defense: Overall (6), Rushing (11), Passing (6), Points (20).
Bills Offense: Overall (13), Rushing (11), Passing (13), Points (3).
Bills Defense: Overall (15), Rushing (13), Passing (14), Points (7).
Turnover differential: 49ers are even. Bills Plus -14.
49ers players to watch
DE Leonard Floyd will return to Buffalo for the first time since leaving the Bills as a free agent and signing with the 49ers in March. Floyd only had three sacks in the first nine games of the season, but he has been playing his best ball of late with 3 1/2 sacks in the past two games. Floyd had 10 1/2 sacks last season, his only year in Buffalo.
Bills players to watch
WR Amari Cooper. A left wrist injury and getting used to the playbook have limited the 30-year-old to seven catches for 124 yards and one touchdown in three games since being acquired in a trade with Cleveland on Oct. 15. . After taking more than a month to build chemistry with Josh Allen, Cooper is finally in a position to reach his full potential.
major matchups
Niners RB Christian McCaffrey vs. Bills run defense. Buffalo showed major signs of improvement a month after allowing 271 yards to Derrick Henry and the Ravens, forcing the Chiefs into a corner by limiting their ground game to 78 yards. McCaffrey and the 49ers’ usually solid run game still hasn’t gotten off the ground, with last season’s Offensive Player of the Year limited to 149 yards rushing and 132 yards receiving. He has yet to score a TD in three games this season.
major injury
San Francisco QB Brock Purdy missed one game with a sore right shoulder but is scheduled to play. …However, the Niners have lost DE Nick Bosa (hip, oblique), LT Trent Williams (ankle), LG Aaron Banks (concussion), DT Jordan Elliott (concussion), and CB Deomodore Lenoir (knee). Five starters were left out. … The Bills ruled out tight end Dalton Kincaid, who will miss his second game with a knee injury. … Rookie WR Keon Coleman (right wrist) is listed as questionable but was still wearing his non-contact jersey at practice Friday. … RT Spencer Brown (ankle) missed one game but was cleared to return. … The Bills have not yet decided whether to activate LB Matt Milano (left bicep tear) and rookie defensive tackle Dwayne Carter (left wrist) from IR.
series notes
The Bills played the Niners in Arizona in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions in California. It was Buffalo’s second visit to Glendale in three weeks, following a 32-30 loss to the Cardinals. … The Bills defeated San Francisco 45-16 in the Niners’ most recent trip to New York’s Orchard Park in 2016 and are now 3-2 at home. …Buffalo has won the last two meetings, and neither team has won three in a row.
Statistics and more
San Francisco has lost two straight and has a losing record late in the season for the first time since 6-10 in 2020. …This will be the fourth time this season that the 49ers will face a team that advanced through a bye. In the previous three games, they had one win and two losses. … San Francisco had just 11 first downs last week, tied for the fewest in eight seasons under coach Kyle Shanahan. … The Niners have scored just three offensive TDs from outside the red zone this season, tied for second-fewest in the NFL. Since McCaffrey returned after ranking fourth with 5.13 yards per carry through the first eight weeks, San Francisco ranks 10th worst in the NFL with 3.85 yards per carry through three games. … The 49ers’ 44 yards rushing last week was the third-fewest under Shanahan. … TE George Kittle made his 509th catch last week, moving him into third place in San Francisco history. … Kittle leads the NFL with eight TD catches in the red zone, tying Vernon Davis (2013) for the most in a season by a Niners player since at least 2000. … The AFC East-leading Bills are the sixth time in team history that Buffalo has won at least nine of their first 11 games, and the first since 1992. Buffalo went 10-2 or better only four times, the last time being in 1991. … The Bills finished the 2022 season with six straight wins for the first time since 7-0. … Buffalo has scored 30 or more points five times in a row this season, a league-high eight times. The last time the Bills scored 30 or more points in six consecutive games was in 2004. …QB Josh Allen has scored five points in the last four games after not throwing an interception in the first seven games. His overall record when committing turnovers is 43 wins and 27 losses. … Allen has rushed for five TDs this season, increasing his total to 58, ranking him second on the team list behind Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas (65). … With two rushing TDs in a 30-21 win over Kansas City two weeks ago, running back James Cook became Buffalo’s first 10-point rush since LeSean McCoy’s 13 points in 2016. He became the first player to do so. … Buffalo’s defense has scored at least one point. Take out every time you go out this season.
fantasy tips
The Bills’ defense/special teams could be sneaky good, and not just if Brandon Allen starts in Purdy’s place. Buffalo’s Brandon Codrington ranks fourth in the NFL with 243 yards returning punts, and the Niners allow 16.4 yards per punt return and already rank 32nd in allowing TDs on kickoff returns, so special teams is This may be a factor.
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