Week 2 closes with Detroit at Buffalo on Thursday Night Football - 8:15 PM ET at Highmark Stadium. Two of the league's loudest fan bases, one national window, and a Bills crowd that has been waiting since January for a night like this.
Why this one matters
Buffalo opened the season with a Monday night win in Kansas City, and Detroit arrives as one of the NFC's most physical teams. Thursday games are short-week games: less preparation, more chaos, and the crowd matters more than usual. In Orchard Park, the crowd always matters.
The Highmark Stadium experience
It is a 1970s-era bowl with no roof, a wind that comes off the lake and a student section that never sits down. The stadium is famous for its decibel level and for the tailgate lots, where tables get broken and charity drives get funded in the same afternoon. If you have never been, the television broadcast will show you maybe half of it.
What to wear
A Thursday night in September means a jersey over a hoodie. Buffalo's stitched jerseys are double-knit and cut to the same fit the players wear, so they layer properly without looking like a costume.
- Josh Allen #17 jerseys - the quarterback this era is built around
- Thurman Thomas #34 jerseys - the last Bills back to win MVP
- Jim Kelly #12 jerseys - four straight Super Bowls
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