
The Buffalo Bills had more than just football to contend with in the lead-up to their Week 18 game against the New England Patriots. Only six days earlier, starting safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field and was left fighting for his life. The week since was the backdrop to countless prayers, an unprecedented canceled game, on-the-fly rules changes and, most importantly, Hamlin recovering enough to talk to his teammates from his hospital bed.
This all left a slightly insignificant, but valid, question left to be answered. How would the Bills react, at home, following one of the most chaotic weeks in NFL history?