BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen will not be playing in the Pro Bowl games this year. He will be replaced by Ravens second-stringer Tyler Huntley, per the Ravens, who said Allen will be missing due to injury. Allen injured his elbow earlier this season. Instead, Allen will be taking part in the 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am golf tournament as part of the celebrity lineup. He also played in last year's event, alongside PGA golfer Keith Mitchell, finishing -15 after three rounds. Allen also took part in The Match last year, an annual golf challenge that started in ..read more

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB/AP) – Bills quarterback Josh Allen was named a finalist for the The Associated Press 2022 NFL Most Valuable Player Award. Allen was one of five finalists, alongside Eagles QB Jalen Hurts, Vikings WR Justin Jefferson, Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes, and Bengals QB Joe Burrow. Hurts, Jefferson and Mahomes were also named finalists for the Offensive Player of the Year award. The winners will be announced at NFL Honors on Feb. 9. A nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league completed voting before the start of the playoffs. Western New York native Brian Dab ..read more

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Josh Allen said Tuesday that recent conspiracy theories related to Damar Hamlin using a body double at the Bills Divisional Round playoff game are "stupid," and said Hamlin was in the locker room before and after the game. The comments came while Allen was a guest on NFL Network host Kyle Brandt's podcast, "Kyle Brandt's Basement." Brandt cited several mainstream media outlets, as well as pundits with large followings, as running stories and pushing the conspiracy theories "into the tin foil hat territory." "That's stupid," Allen responded. Brandt explained that the bo ..read more

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Ken Dorsey coordinated a Bills offense that ranked second in the NFL in scoring and total yards in his first season on the job. But after managing only 10 points in Sunday's divisional playoff loss to the Bengals, Dorsey drew fire from dissatisfied Bills fans and analysts. General manager Brandon Beane was more reasoned in his description of Dorsey's first-year performance during Thursday's debriefing with reporters. "Like any time you go through something the first year, I'm sure he felt at times like he was drinking out of a fire hose," Beane said. Beane praised Dors ..read more

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Following the Bills' 27-10 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Divisional round on Sunday, the message from head coach Sean McDermott is clear: the team has to do more evaluating to get to the next step. "I'm a big believer in you are who you are in the last game of the season in terms of what you saw on the field and that's what you have to address," McDermott said in his final press conference of the season on Monday. "Obviously we weren't good enough yesterday and we need to address those areas." Part of that comes in the coaching staff and coordinators Ken ..read more

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Bills quarterback Josh Allen does not expect to need surgery to heal the elbow injury that he dealt with during the second half of the season. "We don't think [an] operation is necessary at this time. Obviously rest and recovery is going to be really good for it," Allen told reporters Monday after cleaning out his locker following the Bills' season-ending loss to the Bengals in the AFC divisional playoffs. Josh Allen says he doesn't think he needs surgery on his elbow but that injury did alter his mechanics and it wasn't until two weeks ago he felt back to normal with ..read more

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who is just under three weeks removed from his on-field cardiac arrest, reportedly spoke to the team in the locker room prior to Sunday's Bills-Bengals playoff game, according to CBS' Tracy Wolfson. Video from WROC's AJ Feldman showed a person donning a jacket from Hamlin's Chasing M's Foundation being driven by security to the Bills locker room and hurried inside. The team later confirmed that it was Hamlin. The #Bills hurriedly escorted a person to the Bills locker room about 20 minutes ago.#BillsMafia @News_8 pic.twitter.com/hBAdtE7v ..read more

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) — The second Bills playoff gameday is here and the Buffalo Kickoff Live crew is ready to get you ready with another playoff edition of the show. You can watch on WIVB starting at 11 a.m., with the show running until 2 p.m. You can watch on this page starting at 1:30 p.m. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. on WIVB. Who is on Buffalo Kickoff Live? News 4’s Josh Reed and Heather Prusak anchor our coverage, along with Thad Brown from our sister station in Rochester, WROC. They’re joined by Sal Capaccio from WGR 550, Tim Graham from The Athletic and Matt Parrino from Syracuse.com ..read more

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Remarkable as Damar Hamlin’s recovery has been, the Buffalo Bills safety still faces a lengthy rehabilitation some three weeks after going into cardiac arrest and needing to be resuscitated on the field during a game in Cincinnati, his marketing representative told The Associated Press on Thursday night. “Damar still requires oxygen and is having his heart monitored regularly to ensure there are no setbacks or after effects,” Jordon Rooney said. “Though he is able to visit the team’s facility, Damar is not in position to travel often, and requires additional rest to h ..read more

(Correction: This story originally named an opponent for the Bills in London. It has been updated to just say that both the Bills and Titans will be playing there. News 4 regrets the error.) LONDON (WIVB) -- The Buffalo Bills will be taking a trip across the pond once again, as they've been announced as one of five NFL teams playing in Europe next season. The Bills and the Tenessee Titans are set to play at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, which was described by the NFL Thursday morning as "the only purpose-built NFL stadium outside of the US." Two games will be played there, they say. Sun ..read more