The Buffalo Bills and Los Angeles Rams get the Monday night spotlight at SoFi Stadium in Week 5, a matchup that brings together two Super Bowl-hopeful teams and the NFL’s two most recent MVP quarterbacks: Matthew Stafford, the 2025 winner, and Josh Allen, the 2024 winner.
This one already has the feel of a game people circle because of what these teams have done against each other lately. Allen is 2-1 against the Rams in his NFL career, and the last meeting, in 2024, turned into a 44-42 Rams win that snapped Buffalo’s seven-game winning streak.
Allen put on a show anyway, becoming the first player in NFL history to throw for three touchdowns and rush for three scores in the same game. He finished with 342 passing yards and 82 rushing yards, while Allen and Stafford combined for 662 yards through the air.
Now the question is simple: can Allen and the Bills move to 3-1 all-time against Los Angeles, or will Stafford and the Rams make it 2-2?
For fans looking to follow along, the game is set for primetime from SoFi Stadium and will be televised on ESPN. Joe Buck will handle play-by-play, Troy Aikman will provide color analysis, and Lisa Salters and Laura Rutledge will report from the sideline.
ESPN 2 will also carry the game. Streaming options include in-market viewing with Fubo, WatchESPN, and NFL+ for Bills games.
In Canada, the game will air on TSN, CTV2 Network, and RDS2, with streaming available through DAZN, which carries every Bills game. Canadian fans can also gather at Real Sports Restaurant in Toronto, located at 15 York St, Toronto, ON M5J 2Z2, Canada.
Radio coverage will be available through the Buffalo Bills Radio Network with Chris Brown on play-by-play, Eric Wood as analyst, and Sal Capaccio as sideline reporter. The network’s stations include WGRF 96.9 FM in Buffalo, WAIO 95.1 FM in Rochester, WSKO 1260 AM in Syracuse, WOFX 92.5 FM in Albany, and WEPN 1050 AM in New York, among many others across New York, Pennsylvania, additional national outlets, and Canadian stations in Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto. The game will also be available on SiriusXM Satellite Radio.
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