ORCHARD PARK - Just like any coach in any sport, Joe Brady wants his Buffalo Bills to win Saturday afternoon’s preseason opener against the Carolina Panthers. Of course he does, because winning is always better than losing, especially when it's your first game as an NFL head coach.
\n“We're competitive in everything we do, right?” Brady said Thursday.
\nSo yeah, ideally, the Bills play great in all three phases and they bounce the Panthers right out of shiny new Highmark Stadium and avoid the fate that befell the Bills 53 years ago, the last time they inaugurated a new venue when they got drummed out of Rich Stadium by the Washington Redskins.
\nHowever, while winning would be a nice bonus, this game and the other two exhibitions the Bills will play are more about roster evaluation and making sure Brady and his coaches gather as much information about their players as possible so that they bring the right group of 53 into Week 1 of the regular season at Houston.
\n \n“I don't want the guys to think this game matters,” Brady said. “Like it matters to me, it matters to our guys; a lot of the guys, this is their life. But there's also a component of, I just want to be able to see. We're not game planning. I just want to be able to see guys play technique and be able go out there and execute and do their job.”
\nHere’s the broadcast and betting information:
\nWhat time does the Buffalo Bills vs Carolina Panthers game start?
\nThe Buffalo Bills and Carolina Panthers will play at 1 p.m. Saturday at Highmark Stadium.
\nWhat channel is Buffalo Bills vs Carolina Panthers game today?
\nCable/Network TV: CBS.
\nLivestream: Fubo (free trial)
\nThe game will be available locally via the following stations: WROC channel 8 (Rochester area), WIVB channel 4 (Buffalo area). Check your listings outside those areas.
\nHow can you stream Buffalo Bills vs Carolina Panthers game?
\n∎ Online streaming services: You can watch games on NFL.com and the NFL mobile app, and you can subscribe to NFL+, the league’s own streaming service, though you can’t cast the games to your TV - you must watch on your phone or tablet.
\n∎ TV streaming: Streaming options for the game include Paramount+, CBS's subscription streaming service, and FUBO, which offers a free trial to new subscribers.
\nBills vs. Panthers odds
\nOdds courtesy of BetMGM as of Friday, Aug. 14
\n∎ Betting line: Bills -2.5
\n∎ Over-under: 38.5
\n∎ Money line: Bills minus-155 (bet $155 to win $100) and Panthers plus-130 (bet $100 to win $130).
\nWho is announcing the Bills vs. Panthers game
\n∎ Play-by-play: Andrew Catalon
\n∎ Analyst: Steve Tasker
\n∎ Sideline reporter: Maddy Glab
\nOn the radio: How to listen to the Bills vs Panthers game
\nYou can listen on SiriusXM satellite radio on channel 225 (Bills feed) and channel 380 (Panthers feed), and on traditional radio on the Bills Radio Network. Chris Brown has the play-by-play, Eric Wood is the analyst, and Steve Tasker is the sideline reporter. The network includes:
\n- Rochester (WAIO 95.1 FM);
- Buffalo (WGRF 96.9 FM);
- Syracuse (WSKO 1260 AM);
- Albany (WOFX 92.5 FM);
- Utica (WKLL 94.9 FM);
- Dunkirk (WDOE 1410 AM);
- Hornell (WKPQ 105.3 FM);
- Elmira (WMTT 94.7 FM);
- Jamestown (WWSE 93.3 FM);
- Olean (WPIG 95.7 FM);
- Ogdensburg (WQTK 92.7 FM);
- Watertown (WOTT 94.1 FM);
- Bradford, Pa. (WBRR 100.1 FM);
- Cortland/Ithaca (WIII 99.9 FM);
- Auburn (WAUB 1590 AM);
- Geneva (WGVA 1240 AM);
- Binghamton (WENE 1430 AM);
- Newark (WACK 1420 AM);
- Cobleskill/Schoharie (WSDE 1190 AM);
- Williamsport, PA (WRAK 1400 AM);
- Erie, Pa. (WRKT 104.9 FM);
- New York City (WEPN 1050 AM);
- West Palm Beach, Fla. (WESP 106.3 FM);
- Montreal, Canada (CKGM 690 AM);
- Ottawa, Canada (CFGO 1200 AM);
- Toronto, Canada (CHUM 1050 AM).
Sal Maiorana has covered the Buffalo Bills for four decades including 37 years as the full-time beat writer for the D&C. He has written numerous books about the history of the team, and he is also co-host of the BLEAV in Bills podcast/YouTube show. He can be reached at maiorana@gannett.com, and you can follow him on X @salmaiorana and on Bluesky @salmaiorana.bsky.social.
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