• The Bills’ wild-card game was pushed back from Sunday to Monday due to snow 
  • The Chiefs are well rested after Saturday night’s victory against Miami at home 
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Bills head coach Sean McDermott has insisted that a plan is in place for his players to still practice ahead of their AFC Divisional showdown against the Chiefs, despite two feet of snow predicted to hit the Buffalo region prior to Sunday’s playoff game. 

The seventh-season Bills head coach said the team, for now, is still scheduled to practice on Wednesday and Thursday, while monitoring local forecasts projecting a lake-effect storm in the next few days. 

This past weekend, the Bills had to push back their Wild-Card round game against the Steelers at home due to similar meteorological reasons. 

‘We’ve got a plan in place to make sure we’re getting the players in at the right time, as well as the staff, and trying to be on top of that from a scheduling standpoint,’ McDermott said on Tuesday.

‘So we’ll handle it. Confident in that. And them best thing we can do right now is just have great communication around it for right now.’ 

Sean McDermott says the best the Bills can do for now is to have 'great communication' around weather issues in Buffalo before Sunday's AFC Divisional clash against the Kansas City Chiefs

Sean McDermott says the best the Bills can do for now is to have ‘great communication’ around weather issues in Buffalo before Sunday’s AFC Divisional clash against the Kansas City Chiefs

Highmark Stadium was covered with snow falling at a rate of two inches per hour before last weekend's wildcard matchup between the Bills and Steelers

Highmark Stadium was covered with snow falling at a rate of two inches per hour before last weekend’s wildcard matchup between the Bills and Steelers

Bills-Steelers was supposed to be played Sunday but was pushed back to Monday due to snow

Bills-Steelers was supposed to be played Sunday but was pushed back to Monday due to snow

The forecast in Buffalo predicts lots of snow showers until Sunday's game, potentially limiting the Bills in practice for most of this week

The forecast in Buffalo predicts lots of snow showers until Sunday’s game, potentially limiting the Bills in practice for most of this week 

A travel advisory is currently in place for Erie County and county executive Mark Poloncarz is encouraging employers to allow individuals to work from home through the rest of the week. It’s too early to determine whether officials would impose a travel ban, which would potentially prevent Bills players from driving to their facility.

It would mark the second time in less than a week that the region has been hit, after a lake-effect storm dumped between 1 and 3 feet of snow over the weekend, with much of it concentrated on the Bills home in Orchard Park, New York. 

The two-day storm last weekend led to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the NFL citing public reasons to delay Bills-Steelers from Sunday at 1 p.m. to Monday at 4.30 p.m. 

As a result, the Bills are already facing a short week of practice, while the Chiefs are rested after a 26-7 win over Miami on Saturday night. 

Fans take their seats in the snow before the game between the Bills and Steelers on Monday

Fans take their seats in the snow before the game between the Bills and Steelers on Monday

Despite extreme weather circumstances, the Bills came out on top against Pittsburgh, 31-17

Despite extreme weather circumstances, the Bills came out on top against Pittsburgh, 31-17

The Bills are also dealing with a rash of injuries, with at least nine players’ status uncertain. 

‘There’s nothing we can do about it other than getting ourselves ready to go,’ McDermott said. ‘Our team has fought all season long. We’re not going to stop fighting now. Our team’s been resilient, and our players have done a phenomenal job of stepping up when someone has gone down,’ he added. 

‘We’ve got to make sure that we are putting al the time that we need to put it into, whether it be, treatment opportunities right now, maximizing those opportunities to get ourselves as healthy as we possibly can for game time on Sunday.’ 

The Bills released RB Leonard Fournette from their practice squad on Tuesday. 

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