Katherine Fitzgerald

At 7-2, the Bills are in command in the AFC East but Mark Gaughan and Katherine Fitzgerald want to analyze where the team ranks in the conference after all of the top teams made trade deadline moves.

At 7-2, the Bills are in command in the AFC East but Mark Gaughan and Katherine Fitzgerald want to analyze where the team ranks in the conference after all of the top teams made trade deadline moves.

At 7-2, the Bills are in command in the AFC East but Mark Gaughan and Katherine Fitzgerald want to analyze where the team ranks in the conference after all of the top teams made trade deadline moves.

At 7-2, the Bills are in command in the AFC East but Mark Gaughan and Katherine Fitzgerald want to analyze where the team ranks in the conference after all of the top teams made trade deadline moves.

With wide receivers Amari Cooper and Keon Coleman sidelined because of respective wrist injuries, the Bills once again needed multiple players to step up, and they made it work.

The Bills will be without rookie wide receiver Keon Coleman against the Kansas City Chiefs this Sunday. Bills coach Sean McDermott announced the news Monday. Coleman is dealing with a right wrist injury he suffered in the Bills' 30-27 win against the Miami Dolphins on Nov. 3.

With Kansas City undefeated at 9-0 and the Bills boasting an 8-2 record, middle linebacker Terrel Bernard will play in the latest tilt of this star-studded rivalry. It’s not his first time facing the Chiefs, but any opportunity to go against the vaunted Kansas City offense is valuable to Bernard.

The Bills bookended the game with interceptions of Kansas City in Buffalo’s 30-21 win Sunday in Orchard Park. The statement takeaways were a testament to a defense that made plays all game.

The Bills bookended the game with interceptions of Kansas City in Buffalo's 30-21 win Sunday in Orchard Park. The statement takeaways were a testament to a defense that made plays all game as they contained Kansas City's offense and handed the Chiefs their first loss of the season.

"I think until McDermott can get the Bills over the hump and get them to the Super Bowl, he’s going to fall short of Coach of the Year honors – whether or not that is fair," Katherine Fitzgerald writes in this week's Bills Mailbag.