ORCHARD PARK - As if the Buffalo Bills don’t have enough issues while riding a two-game losing streak, now they head to New York to take on a Jets team that just fired its head coach, Robert Saleh.

Why is that a potential problem, you ask?

Coaching changes midstream usually don’t work out too well in that particular season. In the Super Bowl era which dates back to 1966, only one team that changed coaches during a season made the playoffs that year - the 2021 Raiders when Jon Gruden resigned and Rich Bisaccia took over.

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Before that, the last team to change coaches and make the playoffs was the 1961 Houston Oilers in the AFL, so long term, it seems like a bit of a Hail Mary from the panicked Jets.

But there is such a thing as the first game bump, where a team is energized by the coaching change and perhaps performs better than expected in the interim coach’s debut. Going back to 2010, interim coaches are 16-13 in their first game, though in the last two years it’s 2-4.

One of those came last December when the Chargers fired Brandon Staley the week they were playing Buffalo and lost Giff Smith’s debut, though even without star QB Justin Herbert, Los Angeles kept it tight and the Bills barely won 24-22.

That 16-13 record doesn’t look all that impressive, but remember, generally teams that fire coaches during the season are downtrodden and going nowhere. The Jets are a different story because they have an outstanding defense, they have an aging but still Hall of Fame-bound quarterback in Aaron Rodgers, and if they beat the Bills Monday night, they would move into first place in the AFC East.

This coaching change was surprising given all that, and if it sparks the Jets, who like the Bills have dropped their last two games, then it’s the right move interim man Jeff Ulbrich can earn a spot alongside Bisaccia in a rather exclusive club.

“Well, unfortunate part of our business, number one,” Bills coach Sean McDermott said. “Two is, you know, aware of the coaching change, and really for us, we’ve got to focus on our team and the pieces that we can control and that’s really us in our process today.”

Here’s the broadcast and betting information for Bills vs. Jets:

What time is the Bills vs Jets game?

• Date: Monday, Oct. 14

• Time: 8:15 p.m.

• Place: MetLife Stadium

Who is favored to win Bills vs. Jets game

• Betting line: Bills -2.5

• Over-under: 41

• Money line: Bills minus-145 (bet $145 to win $100) and Jets plus-120 (bet $100 to win $120).

Who is announcing the Bills vs. Jets game

• Play-by-play: Joe Buck

• Analyst: Troy Aikman

• Sideline reporter: Lisa Salters

How to watch Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets game on TV, streaming

∎ Cable/Network TV: ESPN. The game will be available on Spectrum channel 24 in Rochester, Syracuse and Albany, channel 25 in Binghamton, channel 29 in Elmira, channel 30 in Buffalo, channel 43 in Utica.

∎ Online streaming services: With your TV subscription you can watch on your phone or tablet on ESPN.com, the ESPN mobile app, and ESPN Deportes. You can also 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.

∎ TV streaming: You can also stream if you have subscriptions to Spectrum, DirecTV, fuboTV, NFL+, Sling, Vidgo, Hulu + Live TV, ESPN+ and YouTube TV.

Watch Bills vs Jets live on Fubo (free trial)

On the radio: How to listen to the Bills vs Jets game

You can listen on SiriusXM satellite radio on channel 225 (Bills feed) and channel 226 (Jets feed), and on traditional radio, the Bills Radio Network has stations all across the state. Chris Brown has the play-by-play, Eric Wood is the analyst, and Sal Capaccio is the sideline reporter. The network includes:

• Rochester (WCMF 96.5 and WROC 950 AM)

• Buffalo (WGR550, 550 AM)

• Syracuse (WTKW 99.5/WTKV 105.5)

• Binghamton (WDRE 100.5FM)

• Ithaca (WIII 99.9/100.3 FM)

• Bath (WVIN 98.3 FM)

• Newark (WACK 1420 AM)

• Dansville (WDNY 93.9 FM)

• Elmira (WNGZ 1490 AM)

• Auburn (WAUB 98.1 FM/1590 AM)

• Geneva (WGVA 95.9 FM, 1240 AM)

Sal Maiorana has covered the Buffalo Bills for four decades including 35 years as the full-time beat writer for the D&C, and he has written numerous books about the history of the team. He can be reached at maiorana@gannett.com, and you can follow him on Twitter @salmaiorana. https://profile.democratandchronicle.com/newsletters/bills-blast

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