FOXBORO -- Matthew Slater has played in Buffalo once a year, at least, for 15 years. He's seen good Bills teams and bad. He's been to Super Bowls. He's played in front of empty stadiums during a pandemic, and was there when fans returned. He's seen just about everything there is to see when it comes to a game-day atmosphere.
But Slater said on Thursday that what he and his teammates are expecting to see in Buffalo this weekend will be different when the Bills take the field for the first time since Damar Hamlin collapsed on Monday Night Football.