It was peak off-season absurdity, and somehow, peak Bills. As the league rolled out its 2025 schedule promos, the Buffalo Bills took the crown for the most unexpected twist. A mix-up between two AIs turned Josh Allen’s practical suggestion into comedic gold. Mid-practice and short on time, Allen shot off a quick reply to Brandon Beane’s question about the schedule release.

“Just use AI. AI. That’s what everybody’s doing.” – Josh Allen, probably regretting his choice of acronyms. It all started with a text. Bills GM Brandon Beane, ever the dutiful architect, hit up his franchise QB about the 2025 schedule release video. Allen, mid-practice, fired back with a casual, “Just use AI.” Simple, right?

Beane, a man who still prints his fantasy football lineups, took it literally—and picked up the phone to call the other AI: Hall of Fame point guard Allen Iverson. Iverson, baffled but game, showed up. The result? A glorious mash-up. Iverson, clearly still wondering what planet he’d landed on, blinked into the camera and read his cue card with the enthusiasm of a man who hadn’t seen snow since his Georgetown days: “I don’t know what I’m doing. Why am I here?”

When Beane handed him the script—“We do want you to reveal the Buffalo Bills twenty twenty-five schedule”—the NBA legend shrugged, “MVP Josh Allen? That’s something for me to brag about.” The 30-second clip rocketed across social media, blending NBA nostalgia with NFL quirk in a way only Buffalo could pull off. But once the laughter faded, the real headline loomed: Bills vs. Ravens. Week 1. Sunday Night Football.

The punchline? Beane’s earnest clarification: “You’re the only AI I know, dude.” And just like that, Bills Mafia got a viral video featuring Iverson deadpanning, “Go, Josh Allen,” while the real Allen facepalmed somewhere in Orchard Park.

When AI meets SNF: A rivalry rekindled

If this were a rom-com, Week 1’s Bills–Ravens showdown would be the meet-cute turned thunderdome. Two MVPs—Allen (101.4 passer rating in ‘24) and Lamar Jackson—clashing under the Sunday Night Football lights. It’s Rocky IV meets The Last Dance, minus the Soviet training montages.

Allen, fresh off a historic triple-TD game (passing, rushing, and receiving) in a snow-globe December duel, carries a résumé that reads like a Madden glitch: 26,434 career passing yards, 65 rushing TDs (tying Thurman Thomas), and a $330M contract extension. His accomplishments remind us why no amount of punchlines can overshadow his on-field prowess. Through 111 games, he’s carved up 195 TDs vs. 84 INTs, a 63.3 CMP%, a 93.4 Rate, plus 4,142 RYds and 65 RTDs.

In 2024 alone he piled up 3,731 Yds, 28 TDs, just 6 INTs, and a 101.4 Rate—numbers that landed him NFL MVP honors. He’s tied the single-season QB RTD mark at 15 and blitzed into history as the first signal-caller with a passing, rushing, and receiving TD in one tilt. This isn’t a scrimmage—it’s legacy building.

But Buffalo’s heartbeat isn’t just stats—it’s grit. The Ravens may lead the regular-season series 7–6, but the Bills own the playoffs, including that 2021 AFC Divisional Round win where Allen out-dueled Jackson in a 17–3 chess match. Last season’s 35–10 Ravens rout? A blip. On January 19, 2025, at Highmark Stadium, the Bills edged the Ravens 27–25 in an AFC Divisional Round thriller that felt straight out of an edge-of-your-seat drama.

The first half was a back-and-forth grind—each team punched in TDs on their opener before Taylor Rapp snagged a pick off Lamar Jackson, setting up Josh Allen’s first rushing score, and a strip-sack by Von Miller led to another Allen rumble, giving Buffalo a 21–10 lead at the half. Baltimore clawed back in the third quarter via a field goal and Derrick Henry’s (shoutout to that new contract!) 5-yd plunge (the 2-pt try failed). But Tyler Bass kicked two more FGs to make it 27–19. Jackson then hooked up with Isaiah Likely on a 24-yd TD, only for Mark Andrews to drop the crucial two-point pass—“gut-wrenching.”

Buffalo’s D then swarmed, recovering the onside and draining the clock. Allen went 16/22 for 127 yds and two rush TDs; Jackson finished with 254 yds, two TDs and two turnovers. Despite being outgained 416–273, the Bills’ zero TOs vs. Baltimore’s three made all the difference, and a postgame hug between Allen and Jackson reminded everyone that even in the fiercest rivalries, respect never takes a back seat.

Buffalo’s culture thrives on redemption, like Allen’s Superman dive through snowdrifts or his 26-yard TD rumble vs. Kansas City that left Patrick Mahomes nodding. As Highmark Stadium preps its farewell tour, the Bills’ reloaded roster—featuring James Cook (16 TDs in ‘24) and Joey Bosa anchoring the D—isn’t here for nostalgia. They’re here to script poetry. And if Allen’s “AI” mix-up taught us anything? Sometimes the best plays come from audibles. Even the accidental ones.

“Go, Josh Allen.” Indeed.