{"id":112287,"date":"2026-01-09T21:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/112287\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T21:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:02:09","slug":"mayor-deegan-makes-friendly-wager-with-buffalo-mayor-ahead-of-jaguars-playoff-game-against-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/112287\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Deegan makes friendly wager with Buffalo mayor ahead of Jaguars playoff game against Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Mayor Donna Deegan made a friendly wager with the Buffalo mayor ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/topic\/Jaguars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/topic\/Jaguars\/\">Jacksonville Jaguars\u2019<\/a> playoff game against the Bills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Deegan and Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan had a phone call to discuss the terms of the wager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">When (not if) the Jaguars win, Ryan will send Deegan a truckload of the city\u2019s famous buffalo wings, and the city will donate money to a Jacksonville food bank. If (and they won\u2019t) the Bills win, Jacksonville would send Mayport Shrimp to Buffalo and donate money to a food bank there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Watch the full phone call below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">She even made an appearance on Good Morning Football on Friday to talk about the wager. She said she was concerned about the Bills fans who are known for jumping through tables at tailgates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI hope I don\u2019t have to get caught up in that,\u201d Deegan said. \u201cI\u2019m guarding my tables here in Jacksonville.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">On Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/08\/city-to-host-playoffs-in-the-park-fan-event-on-saturday-ahead-of-wild-card-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/08\/city-to-host-playoffs-in-the-park-fan-event-on-saturday-ahead-of-wild-card-game\/\">the city is hosting the \u201cPlayoffs in the Park\u201d fan event at Riverfront Plaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The free, family-friendly event will feature an appearance by THE ROAR, lawn games, live music, face painting, a cornhole tournament and food trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Mayor Donna Deegan made a friendly wager with the Buffalo mayor ahead of the Jacksonville&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,121,117,1630,110],"class_list":{"0":"post-112287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-jacksonville","9":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","10":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","11":"tag-jacksonville-news","12":"tag-jaguars","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}