DETROIT — Buffalo coach Doug Marrone outlined some of the obstacles his team was facing while trying to prepare for its next game, which was moved to Detroit because of all the snow in western New York.

The Bills are missing out on a home game and had to travel to Michigan just to practice, but there is one factor that might make all this a bit easier: They’re facing the New York Jets — a division rival they were already plenty familiar with.

“Yeah, I’m not going to lie,” Marrone said. “Obviously, that helps a little bit.”

The Bills are still at a disadvantage heading into Monday night’s game, having missed valuable practice time before finally arriving in the Detroit area Friday. But Buffalo and the Jets have already faced each other this year, and not too long ago at that. The Bills beat New York 43-23 on Oct. 26.

So Buffalo (5-5) has a sense of what to expect — more so than if this were a game against a team from a different conference, for example. The Bills are also familiar with Ford Field, where they beat the Detroit Lions in early October.

“It helps us that we’ve been here before,” Marrone said. “We’ve played here, we know what shoes to wear, what the surface is like, what the sidelines are like. So, that familiarity obviously helps.”

The season’s first Bills-Jets game was noteworthy because that was when Michael Vick took over at quarterback for New York. After Geno Smith threw interceptions on three consecutive possessions, Vick helped the Jets rally before his outing was undone by an interception and two lost fumbles.

Vick is now New York’s starter. Jets coach Rex Ryan says there are “a zillion ways” his team has improved since the first meeting with the Bills.

“Almost every way,” he said. “We do a better job of communicating in the back end, much better in the red zone and it starts with communication down there.”