While there isn’t any assure that the Buffalo Bills will win the Super Bowl this season, there isn’t any cause to take away them from their perch as championship favorites.
Josh Allen & Co. have been now not a staff on the rise coming into this season. They spent cash to usher in Von Miller and assured Stefon Diggs $70 million on a contract extension. This franchise was not going to face pat after final season’s knee-weakening loss to the Kansas City Chiefs within the Divisional Round, permitting their opponent to get inside field-goal vary to tie that sport in lower than 13 seconds.
Quarterback will possible not be a query for the Bills for a few years as they’ve top-of-the-line within the league, and at a discount. They signed Allen to a contract extension in 2021 for much less assured cash than what the Arizona Cardinals gave Kyler Murray this previous offseason.
Allen is trying higher than ever, making spectacular performs each on the bottom and within the air. Green Bay Packers future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers was no match for him on Sunday evening because the Bills received 27-17. Sure, Allen threw two interceptions, however he additionally ran for 49 yards and averaged 8.7 yards per cross try — almost two full yards higher than Rodgers.
It didn’t matter that the Bills didn’t play an ideally clear sport, as a result of they established early that they’re a greater staff than the Packers. The Bills protection made it loud and clear by residing within the Packers’ backfield all evening, making Rodgers’ night in Western New York depressing.
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The Bills’ win against the Packers put them at 6-1 on the season. They would be staring eye-to-eye with the Eagles at the top of the NFL as one of two undefeated teams if not for that humid nightmare of a loss to the Miami Dolphins in Week 3.
Having fended off both the Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens on the road, the Bills shouldn’t have another tough road game until Week 17 against the Cincinnati Bengals — if you watched the New York Jets yesterday there’s no reason to believe next week will be a challenge at MetLife Stadium. Home-field advantage in the AFC will likely belong to the Bills for the first time since the 1991 season.
What will happen come playoff time? At that point the season comes down to a one-game sample size and the Bills might have to see both the Ravens and Chiefs again come January. Those are the only two teams with quarterbacks in Allen’s stratosphere. That’s two more quarterbacks on his level than Allen would have to face if the Bills were in the NFC.
But that’s why the Bills were so active during the offseason. While other good teams were parting ways with their No. 1 wide receivers — like the Chiefs — the Bills re-upped Diggs. Even with that big contract they were still able to add defensive talent like Miller and Daquan Jones to their front seven. Those additions have kept the Bills near the top of the league on that side of the ball even after losing Micah Hyde for the season, and Tre’Davious White still not ready for game action.
For those hesitant to declare the Bills championship favorites to start the season, feel free to let those four Super Bowl losses and the Music City Miracle cloud your judgment if you like, but these Bills appear to have their sights set on Super Bowl Sunday in Glendale, Ariz., and a February parade in downtown Buffalo.