| Projected Record | 12-5, Super Bowl Champs |
| Weighted DVOA Offense* (2024) | 3rd |
| Weighted DVOA Defense (2024) | 2nd |
| Early Down Yards (2024) | 1st Down – 5 (tied-15th), 2nd Down – 5.7 (tied-3rd) |
| Explosive Play Rate* (2024) | Offense – 7th (Run 12th, Pass 3rd), Defense – 4th (Run 15th, Pass 1st) |
| Red Zone TD Rate | 69.62% (2nd) |
| Turnover Differential | +24 (1st) (Best since 2012, my GOD) |
| Key Additions | Darrynton Evans RB, Josh Palmer WR, Elijah Moore WR, Larry Ogunjobi IDL, Jordan Phillips IDL, Michael Hoecht EDGE, Joey Bosa EDGE, Shaq Thompson LB, Tre White CB, Dane Jackson CB, Cameron Johnston P, Matt Prater K |
| Key Departures | Mack Hollins WR, Amari Cooper WR, Will Clapp IOL, Austin Johnson IDL, Quinton Jefferson IDL, Von Miller EDGE, Dawuane Smoot EDGE, Rasul Douglas CB, Kaiir Elam CB, Sam Martin P, Brad Robbins P |
| Rookies to Watch | Jackson Hawes TE, T.J. Sanders IDL, Landon Jackson EDGE, Maxwell Hairston CB |
Players on IR: Tylan Grable OT, DeWayne Carter IDL, Maxwell Hairston CB, Wande Owens S, Tyler Bass K
Quarterback
The NFL is going retro. After a few years of debating the best QB in the league (the torch passing from Tom Brady to Patrick Mahomes happened somewhere between 2018 and 2020) and subsequent domination of the narrative by one or two guys with a gigantic middle class, the league has gone back to the days where 4 guys stand head and shoulders above the rest. Think back to 2010: 15 years ago, there was Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees and then a bunch of the Really Good (Phillip Rivers, Tony Romo, Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Ryan, etc.) The NFL now has found the same. The top of the middle class is very good (teams would kill for Matt Stafford, Jayden Daniels, Baker Mayfield, Justin Herbert, and Jalen Hurts), but there are just four who are the best of the best: Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson…and Josh Allen. Allen, fresh off his first MVP award, has never been better. He neared his career high in yards per attempt, kept his INTs to a career low, and set career lows in sacks and fumbles lost. The Josh Allen who was either transcendent or stupid as hell is now simply transcendent. In the playoffs, he may not have had his 9 TD, 149 QB rating of 2021, but he still threw 4 TDs with no INTs and got 109.5. Allen actually has 25 postseason TDs to 4 postseason INTs in his career: he is at his best when the lights are the brightest. Additionally, Allen is finally back to his deep passing ways, putting more than 15% of his targets past 20 yards for the first time since 2018. Unlike the old rookie days of 2018, he was EXCELLENT, with 28 big time throws to 3 turnover worthy plays. The amount of big time throws topped the league, while the turnover worthy percentage was good for 5th (both Tua and Michael Penix did not put the ball in harm’s way once). Allen was kept quite clean, under pressure on just the 26th highest percentage of 43 qualifiers, but his 11.1% big time throw rate on such plays was totally insane. He was 2nd in average depth of target when pressured, just sending that ball over the defense’s head when they dared to get some pressure. When not under pressure, Allen was confidently dealing, with a 72% completion percentage and a 2.36 second time to throw that put him near the top 10 in quickest release. Oh, and Allen was the top graded PFF runner from the QB position, with 12 TDs (second in the league) and 531 yards (5th). He forced 20 missed tackles, tying with Hurts for 5th, and did the bulk of his damage just running around. There’s nothing the speedy tank of a man can’t do.
So why hasn’t Allen made it through the Chiefs to the AFC Championship? The answer is hard to quantify. First, there was the 2020 AFC Championship in which Allen couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn. Famously, the 2021 season in which Allen had his best playoff run was lost because the Bills let the Chiefs get a FG in 13 seconds of regulation and then Mahomes won a coin toss and Allen did not see the field again. 2022 was a snow debacle in which the Bills demonstrated a remarkable lack of toughness against the Bengals. In 2023, the Bills finally got the Chiefs at home, but tight butt came into play with a missed kick and poor game management. Last year, Allen probably had his best game against the Chiefs since 2021, with 2 TDs and a 104.7 passer rating. It wasn’t enough, as a final well-called blitz forced Allen into a desperation heave just a bit outside of range for a tying FG. It always seems to be circumstance, the same kind of cosmic joke that sent the Bills kick wide right all of those years ago. Allen and the Bills play better games each time and yet they cannot climb the mountain. If you told me the team that went 2 for 3 on 4th downs (opponent didn’t try one), 7/14 on 3rd (other team was 1 for 5), didn’t commit a turnover (other team had 1), ran for 186 yards as a team, and won the time of possession battle 37:03-22:57, but lost the game, I’d struggle to believe you, but that’s how 2024 ended. The Bills just can’t seem to do it. It seems to be anyone but Allen’s fault: McDermott’s defense allowed 33.2 points in those playoff losses according to Warren Sharp, and the team struggled to produce turnovers. What more can Josh Allen do to get the rest of the team to meet his Herculean standard? Allen gets one more year with his OC Joe Brady, who finally ironed out the quick game and paired it with an effective run game to keep his QB fresh for the playoffs and in rhythm all year. Allen, in essence, is in pen on the list of 4 QBs that cannot be consistently stopped, other than by one of the other 3. With no consistent way to beat Allen, the hope is to simply overwhelm the rest of the team. Josh Allen is immovable. Here’s some quick 2025 stats for fun: 542 passing yards, 176 rushing, 5 total TDs, 2 sacks (just 6 yards lost), 7.6 yards per attempt, and completions to 9 receivers in the young season. He’s back, and both winning big games in the clutch and crushing bad teams.
Coaching
If Josh Allen is one of the perfect QBs, then all eyes turn to a coaching staff that simply has not done enough to turn the corner. Sean McDermott, a defensive-minded taskmaster, has had problems now for years that go beyond one weirdly-specific Al-Qaeda speech. It started in 2022 with the departure of longtime collaborator Leslie Frazier. I wrote this in my unpublished 2024 previews: “After the 2022 Bengals debacle, Leslie Frazier and Sean McDermott ended their long tenure together, with precious little clarity as to whether this was mutual or a firing. Last year, after the Bills dropped a hilariously bad game to the Broncos because they erred on substituting against a sprint-to-the-field FG, McDermott canned coordinator Ken Dorsey. The coaching staff is not the only source of malcontents waiting to fall on the sword: the team let go of Stefon Diggs, the entirety of their interior defensive line rotation, and virtually their entire secondary this offseason. In each of these departures, the Bills have had (and will have) to find a way toward reinvention.” Ironically, even with another Chiefs loss, the Bills answered many of those questions in 2024. The Bills led the league in rushing TDs with 32 on a 4.5 yards per carry clip and, despite PFF not loving their run blocking, they had the 3rd best PFF grade when running the football. Allen was, as mentioned, efficient and excellent. Suddenly, Ken Dorsey looks like a pair of golden handcuffs compared to Joe Brady’s capable stewardship of the offense. The defense didn’t look better than average in advanced or traditional metrics, but they snatched the ball from opposing teams at a ridiculous rate, stayed tough in tight games, and surrendered the league’s best rate of explosive passes. It all says discipline and, given the fragile mindset of the team in 2022, it’s a remarkable rebuild. The Bills are my pick for the Super Bowl this year because Josh Allen is playing football at a level where he can shoulder the team, and the team is now good enough and disciplined enough to perform their small roles.
Yes, questions remain: the Bills had a +24 turnover differentials, and that level of INTs and fumbles simply cannot be sustained (though they’re starting the year +2). Further defensive turnover at corner, and no answers at WR that are yet proven, lead to justifiable questions. Through some dark magic, the Bills have also not had an OL injury of substance for years. The coaches dealt with shockingly little adversity last year, but their scheme and system seems built to endure more than they had. First, Joe Brady has finally found the QB for his LSU-style system geared to get the best out of every player. Brady, as I’ve noted in past previews, rose to prominence with one of the greatest offensive showings in NCAA history. His team launched superstars: Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase, Lloyd Cushenberry, and Justin Jefferson. It also launched guys who seemed like surefire superstars that weren’t: Clyde Edwards-Hellaire, Terrace Marshall Jr., Damien Lewis, Ed Ingram, and Adrian Magee. Brady’s plan was a point-guard style offense where ball-sharing was highly emphasized. Both Jefferson and Chase went for 1500 each, but the offense still allowed for Edwards-Helaire to get nearly 1900 total yards, Marshall to get 671, Randy Moss’s kid to pick up 570, and three more skill positions catch for more than 100 yards. Burrow himself finished with 5671 yards, and ran for another 368 to account for 6000 yards. In COLLEGE!!! With 2 games less than a National Championship team would have today! Brady then flamed out in Carolina as OC, and stuck as Allen’s QB coach after his main man Mike Kafka went to NYC. Last year, his “Everybody Eats” philosophy from OTAs came to fruition, as the team rushed for a league high in TDs, but also threw TDs to 13 players, tying an NFL record. The Bills now have to revamp their approach: Cooper and Hollins have moved on, and the Bills signed Josh Palmer and Elijah Moore to replace them. The core players are all still here: just one of the projected starters for the Bills wasn’t in the building last year, and that’s Palmer. And thus there’s not much to say: the Bills will keep trotting out sets that utilize the TEs, they’ll stay downhill and physical, they’ll eschew play action to let Allen connect the dots on his own. They’ll run when it’s smart: they ran into the fewest 8 man boxes of any team last year, and gained 5 yards even when they did. FTN Sports Almanac also notes that the 2024 Bills were the first team in league history to score more than 30 rushing AND passing TDs. Balance. There will be balance.
The defense, Sean McDermott’s own unit, is what needs a bit more schematic attention. First, a note: every Bills stat that looks favorable has to come with a caveat that a +24 turnover differential is absolutely insane and impossible to replicate. The Bills had so many good bounces (along with great plays!) that it was fucking Looney Tunes out there some Sundays. Ultimately, FTN concluded that, without turnovers, the Bills defense would have ranked 15th in DVOA, basically average. In some ways, average is kind of the goal! The Bills run a scheme that heavily relies on two safeties who can do it all and make sure they limit explosive plays. They are the thinkers out there: McDermott will put out the same vanilla look of a Madden game, and then suddenly the safeties will rotate a coverage, communicate a change, and generally adjust not to get turnovers, but to ensure that nothing breaks big. The corners are allowed to backpedal and attack rather than being forced to mirror routes. The front 7 has one job: be quick from sideline to sideline and simply lean on dudes. The end of last year created some worries that McDermott couldn’t adjust to the best offensive minds: McVay’s Rams scored 44, Campbell/Johnson’s Lions got 42, and Reid’s Chiefs did it when it counted in the AFC Championship. The Bills are taking the somewhat desperate and annoying path to addressing this: they added people indiscriminately. Tre White is back, Joey Bosa signed a relatively big deal, Michael Hoecht is in from the Rams despite having a versatile skillset that doesn’t totally mesh with the normal Bills style (he’s serving a PED suspension with Larry Ogunjobi), and they spent 5 straight draft picks on defense. How many of these folks will matter? Hoecht and Bosa are an attempt to set a quality rotation on the DL, where rookies T.J. Sanders, Landon Jackson, and Deone Walker will also attempt to plug in. Are the Bills allowing for time to develop in their championship desperation? Is Tre White, long since cooked by knee injuries but a former team star, a progress stopper for the young guys competing at corner? Will Bosa cost future money for extensions that are surely needed, and will that money be flushed down the drain due to the lengthy injury history? Ed Oliver, Greg Rousseau, and the ascending Christian Benford are talented homegrown players, but few others can boast a truly top tier year in 2024. The rest of the unit struggled or shuffled due to injury. Sean McDermott has this year, against an ascending division of offenses and with a Super Bowl on the line, to prove he can lead a defense past average with turnover luck into something that complements an MVP QB. It’s a major test, and one that may determine long-term job security. The early returns, as I detail below, look okay, but questions around the sustainability over a full season remain.
Offense
Everybody eats. The skill position talent remains somewhat concerning and limited at WR. Khalil Shakir is by far the most accomplished, but he didn’t even top 100 targets in the regular season, catching 76 for 821 and 4 TDs, pure “Good Slot” numbers. He spends about 73% of his time in there. Keon Coleman and Mack Hollins spent the most snaps outside, and Hollins finished with less than 1 yard per route run (very bad), while Coleman got 1.71 in that metric (not good, but 1.97 this year is an improvement). Coleman was the deep threat, getting 19.2 yards per catch on his 29 receptions while Hollins did more intermediate work, though Coleman has settled into the Hollins role. Curtis Samuel returns after a decent year after the catch, but another less than exciting yards per route run number, and has yet to get a target this year. Newcomer Elijah Moore won’t help there: he had less than 1 yard per route run, even if he did have a more productive 61 catch, 538 yard season. He’s always looked like a talented YAC guy, but never really has shown it. Josh Palmer is the big hope, as he can do it all, but he has never had 1000 yards or topped 2 yards per route run. So the unit is pretty medium at everything but not dropping the ball, which they’re solid at. Josh Allen can work with that. Running the ball is much more interesting, as James Cook topped 1000 yards for the second straight year while also getting more yards after contact per attempt than any year thus far. He was given a bunch more zone attempts last year, which was successful in unlocking his ability to cut through a defense like a scalpel. Ty Johnson and Ray Davis backed him up, Johnson killing it with 5.2 yards per attempt while Davis was a bit less explosive but still managed 442 yards and 2 TDs. Dalton Kincaid and Dawson Knox both helped a good deal in the run game, with positive PFF run blocking grades, even as they haven’t really lived up to the pass game needs. Kincaid was supposed to be the new Kelce, and 44 catches for 448 yards isn’t even close to that potential. Knox has been around since the early Allen days and has always been more useful as a blocker than receiver. This unit is…fine! There’s real talent here, but mostly there are role players who are all there to not fuck up when Josh Allen does it all.
The offensive line is where you find yourself jealous. Every team in the NFL struggles with OL depth: there aren’t enough good linemen. Part of this is because the best athletes know the most money is in playing defensive line and getting sacks. Part of this is because colleges don’t teach traditional passing offense anymore. Part of this is the Terron Armstead problem: the body doesn’t keep up with the brilliance of the best technicians. With the exception of Connor McGovern, who replaced longtime stalwart C Mitch Morse last year, this unit has lost precious few games to injury and they have spent years now with one another. The guards are the less impressive pair: O’Cyrus Torrence has allowed 37 and 40 pressures over the last two years, with the 37 last year and the 40 in both 2023 5th worst. His run work isn’t much better, and at 6’5” 347, he is a little too bulky to execute as well in the zone as the rest. David Edwards allowed a much more respectable 25 pressures and built on a strong spot-start performance in 2023 with a fine display of run blocking last year. The tackles are where the money is made: both were extended in 2024, Brown for 4 years and $72 million and Dawkins at 3 years $60.5 million. Two tackles making nearly (or just above) $20 million better be good, and they are: Dawkins allowed 22 pressures a year after allowing 34, an improvement on an already fine number. He’s been Buffalo’s pass blocking specialist since 2017, when the 2nd round rookie took the job and never handed it back. Spencer Brown was even better, with 17 pressures compared to 2023’s 40 showing MASSIVE growth. At 6’8”, there aren’t many tackles with that level of arm length, and he absolutely shuts guys down around the edge. Brown allowed 1 pressure all year to Miami, and seeing him match up with Chop and Phillips will be a joy. The center is one of two centers named Connor McGovern: the other one is from Fargo, where his grandfather is named the Sultan of Spuds who maintains a potato monopoly financed by McDonalds, and is recently washed out of the league. That’s not our guy, he’s a different and more interesting guy. The Connor for our purposes started at center for the first time last year and, while he allowed too many pressures (24, not good for a center), he was perhaps Buffalo’s best run blocker and the key reason for the strong turnaround in zone blocking. Dawkins (and perhaps Brown) are the only true upper-echelon players not named Josh Allen on this offense and, like the Patriots of old with a broken down Gronk and a squirrely Edelman, they’ll be just fine. No OL has missed a snap or played markedly poorly this season: the offense has 71 points through 2 games, there’s no reason in the world to worry about this unit.
Defense
What if the offense had no Josh Allen? That’s the story of the Bills defense, who will use free agents and draftees to insulate from the fact that the unit is disciplined but vulnerable. Buffalo’s strength right now is a rebuilt defensive line that is attacking downhill with excellent speed and strength. Ed Oliver, before an ankle injury took him out of Week 1, logged 5 run stuffs on 35 snaps. That is insane. He added 4 pressures on 18 pass rush snaps, putting the Ravens in a tailspin. If Oliver is playing, then he is the heart and soul of this defense, but he will not go this week. The Bills will rotate DaQuan Jones, T.J. Sanders, and Deone Walker. Jones is a highly capable veteran who keeps reupping with the team and racking up pressures, with 24 and 30 in his last full seasons. Sanders, the team’s 2nd round pick this year, has struggled to make an impact on the ground, with just 1 tackle in the first two games. He was deemed raw coming out of college, but plays smart and heavy at the point of attack. He also has some wiggle playing inside under 300 pounds, and tested well at the combine with explosiveness. He could surprise people if he gets a shot against Kion Smith and Larry Borom on Miami’s right side. Walker was the team’s 4th round pick and has not been very impactful either: he is actually big at 345 pounds, but is not particularly athletic or strong (just 22 bench press reps). If Buffalo seems a little bare in the middle outside of the starters, it hasn’t shown much on tape, as the LBs behind the tackles have been awesome. PFF may not love Matt Milano and Terrel Bernard to start the season, but the backers have done their job, with 7 run stuffs between them and excellent execution of run blitzes. Neither have allowed chunk plays in the pass game either. With Milano hurt this week, Dorian Williams will get the call-up. Williams, too, was relatively untested in the Ravens and Jets games. At Edge, the Bills paid Joey Bosa to be a starter across from the entrenched and excellent Greg Rousseau. For Bosa, the only reason he is available and not a premiere pass rusher in the NFL is injuries: Bosa hasn’t played more than 500 snaps since 2021, with injuries over ‘22 and ‘23 bleeding into a down year in 2024. Against the Jets, Bosa played 26 snaps, 15 pass rush snaps, and had SEVEN PRESSURES. He simply ate the OL alive all game and made life hell for Justin Fields, including a forced fumble. Bosa should be accounted for every time he is on the field. Rousseau, as mentioned, is a truly excellent All-Pro type player who set a career high with 63 pressures last year. Neither player is an excellent edge setter, and both can concede some runs, but these are scary men. As the Bills believe in four deep rotational pass rushers, both A.J. Epenesa and Javon Solomon deserve mention here: they may have no sacks and just 7 pressures between them, but Solomon was a surprisingly effective rookie, with 14 pressures on just 89 opportunities, and Epenesa has managed 20 pressures in his reserve role every year since he was a rookie. The Bills can disrupt the pass with ease, so you need to find a way to establish the run and keep ahead, as the Ravens did before their collapse. Indeed, I may be complimentary personally based on my film watch, but the Ravens ran for 238 yards against this team, and the Jets just managed to crack 100. A run game will work against this team if executed correctly.
Buffalo’s secondary did an excellent job shutting down the pass game in both of their first games, leading to a staggering stat: the Bills are winning in passing yardage 568-248. For all of his MVP level plays, Lamar Jackson threw for just 209 against the Bills (he ran, of course, for 70 more). An eagle-eyed reader may also spot that Justin Fields and Tyrod Taylor, then, threw for just 54 yards (83, but lost nearly 30 on sacks). Bad teams get hosed in the pass game against the Bills. Here is where discipline matters so much: the Bills give up windows like every other team, but their aggression upfront and contesting of EVERY ball makes it extremely difficult to pick them apart. 7 corners have at least 10 snaps on defense this year already, which is nuts. Both Taron Johnson and Cam Lewis have been a bit banged up, but the reality is that the Bills have what the Dolphins dream of: a complete CB room. The Bills are starting old star, and recent returner, Tre White and Christian Benford at the boundary. White is coming back slowly off of an injury, and missed Week 1, but was targeted just once by the Jets. He rotates with 6th round rookie Dorian Strong out of Virginia Tech, who has allowed 2 completions on 3 passes to start the year. Strong is a willing and able tackler, even at just 185 pounds, but White is clearly the leader to make the Super Bowl push this year. Benford has been stellar in the last two years as a 6th round pick himself, allowing just a 79.7 QB rating in his coverage last year. Benford signed a massive contract extension of $76 million, and will be the Bills #1 corner in the years to come. He’s actually been picked on a bit, as he covers top WRs now: the Ravens isolated him and picked up 83 yards and 2 TDs in his coverage. For less accurate QBs, this is not a wise strategy. With Taron Johnson down, Cam Lewis moved into the slot and played well, allowing basically no attempts into his coverage area: a 2019 undrafted free agent, Lewis is scrappy as hell and laid down a forced fumble last week against the Jets. When Taron Johnson can go, he’s an extremely capable slot defender who has gotten a ton of time in the box to make tackles. Johnson, even as a corner, has had excellent seasons as a tackler, including 98 in 2023. He just gets to the football. At safety, the Bills are running with Cole Bishop and Taylor Rapp. Bishop was last year’s 2nd rounder, and he did a good job in coverage but missed a ton of tackles. He’s been less of a liability this year as a tackler, and generally seems to be a bit better version of Damar Hamlin. Taylor Rapp was a Rams 2nd round pick that they surprisingly let walk after a good season in a contract year. The 1-year prove-it deal turned into a 3 year extension for the safety, who has rewarded the team with excellent tackling and even 3 INTs last year. This year, the Ravens started picking on him as well and he allowed catches on all 4 passes into his area. While neither safety has been asked to do much yet, both have done their jobs. Buffalo starts aggressive, builds a lead, then punishes you downhill. That’s the blueprint. Avoiding negative plays early is essential to not let the boa constrictor plan put you in a bind. Just ask the last 10 teams of Dolphins, or any Jet this week.
Special Teams
With struggling kicker Tyler Bass on IR, the Bills turned to 41-year-old Matt Prater to hit big kicks and he did this year: he’s 6-6 on FGs and 5-5 on XPs. Prater is most known for hitting the longest FG in NFL history, until this was broken in 2021 by Justin Tucker (now the best kickers make his 64 yarder look routine). Prater has the NFL record for most kicks above 50 yards. Prater was a Tucker-like figure in Denver before a DUI arrest and subsequent failed substance abuse test led to his release. Later with the Cardinals, he attempted a 68-yarder, missed short, and it got returned for a TD. That night, Tucker broke his record with a game-winner for 66. Life is funny that way. Anyway, he got hurt in 2024 and the Cardinals let him walk so here he is now. After a few bad punts in Week 1, the Bills cut Brad Robbins and signed Cameron Johnston, who folks note looks exactly like comedian Bill Burr. Johnston got a bit more hangtime and yards, putting 2 inside the 20. He is the perfect punter for the Bills, who need someone to not mess up when he doesn’t punt often. LBs Joe Andreeson and Dorian Williams get the most snaps on special teams, and did not let anything bad happen, nor did long-standing FB Reggie Gilliam, who is their ace. Brandon Codrington, a slot CB, handles the punts and kicks and also has not made obvious mistakes, but is rather forgettable.
Game Prediction
Once again, I cannot in good conscience pick the Miami Dolphins to win a football game against a good team after gross incompetence. Yes, Sunday was markedly better in execution on offense until the end. It featured a big play by special teams until it gave one right back. It featured a defense that puts 11 guys on the field and they wear helmets. But this is not a team that has the cohesion to beat a motivated and rolling Buffalo team. Is there a point in matchups? Let’s pretend there is.
- With Josh Allen back to patting the ball for nearly 3 seconds, can Miami get to the QB? They pressured Maye 7 times, which is fine. It will depend on if Miami’s edges have any hope against good tackles.
- Can Miami stop the run? A one-dimensional Bills team is basically the only hope, so the interior rotation MUST be stout. The Dolphins are allowing a respectable 4 yards per carry, with a lot coming when a single run fit or tackle is missed. The team is more stout.
- Can Miami RUN THE DAMN BALL?! I’ll forgive you for not knowing this because who the fuck cares, but Miami has nearly 5.3 yards per carry, which is great. Miami has run the ball 27 fucking times in 2 weeks. Run the ball 80 times. For the love of god RUN THE BALL 80 TIMES!
- Can Josh Allen’s broken nose get blown off like Daffy Duck with Elmer Fudd? It’s the only hope.
- Will everyone be fired on Friday? It’s that dire.
I don’t need to list the secondary because you know they suck. Basically, Miami is in need of a full miracle to take this game. They are less talented, less together, more full of anger and vitriol toward one another. Coaches are talking shit about players to the media and vice versa. This is a bad team with awful vibes, and the Bills literally feed on other teams’ shitty vibes. It’s a wash.
I promised I would feature players who responded well against the Patriots in this preview as building blocks for a win. There are sadly few: Rasul Douglas looked good as a boundary corner in his first game as a starter, Willie Gay Jr. made plays on 2 occasions, Jordyn Brooks made plays and more importantly didn’t make mistakes, and reclamation project Matthew Butler didn’t stink. Offensively, Achane is still fast, Hill and Waddle gave you a shot to win with EXCELLENT man coverage work, and Malik Washington is cool. That’s that.
Injury things that are worth noting: Darren Waller is a fictional man, Waddle and Chop are questionable, Melifonwu won’t be in the slot, Ethan Bonner, Aaron Brewer, Malik Washington, and Jaylen Wright will play.
Bills 41-17
Season Record: 1-1
