A year after having some of the best travel in the NFL in 2019, the Bills will have a much different element ahead of them with their 2020 NFL schedule.
In 2019, the Bills traveled a total of 8,710 miles to complete their slate. That number more than doubles in 2020.
With their slate ahead of them, assuming is goes on as planned, the Bills will have to travel approximately 20,066 miles next season. That’s the seventh-most in the NFL, a year removed from having the third-least amount of travel in the league.
Of course this all has to do with opponents. Last season the Bills faced the NFC East and AFC North. The North actually has teams such as the Steelers and Browns who some argue should be in Buffalo’s usual division because of how close the three teams are. The East is one of the more bizarre divisions based on locations and the Bills had to travel to the Cowboys because of that. All things considered, Buffalo to Dallas was the furthest trip the Bills had to make a year ago.
Looking ahead, the Bills face both western divisions in the AFC and NFC next season. Because of this, the Bills have much larger-scale travel coming, including road games at the Raiders (AFC), Cardinals (NFC), 49ers (NFC) and Broncos (AFC).
But the Bills seem confident already in their travel style. Earlier this offseason, it was revealed that the Bills were the only AFC East team to not request back-to-back west coast games. The NFL allows teams traveling across the country to request having such games in their upcoming schedules.
The Dolphins requested to have their meeting with the 49ers and Broncos back-to-back, while the Jets have the Seahawks and Rams. The Patriots have both LA teams, the Chargers and Rams.
For the Bills, they’ll have their work on the west coast sprinkled around. In Week 3 the Bills visit the Raiders, then there’s Week 10 at the Cardinals, Week 13 at the 49ers and then a final trip to the Broncos in Week 15.
According to this list from the NFL Wire, the Bills have the second-most travel among AFC East teams in 2020 with the Dolphins at 21,183 miles. The Patriots will travel (19,266 miles while the Jets check in at 17,246 miles.
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