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The AFC East is wide open in 2020, could the Bills bring home their first division title since 1995? A lack of talent among the rest of the AFC East certainly helps the Bills there, but it doesn’t help the overall ranking of the division in Pro Football Focus’ recent poll.
Ranking each division in the NFL, PFF slots the AFC East as the league’s second-worst, just ahead of the NFC East. The Bills do earn some praise from the football analytics outlet, though.
Here’s PFF’s take on the Bills:
From top to bottom, the Bills have one of the best rosters in the league. There just aren’t many weak spots on their team, and their wide receiver trio of Stefon Diggs, John Brown and Cole Beasley gives Josh Allen plenty to work with on offense. The question is whether he can take the next step in his game and become a more accurate quarterback. It’s hard to have sustained success when your quarterback is earning PFF grades in the mid-60s, which is exactly what Allen has done in each of the past two seasons.
PFF pegs the Jets and Dolphins still behind the Bills and Patriots. But it’s hard to argue without Tom Brady that the AFC East, from top-to-bottom, is among the league’s most talented. The other three teams aside from the Bills are really… reeling. Their upcoming seasons could go either way while most peg the Bills on the upswing.
By comparison, the top divisions in the NFL via PFF’s rankings, could see their teams also go many different ways. However, it’s because there’s so much talent around them in their division… and someone has to win and someone has to lose, right? Currently the NFC West is pegged as PFF’s best division.
… and naturally the Bills face that division in 2020. Those four opponents will be the Cardinals, Seahawks, 49ers and Rams.
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