Nick Wojton, Managing Editor

Prediction: 9-7

No game is easy in the NFL, it’s the best of the best for a reason. But it doesn’t appear the folks drawing up Buffalo’s schedule this season were feeling very kind this offseason. This Bills team has a tough task ahead of them in 2020. What could save them is the thing that’s killed them for the 2020 season might be the thing that’s actually killed them in the past, the AFC East.

Breaking down the schedule starting there, the Bills have a look at going 5-1, potentially 6-0 against their division. AFC East games always have a tough feel to them, but the Dolphins and Jets shouldn’t have any answers for Buffalo’s defense. In terms of the Patriots, a split there truthfully feels like I’m even being a little too kind. The Pats did have a ton of players opt out, but we’ll give them one.

In their remaining games, the Bills should find, at minimal, another four wins. The Rams head all the way out east, while the Raiders have a tough first two weeks of their season and could already be sputtering by Week 3 when Buffalo heads to town. The Titans clash is a winnable road game while the Chiefs and Seahawks do present tough tasks, but those two visit Orchard Park. Anything can happen there.

By the time we get to the final quarter of the season, when the Bills host the Steelers, visit the Broncos, head to New England and wrap things up with the Dolphins in town, the Bills might be in a situation where 2-2 in that slate gets them into the postseason.

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