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With the current league landscape in mind, NFL.com recently pegged some potential “rivalries” that could be brewing in 2021. In this case, it’d be a case of bringing one back.
The Bills-Dolphins showdowns of the early 90s are a long ways in the past… but will they be back? A case was made recently:
I know a lot of you kids have spent the vast majority of your lives with a Patriots-centric AFC East. But this rivalry, Bills v. Dolphins, was a highlight of my football-watching youth. And now, like every show I watched as a kid, it’s been rebooted — and might even be better than the original. Kind of like Cobra Kai.
Fresh off a 13-3 season that ended in the AFC title game, the Josh Allen-led Bills will enter the 2021 campaign with legit Super Bowl aspirations. So, this rivalry’s ultimate juiciness more likely depends on the Dolphins, who just missed last season’s playoffs at 10-6 and have been quite active this offseason. If Tua Tagovailoa becomes the player the Fins envisioned when they took him at No. 5 overall last year, this could become the it rivalry.
Since posting this concept last week via analyst Adam Rank, the Dolphins’ “quite active” offseason was flipped on its head once again. Miami made two top-10 draft pick trades in a matter of minutes on Friday.
The Dolphins went from the No. 3 pick, to 12 to six at the upcoming draft. In doing so, they also added future first-round picks from the 49ers. As suggested, this potential Bills-Dolphins feud being reignited depends on Miami more than the already established Bills, but the pieces are there…
But on the massive bright side for the Bills, Allen has consistently saved some of his best football for games against the Dolphins. He’s 5-1 overall in his career against the fish and has multiple AFC Offensive Player of the Week Awards for his performances against the Dolphins.
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