Former Pro Bowl WR on Bills starting 2-0: ‘Didn’t see this coming’

Former Pro Bowl WR on #Bills starting 2-0: ‘Didn’t see this coming’

The Buffalo Bills have been perfect through two weeks of the 2024 NFL season, and many didn’t know that the Bills still had it in them to be among the best in the league.

We’ve already seen multiple members of the national media express their shock and surprise at what they’ve seen the Bills do through two weeks.

The latest to pivot their stance on this year’s Buffalo Bills is former NFL wide receiver DeSean Jackson. Jackson joined Kay Adams on the “Up & Adams Show” to share his surprise at the performance of Buffalo so far this season:

“I honestly didn’t see this coming,” he said. “Obviously, I knew Josh Allen was a hell of a quarterback… [but] they let go of their whole defense, they let go of Stefon [Diggs], they let go of [Gabe] Davis… I mean it’s crazy. It’s mind-boggling to me how they’re playing.

“How you let go of your top two receivers, all these dudes… [Jordan] Poyer, [Micah] Hyde… you let go of all these dudes and y’all are playing lights-out football. It hurts me a little bit because this offseason I was on some media shows and I bashed them. I didn’t think they were gonna be good.”

Jackson surely wasn’t alone in dismissing the Bills’ chances this year. Many saw it as a “rebuild year”, and rightfully so given the changes made on the roster by the front office, but head coach Sean McDermott and the Bills team have always performed best when counted out.

Many have somehow forgotten the adversity the Bills overcame just last year. Through twelve games the Bills were 6-6, out of the playoff picture, and had just fired offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey. Then, under the direction of McDermott and newly-promoted OC Joe Brady, the Bills rattled off five straight wins, finishing 11-6 and winning the AFC East for the fourth consecutive year.

So, it’s not Jackson’s fault that he completely overlooked the Bills. On paper, the offseason looked like a mess, but now the Bills have youth all over their starting offense and defense, and after just two weeks, the Bills are way ahead of schedule.

Many national media outlets already have the Bills among the very best in the league in their latest power rankings, some even as high number two in the NFL.

Jackson’s full segment on the Bills can be found in the clip below: