The Athletic gave the Buffalo Bills some of the biggest praise among all the national outlets who have recently been releasing their post-free agency power rankings.
Since their last power rankings following the conclusion of the 2019 regular season, the Bills moved up one slot, from nine to eight. With the numerous moves made around the NFL since then, including the Bills’ trade for Stefon Diggs, Buffalo is tabbed the divisional favorite by The Athletic in their recently released poll:
Dare we say the Bills are the early AFC East favorites? They have to be, right? We didn’t love the Stefon Diggs trade because of the compensation, but we’ll admit we are very excited to see what the Bills’ offense will look like with Diggs in it.
In terms of AFC East favorites, The Athletic doesn’t even in particularly think it’s close. The next closest team is the Patriots, but they’re all the way down in the No. 17 slot thanks to their loss of quarterback Tom Brady. But the Pats do edge out the Jets and Dolphins, who sit all the way back in the No. 26 and 27 spot, respectively.
Currently on paper, the Bills certainly look like the favorite. But Diggs is a massive piece to the puzzle. While his addition looks good on paper, much of his and the Bills’ future successes in 2020 depend on the improvement of quarterback Josh Allen in the third year of his career.
Currently in The Athletic’s rankings the Chiefs hold the top spot, edging the Ravens out for that honor. The Saints sit in third place.
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