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We’re now just one game away from being through 8 weeks of the 2022 NFL season and one thing has become very clear so far – when it comes to Super Bowl favorites, it’s the Buffalo Bills and then everyone else.
In fact, there’s only one team right now that can stop Josh Allen and Co. from bringing the first Lombardi Trophy home to a fanbase that will throw the biggest party ever if it ever happens and it’s not the Kansas City Chiefs, who got in their way last year.
It’s not the Philadelphia Eagles, either, who improved to 7-0 yesterday with a victory over the Steelers thanks to a huge game from A.J. Brown, who got called for the coolest taunting penalty of the season in the win.
It’s also not the Dallas Cowboys, who are 6-2 and have one of the best defenses in the league.
You know who it is. I know who it is. We all know who it is.
It’s the Buffalo Bills.
The Bills are the only team that can stop the Bills from winning it all and that was on full display once again Sunday night when they toyed with Aaron Rodgers and the Packers before winning the game 27-17.
After jumping out to a big lead, the Bills scored just three points in the second half and looked quite average for most of the final 30 minutes. Allen threw two sloppy interceptions and their defense allowed the Packers to run the ball pretty well at points.
But in the end that all didn’t really matter because the Bills were never in jeopardy of losing the game to a Packers team that is now 3-5 and in grave danger of having their season slip completely away.
The Bills are so good that this season has become Super Bowl or bust for them. Seriously, anything short of a championship should be considered a bad season for a team that could have won it last year if not for those 11 seconds against the Chiefs.
The Bills’ offense is one of the best offenses we’ve seen in a while. Allen has all the weapons he needs around him and then when those guys aren’t available on a play he can just take off and run like a beast and pick up huge first downs and more. I don’t know how defenses are going to figure out a way to stop them the rest of of the season.
Speaking of defenses, Buffalo’s is the best in the league and one of the deepest, too, which only makes their overall dominance all the more understandable and impressive.
The rest of the teams in the NFL are looking up at the Bills and it will likely remain that way until February, when Buffalo should have a chance to do something that would turn that beautiful city in Western New York upside down.
And if they don’t win it, the Bills will only have themselves to blame. Because they are just that good.
Quick hits: NFL ref’s really weird call… Russell Wilson’s awkward moment after win… Ump has perfect game in World Series… And more.
– My NFL Week 8 awards kick off with a ref making one of the weirdest calls of the season in Philadelphia for an “unlike football” move and then have a lot of fun looking back at the good, the bad, and the hilarious from Sunday’s games.
– Russell Wilson brought back his cringey ‘Broncos Country, let’s ride’ after the Broncos win over the Jaguars and it was so awkward.
– Home plate umpire Pat Hoberg made history with a perfect game in the World Series on Saturday night, which was really great to see.
– Panthers WR D.J. Moore got called for the worst penalty while celebrating his Hail Mary TD at the end of regulation yesterday and the refs should be ashamed of themselves.
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