SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 (edited) https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-week-16-power-rankings-cowboys-on-the-rise-after-impressive-win-over-rams-49ers-drop-four-spots/ # 9 Bills (10-4) no change They are in the playoffs, which not many saw coming. The defense has really impressed this season. Can they beat the Patriots in Foxboro with that unit playing well? http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001089155/article/nfl-power-rankings-week-16-saints-leapfrog-seahawks-49ers 9 TEXANS (9-5) Previous rank: No. 10 10 BILLS (10-4) Previous rank: No. 11 For the second time in 21 years, the Buffalo Bills are headed to the playoffs. Oh, hell, let's spin positive. For the second time in three years, the Buffalo Bills are headed to the playoffs. They got there in style, intercepting four Duck Hodges passes in a 17-10 win over the Steelers at Heinz Field in front of Al, Cris, Michele and the world. Tiebreaker scenarios make an AFC East title unlikely, even in the event of a win over the Patriots in Foxborough next week, but who cares? The Bills have punched their ticket ... and do you really want to face this defense on a cold day in January? So much of the credit for this Buffalo turnaround belongs to Sean McDermott, who managed to import to Western New York the dominant style of defense he built in Carolina. This team is hungry, and it believes. 9. Buffalo Bills (10-4) Week 15 ranking: 10 Offseason in two words: More playmakers Buffalo reached the double-digit win plateau in 2019 largely on the strength of an elite defense that often carried a sputtering offense. The goal this offseason must be to continue to surround Josh Allen with a full arsenal of offensive weapons -- and build an offense that can provide this defense more of a lead to play with. The Bills have a full complement of draft picks and an estimated $90 million in salary-cap space; even after they take care of in-house players such as Tre'Davious White, Matt Milano, Dion Dawkins and Jordan Poyer, they'll still have plenty of resources at their disposal. -- Marcel Louis-Jacques https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/12/17/nfl-power-rankings-poll-week-16-ravens-saints-49ers 9. BUFFALO BILLS (10-4) Previous rank: 9 Highest-place vote: 9 (5 voters) Lowest-place vote: 10 (2 voters) This week: at New England (Sat.) Not a pretty win for Buffalo, but one that confirmed their defense is to be taken very, very seriously come January. Yes, the Steelers offense is useless, but five takeaways helped cover the warts on Buffalo’s similarly shoddy O. Still, Josh Allen only turned it over once and engineered this drive to put the Bills ahead for good and set up a surprisingly pivotal Week 16 AFC East showdown with the Patriots. WaPo https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/12/17/nfl-power-rankings-week-shocking-loss-by-ers-rearranges-top-five/ 9. Buffalo Bills (10-4) | Last Week’s Rank: 10 The Bills are in the playoffs for the second time this century and they still have a slim chance to overtake the Patriots in the AFC East. Their rugged defense will pose a major problem Saturday for Tom Brady and the Patriots. No one pays attention to the Buffalo Bills. But they’re back in the playoffs after winning in Pittsburgh. Edited December 17, 2019 by SlimShady'sGhost 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Warcodered Posted December 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2019 The Bills have a special power of making every team they beat retroactively terrible. 19 24 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerJ Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 I checked half a dozen power rankings earlier today, and found the Bills ranked anywhere from 8 to 10. The #8 ranking appeared to be an outlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 1 minute ago, TigerJ said: I checked half a dozen power rankings earlier today, and found the Bills ranked anywhere from 8 to 10. The #8 ranking appeared to be an outlier. Who had 8? never mind The Sporting News 8. Buffalo Bills, 10-4 (9) The Bills threw down their most impressive victory of their breakout season with their defensive dominance of the Steelers in Pittsburgh. They are showing they can do all the little and big things to win games in the playoffs, too NFL power rankings: Packers, Chiefs, Seahawks rise; 49ers ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BfloBillsFan Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 As much as we would agree that the offense needs to improve, they did play a stout Steelers D, leading the league in sacks and turnovers. Everyone knew it would be an offensive struggle. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterpan Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 The NFC is really strong this year. Sea, SF, NO, GB, Minn are all going to be higher rates than Buffalo. NE and Balt should be higher rates in the AFC at this point. That's 7 teams right there, putting bills at 8. Being 9 or 10 is accurate and a strong ranking I'd say. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homey D. Clown Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Until the offense can be relied on to win games, or at least score more than 16 points, they shouldn't really be any higher. The problem is that Allen, while great at times, seems to still struggle with consistency, and I think that reflects in the rankings, which I truly don't subscribe to very often anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolishPrince Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, peterpan said: The NFC is really strong this year. Sea, SF, NO, GB, Minn are all going to be higher rates than Buffalo. NE and Balt should be higher rates in the AFC at this point. That's 7 teams right there, putting bills at 8. Being 9 or 10 is accurate and a strong ranking I'd say. I honestly dont think GB, Minn or Sea are better than the Bills. I watch a lot of Seattle games as I live in Washington. Their defense isnt nearly as good as it has been, run game is meh... its really all Wilson magic at this point. If he isnt on point, they lose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say When... Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 @ walterfootball.com Bills @ 10, calls them overrated; subsequently calls Pitts and Pats*** underrated and the Titans @ 8 this guy literally has a fresh lobotomy each weekend... 12. Pittsburgh Steelers (8-6) - Previously: 13. Underrated NFL Team: See why the Steelers are an underrated NFL team in our Overrated-Underrated page. 11. Houston Texans (9-5) - Previously: 15. Overrated NFL Team: See why the Texans are an overrated NFL team in our Overrated-Underrated page. 10. Buffalo Bills (10-4) - Previously: 11. Overrated NFL Team: See why the Bills are an overrated NFL team in our Overrated-Underrated page. 9. Minnesota Vikings (10-4) - Previously: 10. Overrated NFL Team: See why the Vikings are an overrated NFL team in our Overrated-Underrated page. 8. Tennessee Titans (8-6) - Previously: 7. Underrated NFL Team: See why the Titans are an underrated NFL team in our Overrated-Underrated page. 7. Seattle Seahawks (11-3) - Previously: 9. Overrated NFL Team: See why the Seahawks are an overrated NFL team in our Overrated-Underrated page. 6. Green Bay Packers (11-3) - Previously: 6. Overrated NFL Team: See why the Packers are an overrated NFL team in our Overrated-Underrated page. 5. New England Patriots (11-3) - Previously: 5. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stank_Nasty Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 i'm seeing 9 or 10 from just about everywhere..... so I'm failing to see any real issues here. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jethro_tull Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 (edited) Regardless of the rankings (I have them at 8, above the Packers who are winning on fumes) the fact that they were right there with the Ravens, a consensus no.1 , gives them a credible shot to win against any team in the league. The best is yet to come!!!! Edited December 17, 2019 by jethro_tull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billzgobowlin Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 I think the Cleveland game is more of less messing with the power rankings. This year there are a lot of really good and really bad teams so 10 is about where we will be until we beat the Patriots this week. After we win it will be top 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdub Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 11 minutes ago, Homey D. Clown said: Until the offense can be relied on to win games, or at least score more than 16 points, they shouldn't really be any higher. The problem is that Allen, while great at times, seems to still struggle with consistency, and I think that reflects in the rankings, which I truly don't subscribe to very often anyway. The Bills have scored more than 16 points in 10 out of 15 games. That's not enough proof? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerJ Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 10 minutes ago, SlimShady'sGhost said: Who had 8? There are more up now than when I first checked. Besides SI, Fansided has them at #8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Say When... said: @ walterfootball.com 10. Buffalo Bills (10-4) - Previously: 11. Overrated NFL Team: See why the Bills are an overrated NFL team in our Overrated-Underrated page. 8. Tennessee Titans (8-6) - Previously: 7. Underrated NFL Team: See why the Titans are an underrated NFL team in our Overrated-Underrated page. Walter is a ***** idiot. HTF are the Titians, who we beat, and have 2 less wins, still 2 spots ahead of us, let alone 4 spots the previous week? Power rankings my ass. Edited December 17, 2019 by Freddie's Dead 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capco Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 8-10 is where they belong imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 It seems like these rankings are heavily offensive based....which is why we aren't cracking the top 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannc Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, Capco said: 8-10 is where they belong imo. Yeah, pretty tough to make a case that they should be higher than 8 right now. Maybe after Saturday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 To rank any team it always helps to watch them play 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homey D. Clown Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 9 minutes ago, kdub said: The Bills have scored more than 16 points in 10 out of 15 games. That's not enough proof? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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