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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  :cry: 

 

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.

 

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The Bills have a special power of making every team they beat retroactively terrible.

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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, pu

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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,

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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

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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@ 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...

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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!!!!

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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?

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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.

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25 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. 

 

Really strong   OR ... Just a bunch of good teams bunched together? 

 

Every one has had a blowout loss / Upset loss (or two)  excerpt the Vikings 

 

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34 minutes ago, BfloBillsFan said:

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.

 

Tell that to the people still whining and hating on Allen today because he didnt have a great statistical day Sunday lol

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1 minute ago, SlimShady'sGhost said:

 

Some of the commentary is well, a bit wrong.

 

Is Houston really a better team? 

Is Tennessee better (that the Bills already defeated)? 

 

 

Houston has a big play offense that can be downright scary... If they're on... Consistently, they're probably not better. At their best? I'd say probably.

 

Tennessee is not better, but aside from the idiot Walter, (who the f is named walter anyways?) i don't think anyone has them ahead of the bills? 

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That’s where I’m at. I actually think the Bills power rankings at the moment are totally fair. I have no issues with them in that spot.

Same. I went into them the first 2 months being ready to be irritated. Lately I think they are slotted right where they should be, give or take a slot 

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Houston has a big play offense that can be downright scary... If they're on... Consistently, they're probably not better. At their best? I'd say probably.

 

Tennessee is not better, but aside from the idiot Walter, (who the f is named walter anyways?) i don't think anyone has them ahead of the bills? 

 

The commentary I heard is Houston has been good and bad.  D Watson has had struggles. (like most QB's)

 

Buffalo and NE have clinched.  The crown still mathematically there. 

 

Houston has yet to clinch and Tenny is still mathematically in the hunt.

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Same. I went into them the first 2 months being ready to be irritated. Lately I think they are slotted right where they should be, give or take a slot 

 

Early on it WAS ridiculous.   Week 16 its been much better

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Yawn.  Haters gonna hate.

 

Win.  Win.  Win.  And ignore the media figureheads trying to sell clicks (used to be papers, but now it's just clicks).

 

What they should be saying - and some are - is that this team is going to be much scarier as Josh continues to mature and as the OL gels more.  We pretty much all knew these things at the start of the season.  The biggest surprise is probably that Josh has shown growth which was not necessarily anticipated.

 

As NE fades (while 11-3, they are being exposed), the Bills are climbing.  I sort of expect to see this evolve into Bills/Jets in the AFCE over the next few years - although the Jets seem like a dumpster fire now, but they have talent.

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9 minutes ago, SlimShady'sGhost said:

 

This is laughable 

 

Overrated NFL Team: See why the Bills are an overrated NFL team in our Overrated-Underrated page.

 

Hell, beyond the NFL Fan,  the media experts were 70 / 30 on the Steelers to win Sunday 

 

It cannot be overstated that using Walter football for anything, other than an inaccurate and mildly informed series of annual mock drafts, is solely doing a disservice to oneself. 

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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.

Agree totally.  Plus they are 3 spots ahead of the Texans who just beat them and have a better record. He has to put down Vrabels jock.

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51 minutes ago, Say When... said:

@ 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...

Dumb.  Just dumb.  so you mean to tell me that they have an 8 win team (Titans), whom we beat already, is ranked ahead of us?  SHM.  It's hard to argue against the rest in front of us since they have better records, with the exception of the Vikings.  Either way, it's just a numbering position based on "expert" opinions, and their opinions are just like a!#holes, everyone has one, and they stink .  Come February 2nd, we'll be #1.

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24 minutes ago, SlimShady'sGhost said:

 

This is laughable 

 

Overrated NFL Team: See why the Bills are an overrated NFL team in our Overrated-Underrated page.

 

Hell, beyond the NFL Fan,  the media experts were 70 / 30 on the Steelers to win Sunday 

 

Bills are overrated and Steelers are underrated after we just beat them in Pitt... wtf?

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