Serious question how good are 7-2 AFC teams (and LAC at 6-3)

[Whites Bay]

4 minutes ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

For whatever reason people don’t wanna give Buffalo credit. 

Yeah, well, you'll get that around these parts.

[Jrb1979]

8 minutes ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:

Chiefs defense is elite. And people also forget Mahomes was playing fantastic prior to the Bills game. 3 pass TDs in 3 straight games. For whatever reason  people don’t wanna give Buffalo credit. 

The Bills had a good game. Outside of the Chiefs game and the Panthers game, the defense hasn't been good. The offense had 1 good half against the Chiefs 

[ganesh]

On 11/5/2025 at 3:31 PM, Sojourner said:

Valid point but the Colts are with decent pass catchers. Pittman and Warren are a problem. 

How do they even catch the ball if Daniel Jones is not good.

[Sojourner]

3 minutes ago, ganesh said:

How do they even catch the ball if Daniel Jones is not good.

[Luka]

The only team I'm scared of in the playoffs is the Bills. We are our own worst enemy. 

[milfandcookies]

We don’t want to have to face the Colts in the playoffs. They are very good 

[Buffalo03]

20 hours ago, ngbills said:

NE vs TB this week is a huge game. Not only one of the few NE could lose, but may tell us more about how legit they are. 

I said on here earlier this week that as long as the Buccs don't turn it over multiple times and give them the game like we did, then the Buccs should win. People disagreed. We will find out

[dollars 2 donuts]

You don't have to be scared of them, but I am most assuredly thinking about all of them.

 

For comparison am I worried or do I give a second thought at all about the Steelers?  The Jags?  Even the Chargers?

 

No, not a bit and not a moment.

 

However, the Broncos, Pats and Colts are playing some darn good ball, and some darn smart ball, too.

 

 

[TheFunPolice]

It's artificial. 

 

What I mean is, to some degree, these records are a product of schedule anomalies that will soon be remedied. 

 

Many of these 7-2, 6-3 teams are either in the same divisions or haven't had their AFC crossovers yet. Yes, they won the games they won, but they also still play each other, sometimes twice between now and the end of the season. 

 

In other words, there will be many losses allocated between these teams in the coming weeks, because they all play each other. It's just math. 

 

Some could very well still rise above, but I predict a lot of split division series and up and down weeks for these teams to come. 

 

This is exactly the dream scenario that the league wished for when they started backloading division games. When you have something like the AFC West, AFC South and even the AFC North where multiple teams have a real shot and they all play each other still, it makes for weeks of compelling games later in the year and teams not resting guys. 

 

Good news: the Eagles game and red helmet games will almost certainly matter for the Bills (and Eagles). 

 

 

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by TheFunPolice

[Jrb1979]

3 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:

I said on here earlier this week that as long as the Buccs don't turn it over multiple times and give them the game like we did, then the Buccs should win. People disagreed. We will find out

The problem is you can apply that same logic against the Bills the following week. 

[Billsfanatic8989]

3 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:

I said on here earlier this week that as long as the Buccs don't turn it over multiple times and give them the game like we did, then the Buccs should win. People disagreed. We will find out

True. But they should also beat the Bills if they do not turn it over. TB has more elite talent on offense and defense than most teams in the league. 

[WNYFAN1]

17 hours ago, Whites Bay said:

Yeah, well, you'll get that around these parts.

Could be all that room we have in the super bowl trophy cabinet!

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

18 hours ago, Jrb1979 said:

The Bills had a good game. Outside of the Chiefs game and the Panthers game, the defense hasn't been good. The offense had 1 good half against the Chiefs 

Chiefs and Panthers are both winning teams. The Bills smashed them. I’m absolutely fine with their defense. They are also the 2 most recent teams. Seems McDermott has fixed the problem. 

18 hours ago, Whites Bay said:

Yeah, well, you'll get that around these parts.

Must be the Western NY inferiority complex. 

[Buffalo03]

40 minutes ago, Billsfanatic8989 said:

True. But they should also beat the Bills if they do not turn it over. TB has more elite talent on offense and defense than most teams in the league. 

The Bills would have beaten the Pats if they weren't dumb with turnovers. There's no doubt in my mind