The Buffalo Bills’ season got off to an inconsistent start, but they have emerged as one of the top Super Bowl contenders yet again. Entering Week 17, Buffalo was in a position to potentially claim the AFC No.
The Bills can clinch the No. 2 seed with a win against the Jets. That would give Buffalo flexibility on how to approach Week 18. The Bills could opt rest some of their starters and banged-up players for all or part of the regular season finale.
The Kansas City Chiefs have won 21 of their last 22 games. They are inevitable. The two-time defending champions just kept on rolling on Christmas
Buffalo travels to New England at 4:25 p.m. Sunday but the other games of interest for the Bills kick off Saturday. The four teams either ahead of Buffalo (Kansas City) or within striking distance of the Bills (Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Houston) face each other on Saturday. Here's who Bills fans should root for in Week 16.
Buffalo remains in sole possession of the No. 2 seed in the AFC. Pittsburgh and Baltimore are each two games back at 10-5. One of those teams will win the AFC North, and one will be a wild card and guaranteed to be behind the Bills for playoff seeding.
The Kansas City Chiefs can clinch the top overall seed in the AFC with a win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. However, Wednesday’s Christmas game could have been rendered meaningless for the Chiefs if the Buffalo Bills had lost to the New England Patriots.
The Chiefs traveled to face the Steelers in Week 17, and there was plenty to take away from the Christmas Day contest.
While certainly not their prettiest performance of the season, the Buffalo Bills still improved to 12-3 this past Sunday with a 24-21 win over the New England P