Like so many recent campaigns before, the Buffalo Bills enter the 2025 NFL season with the highest of expectations. Fortunately for Buffalo, many of their toughest matchups, including several 2024 playoff teams, will be played at home in Orchard Park, NY.

Although many consider the Bills’ schedule to be favorable for the most part, it includes an early Week 7 bye. Historically, the timing of a team’s bye week has appeared to play a role in their postseason success.

So the question becomes: Does a Week 7 bye help or hurt the Bills’ chances of hoisting the Lombardi Trophy for the 2025 season?

The bye week breakdown

Looking at the last 10 Super Bowl champions, only three teams — the 2024 Eagles (Week 5), 2022 Chiefs (Week 8), and 2015 Broncos (Week 7) — have won it all with a bye week

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