The Buffalo Bills will face an opponent with wins to their ledger for the first time in this young NFL season. It’s an interesting stat, seeing how even the Baltimore Ravens were 0-0 in Week 1, and now seemingly in a free-fall mode as a plague of injuries catches up to poor defensive efforts. The Bills had to overcome teams desperate for a first win, but that no longer applies come Sunday evening.
Buffalo’s opponent this weekend, the 2-2 New England Patriots, isn’t reeling, rather surging in some respects. The AFC East is wide open beyond the Bills’ healthy lead. However, if Buffalo were to lose on Sunday, they’d drop to 4-1, while New England would improve to 3-2. That would leave the Patriots just a half game behind the Bills in the division.
So what may have felt like a huge game agai