Written by Mike Ferguson at Bloguin
The calendar has turned to November and the playoff race in the AFC is wide open. Undefeated division leaders like the New England Patriots, Cincinnati Bengals and Denver Broncos all have the appearance of locks while the AFC South, currently led by the 3-4 Indianapolis Colts, isn’t likely to get more than one playoff bid.
Outside of the division leaders, five teams in the AFC currently have three or four losses. We’ll look at those five teams and tell you which ones are contenders and which ones are pretenders.
Buffalo Bills
Current Record: 3-4
Overview: The Buffalo Bills looked to be in the thick of things in the AFC after handling the Indianapolis Colts and Miami Dolphins in September. Since the 2-1 start however, the Bills are 1-3 with the lone victory coming by one point over the lowly Tennessee Titans. Buffalo’s once vaunted defense has been a failure over the last two weeks and E.J. Manuel taking over for the injured Tyrod Taylor has been a downgrade at quarterback. Buffalo has been decimated recently by injury, but the Bills team from September is not the one that showed up in October.
Diagnosis: Pretender. The outlook for Buffalo moving forward isn’t so good. Five of Buffalo’s remaining games are on the road and the home games includes dates with New England and the New York Jets.
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