Buffalo Rumblings
The Buffalo Bills played terrible football in Week 10. Everyone paying attention to the sport understands this to be true. It was a full team effort, the kind that sticks to your teeth like frozen spinach slathered on a pizza. Awful.
There’s little reason to offer you as a reader too much of a build-up to this week’s always incredible and absolutely scientifically proven NFL power rankings for the Bills. Interestingly, a few outlets I’ve featured here just didn’t complete the task this week. Life happens… to the best of us. Buffalo drops in every ranking below aside from two instances, where they either don’t move a lick or actually rise up the rankings. (Make it make sense, folks.)
Let’s have some fun, and remember not to take this exercise too seriously. Rather, look at this as a fun bit of content for your Friday. We begin with the most important ranking here, which has also been my go-to through nine games in 2025…
Before digesting the power rankings, let’s check in with the latest ESPN playoff odds for the Bills in four key metrics. Buffalo is headed in the wrong direction again. This, after reclaiming the top spot in Week 10. Now? They’re down to four, behind the Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, and Denver Broncos. Not great.
Entering Week 11, the Bills’ odds of making the playoffs dropped 10%, and down to 86% (was 96%); their odds of winning the division cratered to just 29% (was 59%). As for earning a playoff bye, Buffalo’s odds fell all the way to only 9% (was 30%), while the Bills’ odds of making it to the Super Bowl also continue to fall, and are now at 13% (was 20%).
Now, let’s live in the present and dive into the latest NFL power rankings, passing the mic to hierarchy experts around the country (a few notwithstanding). Ready? It’s not pretty. (Week 10 Power Rankings for comparison)
“Non-QB MVP: RB James Cook III”
“Cook’s performance has been vital to the Buffalo offense this season, as the team is 1-3 when he rushes for under 100 yards. He is second in the league in rushing yards per game (102.2), succeeding behind an offensive line that has helped the Bills be third in yards before contact per rush (3.13). The ground game overall has been a positive for an offense that has significant issues elsewhere.” — Alaina Getzenberg
“What exactly should we do with the Bills? They followed up arguably their most important victory of the season with their biggest dud by a mile. This was a Dolphins team they’ve routinely batted around, and it wasn’t even close — Miami held the Bills off the scoreboard until the fourth quarter and never let them get going. Josh Allen played a poor game, but he rarely had open pass catchers to target,...
