The Buffalo Bills have claimed the last five AFC East division titles, and the expectation is that reigning NFL MVP Josh Allen and the Bills will once again cruise to another AFC East championship in 2025.
With the start of the season a little more than a week away, today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks leads off by previewing the state of the division and exploring why the Bills are the odds-on favorites to win their sixth straight division championship.
Led by dual-threat quarterback Josh Allen, the emergence of wide receivers Khalil Shakir and Keon Coleman, touchdown-scoring machine James Cook and a talented offensive line, the Bills are once again expected to boast one of the league’s most prolific scoring offenses.
On defense, the Bills have brought in new faces like defensive ends Michael Hoecht, Joey Bosa and rookie Landon Jackson, defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi and rookie T.J. Sanders, and cornerbacks Tre’Davious White and Maxwell Hairston to improve the deficiencies that saw the team once again fall to the Kansas City Chiefs in the playoffs.
Is this finally the year the Bills get over the hurdle and claim the first Super Bowl in franchise history? Linked below: Trying to answer that question and a look at the states of the New England Patriots, the Miami Dolphins, and the New York Jets to see who poses the biggest threat to Buffalo in the AFC East.
Veteran cornerback Tre’Davious White went down with what the Bills have described as a lower leg injury in the team’s last practice of training camp, while rookie cornerback Maxwell Hairston suffered an LCL sprain in his knee during a late July practice. As the Bills prepare for the upcoming season, there are major questions about the state of Buffalo’s cornerbacks (opposite incumbent starter Christian Benford). Learn what general manager Brandon Beane...