Ranking the AFC’s Top 6 Teams After Deshaun Watson, Davante Adams Trades

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The Buffalo Bills were a trendy Super Bowl pick last year before they lost in the divisional round to the Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo’s playoff nemesis.

Despite the disappointing finish, the organization didn’t need to make many offseason changes. It has a strong core and has claimed back-to-back AFC East titles and won double-digit games for three straight years.

Buffalo will be improved next year, though, largely thanks to a single move.

The Bills scored one of the biggest surprise signings of the offseason when they came to terms with future Hall of Famer Von Miller on a six-year, $120 million deal.

While it seemed Miller would either stay with the champion Los Angeles Rams or return to Denver, where he spent the majority of his career, the edge-rusher said he couldn’t pass up the chance to join a team he felt would win a championship even if he didn’t sign there, per ESPN’s Alaina Getzenberg:

“The only way you can walk away from [the Rams] is to walk into something special. And what they’re doing here is extremely special. (The Bills are) gonna win a Super Bowl with or without me. They’ve built an amazing team.”

Although the Bills have a top-tier roster, Patrick Mahomes has ended Buffalo’s last two seasons by throwing for over 300 yards and a trio of touchdowns in each of the two most recent playoffs meetings. The Chiefs quarterback was only sacked three times total in those contests.

With Miller in the fold, the Bills have an elite pass-rusher to counter Mahomes and the other top-flight quarterbacks they’ll face in the playoffs.

Miller has recorded nine sacks over his past two postseasons, including two in Super Bowl LVI.

It appears the missing piece has been found, and Buffalo—now the clear-cut favorite to win the AFC at +300—is finally ready to make that Super Bowl run.

All reported signings via NFL.com‘s free-agency tracker unless otherwise noted. Salary-cap info via Spotrac unless otherwise noted.

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