Power Rankings

[Koko]

1 hour ago, Ann said:

WTH? A 2021 power ranking!?

1. KC
2. Buffalo
3. Green Bay
4. Tampa Bay
5. LA Rams

 

Someone needed to fill space...

 

Of course, after TB just decisively won the Super Bowl, to put them at #4 is just trolling for responses.

[Buffalo Bills Fan]

2 hours ago, Koko said:

 

Someone needed to fill space...

 

Of course, after TB just decisively won the Super Bowl, to put them at #4 is just trolling for responses.

 

Agree

[Nanker]

2 hours ago, Koko said:

 

Someone needed to fill space...

 

Of course, after TB just decisively won the Super Bowl, to put them at #4 is just trolling for responses.

 

40 minutes ago, Buffalo Bills Fan said:

 

Agree

Exactly. They should be #3 at least. 

[Augie]

6 hours ago, Koko said:

 

Someone needed to fill space...

 

Of course, after TB just decisively won the Super Bowl, to put them at #4 is just trolling for responses.

 

Writers gotta write! 

 

....and get their clicks.....

[Ann]

For those who care...
 

 

[Ann]

A compilation piece on the Bills power rankings heading into 2021:
 

 

[Ann]

Post-free agency power rankings (because why not?)

And then:  With free agency in full swing, the Power Rankings return with another detailed look at the league of 32.

 

 

[Ann]

Not a traditional power ranking...

 

AFC Roster Reset: Conference hierarchy heading into 2021 NFL Draft
 

The bullies

Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills.
 

The Chiefs and Bills are the only two teams I can't imagine missing the playoffs, barring disastrous injury problems. Buffalo elevating this high is a credit to the methodical decisions made by coach Sean McDermott and his hand-picked general manager, Brandon Beane, since their arrival in 2017. By the time McDermott's fundamental defense experienced a so-so year in 2020, the offense was fully formed enough to pick up the slack. I like the value in the Bills re-signing Matt Milano and tackle Daryl Williams. I love the offensive core of players, the coaching staff and most of the defensive core. The Bills could still use help in the defensive front seven via the draft, but their floor should be as a double-digit-win team.
 

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[Ann]

Post draft power ranking...

[Ann]

FMIA: NFL Power Rankings
Peter King
 

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3. Buffalo (13-3, lost AFC championship to Kansas City)

In rankings like these, I like to favor teams with the arrow pointing up. The Bills went to Kansas City for the AFC Championship Game on an eight-game winning streak. We know how explosive they were all season, but how about the defense Buffalo was playing when it counted? In that eight-game run, the Bills allowed 17.1 points per game. Now they have to find a way to beat Kansas City—they’ll match up for the third time in 51 weeks Oct. 10—after losing by nine and 14 last season. GM Brandon Beane is gambling that his polarizing first-round edge-rusher, Gregory Rousseau, will fortify the biggest need area of the team. Rousseau has had one year of his life rushing the passer at the University of Miami, but the GM believes that 15.5-sack season in 2019 is not an outlier. It’ll be up to Sean McDermott to coach Rousseau into a consistent force alongside vets Jerry Hughes and Mario Addison. This team fascinates me. I could see them getting on one of those steamrolling runs the Jim Kelly Bills did a generation ago.
 

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[Foxx]

From SI:

Rick Gosselin's Offseason NFL Rankings

 

...3. Buffalo. The Bills fell one game short of a return to the Super Bowl last season. Josh Allen will be a year better at quarterback in 2021 and the Bills have given him another weapon, free-agent WR Emmanuel Sanders. He joins a talented flank that also includes Stefon Diggs, who led the NFL in both catches (127) and receiving yards (1,535 yards) last season, and Cole Beasley, who caught 82 passes in the slot. Sanders caught 61 passes with the Saints last season. If there is a next step for the Bills it must come from the defense. Buffalo finished in the middle of the pack (14th) a year ago and only managed 38 sacks. Super Bowl champions historically have averaged 42 sacks. So the Bill used their first-round draft pick on Miami edge rusher Gregory Rousseau, who collected an NCAA-runnerup 15 ½ sacks in 2019. ...

[Ann]

Power rankings for head coaches.  This list is something...

 

NFL Head Coach Power Rankings
With training camps right around the corner, a look at how the veteran coaches stack up, and how the rookies rate heading into Year One.
Connor Orr
Sports Illustrated
 

11. Sean McDermott, Bills
Trending: Upward
Staff strength: 10
 

McDermott was the most difficult name to place on our list. After some of the game’s blue bloods start to retire I could see him developing into a top five NFL head coach, but for now there is still such a glut of older Super Bowl-winning head coaches who still make the playoffs with regularity hanging on. Buffalo is the kind of place where this type of early success could—and should—keep him there for the long haul where he can rack up Mike McCarthy-Green Bay type numbers in the coming years. McDermott inherited a scattershot roster and organization still reeling from the final chaotic days of the Rex Ryan regime and ironed the entire operation out seamlessly. Unlike other disciplinarians coming to clean up after the fun uncle coach leaves town, McDermott seemed to do it with a certain level of care and awareness. This is a difficult place to keep players long term and set a culture but McDermott has landed top free agents alongside a foundation of solid draft choices.
 

There are at least two future head coaches on the staff in Brian Daboll and Leslie Frazier. Daboll was expected to be a shoo-in for a pair of jobs in the last cycle before a few unexpected hires shook up the landscape. Should Josh Allen continue his ascent, Daboll will be considered a top-line candidate for an opening in 2022, and may be regardless.
 

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[Ann]

PFF's NFL Power Rankings for the 2021 NFL season
 

3. BUFFALO BILLS

Super Bowl Win Probability: 7%
Highest-Graded Player: QB Josh Allen (90.9)

[Ann]

From The Athletic (paid site)
 

NFL Power Rankings: As training camps begin, the Super Bowl contenders and pretenders
 

3. Buffalo Bills
 

2020 regular-season/playoff finish: 13-3, AFC Championship loss to Chiefs
 

If there’s any team built to become a long-term rival to the Chiefs in the AFC, it’s the Bills. Buffalo had a decent offseason; I particularly liked the signing of veteran Emmanuel Sanders to bolster the receiver group behind Stefon Diggs, and the decisions to bring back free-agent offensive linemen Jon Feliciano and Daryl Williams and re-sign linebacker Matt Milano.
 

What I’m watching in camp: Other than looking for new wrinkles in the offense for Josh Allen in Year 4, I want to see how much better the Bills’ defensive front might look with the addition of rookies Greg Rousseau and Carlos Basham Jr., whom Buffalo took with its first two draft selections in April. We know the blueprint for beating the Chiefs is to consistently pressure Mahomes. Are the Bills better suited now to do that?

[Ann]

Bleacher Report:

 

2021 NFL Power Rankings: Where Does Every Team Stack Up Entering Training Camp?
 

3. Buffalo Bills
 

The Buffalo Bills tied a franchise record with 13 regular-season wins in 2020 and made the AFC title game. Quarterback Josh Allen led the charge, completing almost 70 percent of his passes for 4,544 yards and 37 touchdowns on his way to a runner-up finish in MVP voting.
 

That's going to be a hard season to top (or even match), but Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll said Allen isn't about to take his foot off the gas.
 

"He is really the same guy every day since he's been here," Daboll said, per Sal Maiorana of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. "He has an underdog mentality, he's a grinder, he's never satisfied, he loves to practice, he's competitive in the meeting rooms. His leadership skills are outstanding, but he's not relying on what happened the year before or anything like that. That's what I appreciate about him. He's turned the page really quick."
 

The Bills offense should again be among the league's best after finishing second last year. The key to getting past the Chiefs in the AFC lies in Buffalo's 14th-ranked defense taking a step forward. Buffalo made an attempt to do that in this year's draft, spending its first two picks on edge-rushers Gregory Rousseau and Boogie Basham.     

[Ann]

Ranking every NFL offense from 1 to 32 going into the 2021 season
Sheil Kapadia 
The Athletic (paid site)

1. KC
2. GB
3. TB
4. Buffalo Bills

Last year: 5th
 

Is it possible that Josh Allen settles in somewhere between the guy we saw in 2019 (24th in QBR) and the guy we saw last year (third in QBR)? Sure. But he’s only 25 years old, so it would also be foolish to limit Allen’s ceiling. And few quarterbacks are better set up for success. Among the 11 offensive players who logged at least 500 snaps for the Bills last season, 10 are back. Buffalo was lethal out of 10 personnel (one RB, no TEs, four WRs) last season, ranking second league-wide in EPA per play, and they added Emmanuel Sanders in free agency
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No coordinator was more pass-heavy than Brian Daboll. The Bills threw the ball 63.1 percent of the time on early downs in neutral situations. The offensive line weathered injuries last year and could easily be better this year, and the run game has room to improve too. Overall, this is a high-powered unit that’s capable of putting up 30-plus points on a weekly basis.

[Ann]

NFL Offense Power Rankings: All 32 offenses ranked into 5 distinct tiers
Sam Monson
PFF
 

TIER 1: THE NFL'S ELITE
 

KC
TB
GB Cleveland
Buffalo

Buffalo Bills

Josh Allen’s breakout 2020 season propelled the Bills offense into a different realm the franchise hasn't visited for a long time. Allen’s overall PFF grade jumped from 64.1 in 2019 to 90.3 last season and put him among the very best players in the league. Stefon Diggs also proved to be a shrewd acquisition, as he thrived with the extra opportunity he received within the Buffalo passing attack. This offense is also one of the league’s most cutting edge in terms of pass-happy balance on neutral downs, giving them an analytics boost over many other units in the league.

[Ann]

ESPN Power index 2021

1. KC
2. TB
3. Buffalo

[B-Man]

19 minutes ago, Ann said:

ESPN Power index 2021

1. KC
2. TB
3. Buffalo

 

 

 

 

[Ann]

LOL