With Tom Brady leaving the New England Patriots to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after dominating the AFC East for two decades, the Buffalo Bills knew that 2020 could be their chance to win a division title for the first time since 1995. So far, so good as the team sits 7-2 after an impressive win against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday afternoon.
Despite their stellar record and the fact, they sit atop the division with more than half the season played, the current Bills team do not want any comparisons to teams of the past. While the Bills have struggled to remain competitive since last winning the division, the organization did reach four consecutive Super Bowls in the early 90s.
“It really doesn’t mean anything. I don’t want to compare ourselves to Jim Kelly’s era, Thurman Thomas, like, those guys are legends,” said left tackle Dion Dawkins following Sunday’s victory, via ESPN. “We are far from them. They hold the crown. They are the kings. But it just shows we are capable of doing whatever we want to do. We have all of the pieces here. And we just have to continue to do things right on and off the field.
“It’s never perfect. None of us are perfect. We all make mistakes. But we just have to stay one foot in front of the other and keep climbing and it’ll go well for us if we just keep that mentality up.”
The Bills have now won three consecutive games in a row and will look to make it four when they travel to Arizona to take on the Cardinals in a crucial contest next Sunday. The team is taking it one game at a time though.
“It’s just another win, I mean, these are hard to come by as I’ve said before,” head coach Sean McDermott said, via ESPN. “I appreciate the way our players played in all three phases, really complementing one another.
“Any win is a great win in the National Football League, but let’s be honest, that’s a really good football team that we played today and so were the Patriots, don’t get me wrong. It’s just this week to take our game where the guys took it. They earned it, they worked their butts off during the week, they were focused.”
Buffalo’s win against Seattle was a critical one with the Miami Dolphins sitting just 1.5 games back in the standings. The Dolphins started their season 0-2 but have been a force to be reckoned with since, winning their last four games in a row.
Third-year quarterback Josh Allen isn’t losing focus though as he looks to become the first quarterback to lead the Bills to a division title since Hall of Famer Jim Kelly.
“Sitting here 7-2, we’re excited with what we can do and how we can play,” Allen said, via ESPN. “But we understand seven wins doesn’t get you into the playoffs. We got to continue to find ways to keep stacking weeks and focusing on one week at a time. We know we got a different challenge next week we have to game plan for. Every time you step on the field it’s a little bit different.”
