The chatter about the Buffalo Bills taking a step back in 2024 has officially been silenced after their Week 13 beatdown of the San Francisco 49ers. The Bills got their 10th win of the season and ultimately, they have clinched the AFC East for the 5th straight year and the Bills still have five games remaining on their schedule. Them clinching the division before taking on the New England Patriots once this year is beyond impressive.
Not only does it show how great the Bills are this year, but it shows how bad the rest of the division is. Buffalo was the only team in the division that won their Week 13 game and the next closest team to them is the Miami Dolphins at 5-7.
Across the NFL world, the Bills were not expected to put up this kind of production at this point in the season back when the offseason was happening. With an overhaul of the roster and losing a lot of veterans, the Bills were pinned as a team that would take a step back. That could not be further from the truth now.
One of the non-believers of the Bills heading into the season was NFL Network analyst Rich Eisen, who is the host of the Rich Eisen show, and his comments about the Bills on Monday should bring smiles to Bills fans all over the world.
#BillsMafia routed San Francisco on Sunday night, Josh Allen fortified his MVP case and Buffalo clinched its 5th straight AFC East crown — @richeisen raises his hand and says 'my bad:'#NFL #SNF #FTTB pic.twitter.com/BwwX2Qbn22
— Rich Eisen Show (@RichEisenShow) December 2, 2024
Rich Eisen owns up to mistakes of doubting Bills heading into 2024
Prior to the start of this season, different members on the Rich Eisen show, Eisen included all predicted the Dolphins take the division from the Bills. All of them had the Bills no higher than third place in the division. However, it was a lot more people than just Eisen and his crew.
Across different networks and talk shows, the Bills were rarely picked as AFC East winners and now the doubters are nowhere to be heard. Buffalo has taken care of business and has guaranteed themselves atleast one home playoff game. Now the chase for the top seed and the first-round bye week is on for them.