Buffalo Bills remain atop the NFL Power Rankings in Week 14

The Buffalo Bills are one of the best teams in the NFL in 2024. That’s true whether you judge the team’s performance or its record. This is also confirmed by their place in the power rankings. After an offseason with low expectations, the Bills have proven their opponents wrong through 12 games.

With their 35-10 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Buffalo secured the AFC East Division title for the fifth consecutive year. Still, the team knows that its season will be measured by its performance in January – and hopefully February too. For now, though, it’s clear that most media outlets view the Bills as a legitimate threat to play meaningful football deep into the winter.

For our first ranking we go to ESPNwhere Worldwide Leader pollsters have the Bills ranked No. 2 this week. Alaina Getzenberg was asked to write about a player who would be named to the Pro Bowl for the first time, and she chose defensive end Greg Rousseau. While she notes that Buffalo has plenty of candidates for this recognition – all offensive linemen except Dion Dawkins have yet to make the Pro Bowl, and the same goes for cornerback Taron Johnson – she believes Rousseau’s year deserves this recognition . Groot has 6.5 sacks, ranks sixth in the league in pressure percentage (13.8%), ranks sixth in quarterback hits (19) and is third in tackles for loss (15). Place. He was outstanding in his fourth professional season.

Marcus Mosher The 33rd team has Buffalo ranked No. 3 this week. He writes that Buffalo has “the best bad-weather quarterback in the league” in Josh Allen and calls Highmark Stadium a “massive home field advantage.” He doesn’t see a team coming to Orchard Park, New York, and winning a playoff game. Don’t be The Man, but the Bills have been eliminated at home each of the last two seasons, so we can never be completely sure.

Matt Johnson at Sportnaut has Buffalo ranked No. 3 this week. He notes that Sunday’s win over San Francisco was “complete dominance.” He believes the Bills are one of the few teams you can count on to dominate week in and week out, adding that the team had big plays in the run game to go along with a strong defensive performance .

Doug Farrar USA today has the Bills at No. 3 this week. In the same breath, however, he questions whether the Bills should be considered the top team in the league. The Bills rank him behind the Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles. He writes that after closing out the AFC East early, the Bills have a “strong argument” for that top spot. They averaged 30.4 points per game during their seven-game winning streak.

Pete Prisco CBS Sports has Buffalo ranked No. 2 this week. He writes that the Bills aren’t satisfied with just winning another AFC East crown. It’s the Super Bowl they’re after, and Prisco believes quarterback Josh Allen is now the MVP favorite after Sunday’s convincing win.

Mike Florio at Pro football talk has the Bills at No. 2 again this week. He regrets that the Las Vegas Raiders could have made the Bills the AFC’s top seed, but also notes that the Raiders “wasted” their chance to win. Buffalo will remain No. 2 for at least another week.

Vinnie Iyer at Sports News has Buffalo ranked No. 3 this week. He writes that the Bills “got a break at home with an undermanned, struggling 49ers team” on Sunday, but he still thought it was a good win. He wrote that the Bills “took care of business” in a game they needed.

Frank Schwab at Yahoo! sport also has Buffalo at No. 3 this week. He explains his reasons for Buffalo overtaking the Kansas City Chiefs this way: “The Bills can move up a spot because they continue to look better than the Chiefs. The Chiefs have a better record and a championship pedigree, but they’re barely getting by.” He added that Buffalo only needs a slip-up in Kansas City to clinch the No. 1 seed in the AFC.

Ben Rolfe Pro Football Network ranked the Bills at No. 3 this week. He writes that Buffalo is the last of the league’s “very elite” teams, lumping them in with the Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles in that category. He writes that Buffalo’s upcoming two-game road trip against NFC opponents could push them to the top of the rankings depending on the results.

Finally, Eric Edholm NFL Network has the Bills at No. 2 this week. He notes that there’s a lot going well with the Bills right now – they scored 35 points despite Josh Allen only passing 17 times, linebacker Matt Milano came back for 37 snaps and they scored in six Scored 30 points in consecutive games – and he notes that Milano’s return should be a “game-changer” for an already solid defensive unit.