NFL power rankings roundup: Where the Bills land in national polls ahead of Week 2 - Bills Wire
The Buffalo Bills finished their Week 1 game against the Houston Texans with their heads held high, taking a 36-31 win.
On the field, the Bills (1-0) looked the part of a winning team. How about off the field after the film has been broken down by NFL analysts across the media landscape?
3. Buffalo Bills (4): The Great Lakes Bengals? The Bills barely played a lick of defense Sunday in Houston but nevertheless looked like a team very much capable of making a run to Super Bowl 61 β especially with Josh Allen, now the fastest player in NFL history (129 games) to collect at least 300 combined passing/rushing TDs, at the helm
5. Bills: Has there ever been more pressure on a first-year coach to get to the conference championship?
The Bills were a trendy pick to reach the Super Bowl this season, even in their first year under new coach Joe Brady. They showed why on Sunday. The Texans might have the best defense in the NFL, yet the Bills put up 409 yards of offense while Josh Allen threw for a pair of touchdowns and added another two on the ground. That offense will be fun for the home crowd to watch as Buffalo unveils its new stadium Thursday night.
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The Buffalo Bills staked their claim as the NFL's best team with the most impressive victory from Week 1. Josh Allen and Co. went into Houston, faced the league's best defense and posted over 400 yards of total offense.
Obviously, Allen's presence alone gives the Bills an advantage over most, if not all of their opponents. The former league MVP contributed four touchdowns Sunday, including a pair of scores on the ground.
.However, a reworked defense under new coordinator Jim Leonard deserves credit for coming up big late in the contest with two sacks and a forced fumble to end Houston's chances of taking a lead deep in the fourth quarter.
Winning at Houston is big for this team. It's obvious that Joe Brady is giving the ball to Josh Allen again..
They put up 36 points and 409 yards on a Houston defense that gave up an average of 17 points and 277 yards per game last year. Apparently, Joe Brady can coach and call plays at the same time.
Moore's five catches for 100 yards were somewhat aided when Houston safety Reed Blankenship went for an interception and missed badly, giving Moore an easy path to a 43-yard touchdown. However, Moore also did a lot of things that didn't end up in his standard receiving totals. He drew a 46-yard pass interference penalty and later an illegal contact flag. He also slapped away what appeared to be a very likely interception for Houston safety Calen Bullock. It was everything the Bills could have asked for when they traded for Moore in March.
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