The Buffalo Bills are heading straight back into the postseason – and they are doing so as AFC East champions.
The Bills won their first division title in 1995, thanks to their 48-19 victory over the Denver Broncos on Saturday.
Needing a win, along with some defeats of their AFC contemporaries to secure a playoff spot in Week 14, Buffalo (11-3) had to wait another week to beat his playoff ticket after the memorable rally. since the Baltimore Ravens, past the Cleveland Browns. . However, the Bills could only have finished in the playoffs then, and now they have secured the post-season spot along with a 25-year-old division title.
It is Bills’ second consecutive playoff spot and third in the last four seasons under head coach Sean McDermott. The two previous berths were lit by the stellar defensive game, while the ascent in 2020 was led by the dynamic game of defender Josh Allen, together with his excellent distribution of receivers.
The connection between Allen and wide receiver Stefon Diggs was what fed Buffalo back to victory on Saturday. Diggs brought in 11 of his 13 targets for 147 meters and set a franchise record for most receptions in a single season. While Diggs did not find the final zone in Denver, Dawson Knox and Jake Kumerow became the 12 and 13 different Bills players to catch a TD this season, and Allen added two more field goals.
Allen finished Day 28 of 40 for 359 with four total TDs to score a regular season in western New York.
In 2017, Buffalo advanced to the playoffs for the first time since 1999 and now in 2020, Bills has wiped out another long drought.
After becoming the face of the franchise in the third season, Allen was not born yet when Bills won the last division title, but it would seem that a new era of Bills success was born with his arrival.