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Josh Allen's Bills Expected To 'Coast' Through 'Cakewalk' Schedule

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Adam Schultz | Last updated May 16, 2025 9:42 AM ET

The Buffalo Bills are coming off a 2024 season that saw the franchise run through the regular season, claim the division midway through the year, and reach the AFC Championship game.

And many expect them to do the same in 2025.

A solid free agency class that had a defensive flavour to it, as well as the draft, the Bills beefed up Sean McDermotts' unit while adding Joshua Palmer and Elijah Mitchell for Josh Allen.

Given the state of the AFC East, the Bills are favorites for the division yet again, and for Matt Verderame, he expects Buffalo to have a 13-4 record, one of only three teams (Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens) to have such a record.

"The Bills should coast to their sixth consecutive division title. Buffalo will feast on the East, but there are tough games at home," he writes "The Chiefs and Ravens are coming to town, along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Philadelphia Eagles and Cincinnati Bengals.

"The good news? The road slate is a cakewalk, with the Pittsburgh Steelers being the lone exception."

So hopes are high for the Bills, and their closing month, if playoffs need to be acquired, should see McDermott's team roll with a few wins against the New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles, and New York Jets to finish.

The division is the clear priority for the Bills as finishing top guarantees a home playoff game, and we can say with some certainty that Buffalo will be the cream of the crop in the AFC East.

Again, the big bugaboo for the Bills is what it does in the playoffs, with the Chiefs likely to be a roadblock they will have to go through.

And based on the projections, a meeting of AFC titans will happen with the Bills "coasting" through the regular season.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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