This year marks the Buffalo Bills’ best chance of a Super Bowl win yet
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I have been a Buffalo Bills fan for as long as I can remember, but this year seems like it could finally be the one where the team lifts the Lombardi Trophy.
I have been a Buffalo Bills fan for as long as I can remember. I have lived through a nearly 20-year playoff drought – I used to say the Bills haven’t made the playoffs since before my bar mitzvah. Now, the Bills are in the midst of a historic run behind future Hall of Fame quarterback Josh Allen, yet they haven’t won a Super Bowl. That’s why every week until they win a Super Bowl in February (as I will it into existence), I’ll be keeping what I call a diary. Mostly, this column will be a statistical analysis of why I think they will go all the way, as well as a reference or two to memories past. Let’s start off very simply: the Bills have never had as good of a chance of winning a Super Bowl the last few seasons as they do now. I’m not making this up as a homer – this is statistically true. The New York Times playoff simulator gives the Bills a 20% chance of finally raising the Lombardi Trophy as of time of publication. The Bills’ chances have never been higher at this point in the season dating back to when Allen first led the team to the playoffs in 2019. On the most basic level, the team is 10-2. No Bills team this century has had a better record through 12 games. They also clinched the AFC East this past week; no franchise has clinched a division title so early since the league expanded the season to 17 games a few years ago.