Two games in, the Buffalo Bills have already put themselves in rare air. They’re 2-0, and the idea of a 17-0 season - something no NFL team has ever done - is no longer just a wild offseason thought. It’s right there on the board.
The setup helps. Buffalo has an easier, second-place schedule ahead, and Vegas has the Bills at 12.5 wins, which points to a team that should be favored more often than not. With that kind of runway, the path to perfection at least exists.
And it starts with a stretch that looks very manageable. The Chargers and Patriots come to Buffalo next, and if the Bills handle those two, they’d be staring at a 4-0 start.
After that comes a trip to Los Angeles to face the Rams, then a game in Vegas against the Raiders. Clear that run, and Buffalo could be sitting at 6-0.
From there, the schedule gets trickier, but only in spots. The games that stand out as the biggest tests are home dates with the Ravens on 11/1, the Chiefs on 11/26, and the Bears on 12/19.
If the Bills get through that three-game home gauntlet, they could be 14-0 before heading to Denver to face the Broncos. That would normally look like a spot where the streak could end, but after the way Buffalo looked last week against the Chiefs, they don’t seem nearly as intimidating.
If the Bills survive Denver, they’d be 15-0 with two games left: the Dolphins and the Jets. Both would be waiting to get a tee time by them. At that point, a perfect season would be firmly on the table.
Josh Allen is the engine behind all of it. Through two games, he looks like he’s on a mission.
Buffalo did allow 31 points against the Texans, but Houston has always been a house of horrors for Allen. Even so, the Bills still scored 36 against one of the league’s best defenses.
Then they followed that with a 40 burger. Their defense has given up 31 points in both games, and that could be the flaw that eventually trips them up.
But the offense is rolling at 38.5 points per game, and if that pace holds anywhere close, 17-0 is absolutely in play.
The numbers around Allen are already eye-popping. When the Patriots went 16-0, Tom Brady threw for 50 touchdowns, and New England finished with a plus-315 point differential. Allen has nine total touchdowns in Buffalo’s first two games and is on pace for 68 total touchdowns this season.
There are still land mines beyond the obvious ones. A road game against the Packers, Patriots, or Vikings could catch them if they’re not careful. But the bigger point is simple: perfection is attainable.
For the league’s best quarterback, doing it in the first season in the new stadium would make for one heck of a story.
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