The Bills were ranked close to the bottom, if not at the bottom, of the entire NFL in most "experts" preseason power rankings. Week 1 proved that either the Bills were grossly underrated by all the "experts" and that these "experts" have little to no knowledge of the NFL outside of maybe 3 teams (which I think is what we all believe) or the Bills' win in week 1 was a complete fluke.
A lot of you may not care what these so called "experts" think, but I find it interesting to see what the outside world thinks of our team. It also appears that the players pay attention as pointed out by Jerry Sullivan as he quoted Eric Wood in his column today; "Yeah, this team kind of has a chip on its shoulders," center Eric Wood said Monday. "I felt that since day one of training camp. You try not to put too much stock into it, but we see where people have us in the power rankings."
Here is a run down of the major sports website's power rankings for the Bills after week 1 (with the prior week's ranking in parenthesis) and with the site's explanation.
ESPN
27 (30) Looks like there may be something to Chan Gailey's four-receiver offense. (Clayton)
- The funniest thing about this is that the Chiefs are ranked 21st. The Bills beat Kansas City 41-7 on opening day in their stadium and are 6 spots behind them in the rankings. Even the BCS wouldn't screw this up this bad. Can anyone give me one semi logical explanation how this is possible?
17 (29) Was that the real deal in Kansas City? Ryan Fitzpatrick was sensational. Maybe they knew what they were doing passing on a quarterback in the first round.
- Ryan Fitzpatrick was sensational in week 1. ESPN even had him with the highest QB ranking based on their new QB ranking calculation (ahead of Brady who threw for like 8,000 yards). The Chiefs are ranked 32nd in the NFL according to these rankings. Obviously, if the Bills are going to blow a team out on the road, they have to be the worst team in the league. I take this as another slap in the face to this team.
22 (30) I'm not sure if we totally underestimated the Bills or have completely overestimated how good the Chiefs are. Buffalo needs to sustain this level of play for another week, at least, before I move it any higher.
- I'll agree with Billick here as he points out the burning question among Bills' fans...are the Bills good or are the Chiefs really that bad? He also has the Chiefs ranked 32nd.
9. Buffalo (1-0). As Bill Parcells says, "I go by what I see.'' And the Bills handled Kansas City, on the road, in all phases.
- Gotta love Peter King. I have always thought he was kind of a little crazy and to have the Bills as the 9th best team in the NFL after one football game confirms that. Although, if you go strictly by his Parcells quote, the Bills did have the most dominating week 1 performance, so this should put them in the top 10. He has the Bills ahead of the Aints and Steelers and has Houston and the Lions ranked 6th and 7th. He's bold to say the least.
Walter Football
19 (25)
- No other explanation for them. These guys had the Bills ranked higher than anyone else did to start. I think somewhere between 15 and 20 is where the Bills currently belong so I agree with their ranking. KC is 29th.
13 (24) The Jets and Pats may have good reason to get a little nervous.
- Mike Florio with some love, odds he even watched the game though?
17 (28)
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