The Buffalo Bills aren’t playing their best football right now, which means the bye week has come at a really beneficial time. Sometimes a pause/reset is necessary to get the wheels back on the track.
With quarterback Josh Allen at the controls, you can be sure that the Bills won’t be held down all season. But there’s some authentic concern to keep in the back of your mind.
Does that concern extend to Buffalo’s playoff odds at FanDuel Sportsbook? Actually, no. Oddsmakers and bettors still believe in the Bills’ long-term chances. Right now, Buffalo still has the best FanDuel odds of making the playoffs at -1600. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a distant second at -950.
Buffalo still has the best odds of winning the AFC East (-230), while the Patriots are a bit behind them (+185) despite having a tie-breaking win over the Bills in their first of two meetings in 2025.
What do FanDuel odds tell us about the Bills chances of winning the AFC altogether? Well, Buffalo rises to the top (+300) here as well still, with slightly more expected odds than the Chiefs (+330).
In looking deeper at FanDuel’s NFL playoff odds, we discover that the Bills also share the most favorable odds (+650) at winning Super Bowl LX with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Much of the belief in the Bills is due to quarterback Josh Allen and running back James Cook. However, their schedule also plays a role, perceived to be “easy” by most observers. In truth, Buffalo’s four wins through six games have come against teams that are a combined 3-21. In each case, they claimed victory against a team that had yet to win a game.
Will that come back to bite them late in the season, or will they surge at the right time just ahead of a playoff run? Bills Mafia knows all too well about the defensive struggles come playoff time, so there’s plenty to find out in the next few months.
As shared in the most recent power rankings article with Buffalo Rumblings, the Bills still rise to the top thanks to their playoff odds (95%) and Super Bowl Odds (16.0%), per Annie Nader with FanDuel Research.
Where they’ve been hurt in recent weeks is losing to their AFC East foes, the New England Patriots. If they manage to get back to their winning ways, Buffalo is likely to stay out in front of the one team with better playoff odds and divisional odds:the Pittsburgh Steelers (currently 95.2% odds of making playoffs / 94.5% odds of winning AFC North).
For comparison’s sake, the Patriots’ odds of winning the AFC East currently sit at 37.5%, and their playoff odds sit at 88.2% heading into a Week 7 game against the Carolina Panthers.
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