The Bills Are The Overlords Of The AFC East And It's The Patriots Fault

For nearly twenty years the Patriots owned the AFC East. The past decade, while everyone was talking about the rift between Belichick and Brady, the Buffalo Bills were quietly building and developing a roster and coaching staff. The Bills however would always be second to the Patriots as long as Tom Brady was the quarterback. 

In 2020 that all came to an end. Tom Brady left town faster than a sworn of nats to a pile of sugar. With Brady gone, Josh Allen was primed to make a run at the division crown. With Patriots lacking an efficient top 20 passer, the Bills had an easy path to a banner year in 2020, and this time their owners weren't gonna interfere like they did benching Tyrod Taylor for Nathan Petermann.

This spring, the Patriots decided that although Cam Newton can run better than majority of the quarterbacks in the league and was a dangerous weapon, his arm was no better than Hoyer's and Stidham's. So the Patriots used their first round draft pick of the 2021 draft to select a true starting passer from the Chad Pennington, Matt Ryan, Tom Brady mold. 

Mac Jones is a rookie and it will be at least a year presumably before he is ready to dominate defenses with his intelligence (Fingers crossed it happens sooner.). Jones isn't the only area the Patriots are in need of development in. The Patriots have to develop their receiving core, their 2020 draft picks, Nordin the kicker, and a plethora of defensive players. The Bills should run the AFC East until the end of the 2021 season, again that depends on how quickly Mac Jones can acclimate to the NFL.

ESPN'S Mike Reiss answered a question and basically said the same thing. Here's what he said. 

Reiss said, "Once the Bills re-sign quarterback Allen and linebacker Tremaine Edmunds -- and I view those moves as more of "when" than "if" -- it will further solidify them as the franchise with the best three-year outlook. Put me down for the Bills, but with this caveat: I believe the Patriots will be sending a big thank-you note to the San Francisco 49ers for passing on Jones with the No. 3 overall draft pick. He slid all the way to New England at No. 15 and has made a strong first impression on coaches and players. If he emerges as the quarterback of the future as the Patriots believe he can, New England's three-year outlook could threaten Buffalo's."

Allen is a good quarterback but was compared to Ben Roethlisberger and Brett Farve by the Bills' mafia. Both have won superbowls but are also turnover machines. Farve in 20 seasons threw 338 interceptions. Roethlisberger in 16 seasons and threw 201 interceptions. Both quarterbacks averaging 14 interceptions per 16 games. Patriots fans can only hope Allen follows in their footstep but so far Allen is only averaging 11 interceptions a season.

Marcel Louis-Jacques also went with the Bills and he gave some pretty good reasons as well. 

Louis-Jacques said, "The Bills are the kings of the AFC East, and here's the thing: Most of their cornerstones have either been drafted over the past few years or are in their athletic prime. Allen might get an extension that rivals Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes' in length. Diggs, cornerback Tre'Davious White, left tackle Dion Dawkins and Milano are all signed for the foreseeable future, and Edmunds will be, too -- maybe as early as this summer. General manager Brandon Beane has a strong track record in the NFL draft, and word is spreading that Buffalo is a place to be for veterans who want to win. Now, that pendulum can swing south if the Dolphins and Tagovailoa take the next step, but as long as Allen is throwing passes in Orchard Park, New York, the Bills will be a force."

The truth is Buffalo got good, and the Patriots failed over the years to either build through the draft, or to develop the talent they were selecting. Either way, they let the Bills have the division and it's the Patriots own fault. Robert Kraft had spoke about the failures of the team to build through the draft earlier this spring around the time the team went on a spending spree.

Fans wanted a reason to humble themselves, the Patriots gave us the 2020 season but some fans didn't get the message and so, as Mike Reiss points out we have another year of the Buffalo Bills as our dark over lords. The bandwagon fans are hoping on the Bills in western New York, so if you're a Patriots' fan outside of this area, I envy you. They're gonna be insufferable until they lose the division and bounce to another bandwagon.