Buffalo Bills Playoff Woes: Can 2025 Bring Change?

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00:00And despite Buffalo outgaining KC in Arrowhead and winning the turnover battle,

00:05Bill State still came up short against their playoff nemesis. For a fourth time in the last

00:11five years, the Buffalo Bills ousted from postseason consideration by Kansas City.

00:16Will 2025 be different? Will Buffalo finally stand atop the AFC and get back to a Super Bowl

00:24for the first time in more than three decades? That, of course, will be the question this

00:30offseason in Western New York and how the Bills plan to address it. A 13-14 that won the AFC East

00:37for a fifth consecutive year. Plus 7.50, the price on the Bills to win Super Bowl 60,

00:43fourth shortest number, but a full dollar behind both KC and Baltimore for what would be the best

00:49odds for any AFC teams. 30th overall pick to end out the opening round, eight overall draft picks,

00:56and again, slightly in the red and over the cap, about $14 million. Big questions for Buffalo DRS.

01:04Number one, should they try to swing big in the trade market and acquire a superstar?

01:11Yeah, you're right in that window right now for a Super Bowl with arguably the best quarterback

01:15in the game. You could say in Josh Young, maybe the most talented overall. You're also looking

01:18at where they were hoping to swing big in the past. Remember those rumors like, you know what,

01:23we'll pass on Christian McCaffrey. It's no big deal. It's just a running back at this point.

01:26Imagine McCaffrey with Allen just a few short years ago when he was healthy and saw what he

01:30did for the 49ers. So I do think that goes in the back. Now, they did say, OK, we can't beat

01:34Patrick Mahomes. Let's go get Von Miller. And it didn't work out in spades for them, let you say.

01:38Quality signing, injured a lot, spent a lot of money. Wasn't worth it on the back end because

01:42why? You didn't accomplish your goal by getting to the Super Bowl. But that shouldn't stop you

01:47from heading into the 2025 season, say we are so close. What do we need? How did the

01:51Philadelphia Eagles absolutely crunch the Kansas City Chiefs? It's with a great pass rush and

01:56swinging for the fences, which means Myles Garrett should be target number one. Now,

02:00also, when we're taking a look at, are you buying on them? I just talked about the Kansas City

02:03Chiefs, Ben, with their home schedule next year, which is tough. And also you look at the bill

02:07schedule. It is. But the weight of the games that you need to win and hard to win, as we like to say,

02:12are on the road. They have such a manageable road schedule next year. Ben Falcons, Panthers,

02:17Browns, Texans, Dolphins, Patriots, Jets and Steelers are their road games there. If you

02:22can handle your business on the road and then still have a great winning percentage at home

02:26that sets you up for that number one overall seed, which, again, no guarantees that you make

02:30it to the Super Bowl. But your path to victory going through Buffalo is much easier at home

02:34than it is away. And if you're adding players like Myles Garrett, just to say, you know what?

02:38We might not have the best secondary or the best linebackers, but our front four

02:42could be one of the best in football. Boy, that is a recipe for success. So, yes,

02:47swing for the fence in free agency and that home run hitter. It's Myles Garrett.