The next chapter in the Buffalo Bills and New England Patriot's rivalry will be written in Week 5 with both teams at different ends of their journey.
The Bills are Super Bowl contenders, while the Patriots, with Mike Vrabel now head coach, are the up and comers after a big offseason and a 2-2 start. Still, many think Buffalo will continue on its merry way.
Holding a 7-3 record over the Patriots in their last 10 games, the Bills appear to have New England figured out, but under Vrabel, New England might have a couple of tricks up its sleeve with Drake Maye under center.
Still, for NFL.com's Tom Blair, while the Patriots have something cooking, Buffalo will take this game and move to 5-0.
"Buffalo's been ruling this rivalry for long enough that it would be almost refreshing for Maye and Co. to pull themselves closer to equal footing, but it feels a bit premature to bank on that happening now," Blair wrote.
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Bills nearly uncatchable in AFC East race with a win over Patriots
The Bills have already beaten the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins, with the Patriots next on the list for Sean McDermott's team. Racing out to a 3-0 division lead after just five weeks is nasty work and it would nearly signal that the division is Buffalo's to lose.
Granted, most thought the Bills would win it at a canter, but to have such a commanding lead after only five weeks? Surely not.
But that is predicated on Buffalo beating the Patriots, and with Maye and Stefon Diggs' Highmark Stadium return, who knows how things will play out. After all, Buffalo was close with the winless New Orleans Saints until the fourth quarter last week, so anything is possible.
A Bills win would confirm what we already know - the bullies of the AFC East will blow through the division again.
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