Matt Warren is Associate Director of NFL coverage for SB Nation and previously covered the Buffalo Bills for Buffalo Rumblings for more than a decade. If it has to do with math, he has covered it, from NFL playoff standings to salary cap analysis. He does weekly community questions to stay involved with the commenters on the site.
The national media picked against the Buffalo Bills this offseason. It isn’t puffery. Almost everyone with a microphone picked another team to win the AFC East. Maybe it was the Miami Dolphins or maybe it was the New York Jets, but the majority of pickers picked against Buffalo.