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Bills Can Win Games They Shouldn’t Win, Saints and the Ease of Beating an Opponent a Third Time

1. If you’ve ever read this column or listened to our podcast, you’ve probably picked up on the fact that I’m incredibly excited to see the Bills back in the playoffs. And I’m also incredibly stunned to see the Bills back in the playoffs.

Their roster wasn’t very good when training camp started, and then they traded away Sammy Watkins, Ronald Darby and Marcell Dareus. They had a point differential of -57 on the year. It’s really weird to make the playoffs with a point differential of -57. In fact, in the 17 seasons of Buffalo's postseason drought, they had a better point differential in 10 of those seasons (including four years on the plus side).