The Fourth of July is simply a large clip to celebrate.
Hot dogs, hamburgers, fireworks and lukewarm upwind — Independence Day is simply a 1-seed erstwhile it comes to holidays.
The nation’s day besides means shot is close astir the corner.
The late, large John Madden utilized to accidental July 4 is what helium considered the commencement of shot season, arsenic grooming campy is conscionable weeks away, and the commencement of the regular play is conscionable 2 months away.
As we prep for shot play and phantasy drafts, the champion stake I deliberation to beryllium made close present is the Buffalo Bills to triumph the AFC East astatine -125.
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The Bills had won this part 5 consecutive years until past season, erstwhile the New England Patriots unseated the Bills connected their mode to different AFC championship.
But past year, the Patriots had a pillow-soft schedule, playing conscionable 4 of their 17 games against teams that would spell connected to marque the playoffs.
The Steelers, Panthers and 2 games against the Bills were the lone different playoff teams the Patriots encountered past regular season, and this year, a first-place docket volition springiness the Pats a importantly tougher test.
That docket includes the Jaguars, Broncos, Seahawks, Chiefs, Chargers, Lions, Packers, Bears and 2 games against the Bills. The Super Bowl hangover has agelong been an obstacle for teams who conflict to bounce backmost the pursuing twelvemonth aft losing the Big Game, and the past 3 Super Bowl losers combined to triumph zero playoff games the pursuing year, with 2 of those teams missing the playoffs entirely.
The Bills finished runners-up successful the AFC East past twelvemonth but were inactive capable to triumph 12 games. That was their seventh consecutive double-digit triumph season.
Bills backmost Josh Allen is 1 of the league’s champion and astir durable players. While his teams person yet to get implicit the hump and triumph — oregon adjacent play successful — a Super Bowl, he’s a regular-season winning machine.
With Allen, the Bills person won 10 oregon much games each twelvemonth but for his rookie twelvemonth successful 2018.
With the Patriots' hard docket and the consistency of the Bills, I similar the AFC East to erstwhile again spell backmost to the Bills for what would beryllium a sixth part rubric successful 7 years.
PICK: Bills (-125) to triumph AFC East
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