The Buffalo Bills are one of the teams expected to be genuine contenders for the Super Bowl in 2025.
With the defending MVP, an offense that was one of the best in football last season, and what "should" be an improved defense, the Bills, on paper, appear to be ready to roll.
However, as we know, the Bills are a regular-season juggernaut, but when it comes to the playoffs, and the Kansas City Chiefs, things don't end well, with the franchise seeing their season end the last four times they've met Patrick Mahomes.
And for Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports, in what he calls a worst-case scenario, Buffalo doesn't even make it that far in 2025.
"The absence of a bona fide No. 1 wide receiver plagues Allen as he tries to carry Buffalo's offense, and Sean McDermott's shuffled secondary can't hold up as the Bills go one-and-done for the first time since 2019," Benjamin writes.
Will the lack of a No. 1 weapon plague Allen? It didn't last year with the Bills offense averaging 30.9 points per game. But there is merit to suggest that Joshua Palmer, Elijah Moore, and Laviska Shenault Jr. aren't the players who can take the offense forward.
And defensively, the Bills got after it in free agency and with the first five picks in the draft, so on paper, they "should" be better. But there is no guarantee of the progression that Sean McDermott hopes for.
It would be a shocking travesty if things completely fell apart for the Bills, given the talent they have on their roster. However, the NFL is an unforgiving beast, and it has swallowed teams whole at the worst possible time.
And if that happens to Buffalo, that is proper nightmare fuel, my friends.
