The New England Patriots head into their first meeting with the Buffalo Bills as the first-place team in the AFC East. Saying that at any time from 2001 to 2019 wouldn’t have been a surprise, but after a year where the Bills went 13-3 and won the AFC East in what seemed like a changing of the guard, it’s definitely disconcerting to Bills’ fans that they find themselves looking up at their tormentors in the standings.
The good news, of course, is that it’s only the first week of December, and just half a game separates the two teams.