The Bills have won the AFC East for the first time since 1995, throttling the New England Patriots on Monday Night Football and sweeping the team for the first time in the Bill Belichick era.
While the Patriots were out of playoff contention a week ago, victim to a glut of high-profile opt-outs before the season, it was somewhat symbolic to see Belichick spending a long time at midfield congratulating Sean McDermott after the game. There are a lot of reasons why New England did not win the division for the 12th straight time, but one of them is that he was finally confronted with a team building a sound organization; a legitimate adversary.