Buffalo Bills: 2013 Week 8 NFL Power Rankings (#24)

Last week: 27 (+3)

Record: 3-4

The Bills may just be 3-4, but they’ve been pretty decent this season. They’ve had a tough schedule, with each of their opponents being 3-4 or better at this point. They’ve been underdogs in all 7 games and they have covered 5 of 7 spreads. The only game they’ve lost by more than a touchdown came in Cleveland after a pick six by backup Jeff Tuel. They beat a pair of top-15 teams on these Power Rankings in Buffalo (Baltimore, Carolina) and almost beat New England and Cincinnati. Their defense has been strong, allowing opponents to move the chains at just a 71% rate and they’ll only get better with Stephon Gilmore and Jairus Byrd healthy. Offensively, they are actually one of two teams to have scored 20 points or more in every game, along with Denver. Thaddeus Lewis isn’t great, but he can do enough for the Bills to win a few games going forward. Unfortunately, it’ll only serve to hurt their draft position and not for them to make the playoffs.

Week 7 Studs

ROLB Mario Williams

LOLB Jerry Hughes

DT Marcell Dareus

CB Nickell Robey

Week 7 Duds

RG Kraig Urbik

C Eric Wood

FS Jim Leonhard

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