The Buffalo Bills went to Houston and beat the Texans in Week 1.
The Buffalo Bills showed the NFL world in Week 1 that they are legitimate Super Bowl contenders in Year 1 of the Joe Brady era.
Buffalo went to Houston and beat the Texans by a final score of 36-31.
Bleacher Report ranked the Bills the second-best NFL team heading into Week 2. Only the Seattle Seahawks, who won last season's Super Bowl and beat the New England Patriots in Week 1, are ahead of Buffalo.
"The Buffalo Bills staked their claim as the NFL's best team with the most impressive victory from Week 1," BR wrote.
Josh Allen was ranked the best QB in the NFL by multiple outlets before the 2026 season.
Allen made all of those pundits look very smart.
In the Bills' Week 1 win against the Texans, Allen finished with 334 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, 23 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.
Houston has arguably the best defense in the NFL and Allen still put up four touchdowns. That's how special he is.
Allen threw the game-winning touchdown to Josh Palmer. Surprisingly, Allen executed the play despite it not being by design.
"You want the absolute truth?" Allen said during a postgame interview with CBS Sports' Evan Washburn. "We call this a horseshoe. That wasn't where the ball was supposed to go. We have never once repped the ball going there. I just felt those safeties started cheating toward DJ (Moore) a little bit. Josh ran a great route. I put in on a line for him and he did the rest."
A future first-ballot Hall of Famer, Allen had 3,668 passing yards, 25 passing touchdowns, 579 rushing yards and 14 rushing touchdowns last season. Those are unbelievable numbers.
Unfortunately, the Bills lost to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Divisional Round. Buffalo still hasn't reached the Super Bowl in the Allen era.
It will be fascinating to see if Allen and the Bills can reach the promised land this season. Time is running out for Allen to win a championship.
After all, he's not getting any younger and there is so much young talent in today's NFL.
The Bills have reached the AFC Championship Game twice in the Allen era. Buffalo lost to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs both times.
Allen and Co. face the Detroit Lions in Week 2.
That figures to be a very high-scoring game between Allen and Jared Goff.
The Bills scored 36 points in Week 1, while the Lions put up 31 against the New Orleans Saints.
