ESPN NFL experts have picked the winner of the Buffalo Bills-New England Patriots Week 4 game.
The Buffalo Bills face the New England Patriots in Week 4 and ESPN expects Buffalo to improve to 4-0.
Pamela Maldonado, Eric Moody and Seth Walder believe the Bills will beat the Patriots in Week 4:
Maldonado's pick: Bills 27, Patriots 17
Moody's pick: Bills 30, Patriots 27
Walder's pick: Bills 24, Patriots 20
The Bills are averaging 33.7 points per game and giving up 26.0 points per game. They are first in the NFL in points for and 21st in points against.
Meanwhile, the Patriots are averaging 12.0 points per game and giving up 17.0 points per game. They are 31st in the NFL in points for and sixth in points against.
Bills superstar QB Josh Allen is the fourth player in NFL history with two or more rushing touchdowns in three straight games to start a season (1958 Jim Brown, 1999 Stephen Davis and 2003 Priest Holmes). He's the early MVP favorite.
Allen has five passing touchdowns and six rushing touchdowns through three games. The future Hall of Famer is completing 65.1% of his passes for 786 passing yards.
Patriots QB Drake Maye is playing the exact opposite of Allen. He has six interceptions and only one touchdown pass through three games. Buffalo's defense has a great opportunity on Sunday to destroy Maye's confidence even more.
Maye led the Patriots to the Super Bowl last season, where New England lost to the Seattle Seahawks. The Bills have yet to reach the Super Bowl in the Allen era. They have made the AFC Championship Game twice with Allen leading the way. Buffalo lost to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs both times.
Is this the season Allen and the Bills finally get over the hump? Only time will tell. Thus far, Allen looks like the best player in the NFL. Against the Detroit Lions in Week 2, Allen tallied his fourth career game with three-plus passing touchdowns and two-plus rushing touchdowns in a game. Kordell Stewart (two) is the only other player to ever tally multiple such games in NFL history.
Allen also became the second player in NFL history to account for nine-plus total touchdowns and four-plus rushing touchdowns over a span of five days. He joined Ernie Nevers from November 24-28, 1929, when he ran for nine touchdowns and scored all 59 of the Cardinals' points in two wins (19-0, 40-6).
However, Allen doesn't care about that. He wants to bring Buffalo its first ever Super Bowl.
