Proof Suggests Espn Analyst Wrong Thinking Bills Will Lose Vs. Broncos

The Buffalo Bills opened arsenic road favorites complete nan Denver Broncos arsenic nan NFL's divisional information approaches. Still, astatine slightest 1 well-known sports characteristic doesn't deliberation that statement is justified.

Stephen A. Smith, who has been skeptical of nan Bills astatine various points this season, said connected ESPN's First Take on Tuesday greeting that Buffalo's postseason tally will extremity astatine nan hands of nan Broncos.

Why does Stephen A. Smith deliberation nan Bills shouldn't beryllium favored?

Smith launched into his statement against chap expert Chris Canty, who agreed pinch nan Bills being favored, by highlighting Denver's defense, 1 of nan champion units successful nan league.

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"68 sacks connected nan season, 11 much than immoderate different squad successful nan National Football League," Smith said. "Four awkward of nan all-time grounds by nan Chicago Bears successful 1984."

Smith agreed pinch Canty that Josh Allen is nan champion backmost successful nan crippled correct now, and moreover said that he's a instrumentality of Allen's Golden Globe-presenting wife, but he yet based on that nan circumstances favour Denver.

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"Not only are nan Buffalo Bills not that formidable offensively successful position of nan talent astir Josh Allen," Smith said. "You spell into Denver, you spell into play successful that altitude. To not person them [the Broncos] arsenic nan favourite and to conscionable automatically disregard them because of Josh Allen?"

Rebutting Smith's argument

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The Bills' 31-7 triumph complete nan Broncos successful past year's AFC wild-card crippled shouldn't beryllium overlooked, particularly since nan Broncos haven't made sweeping changes, while Buffalo has now shown it tin win connected nan roadworthy successful nan postseason.

Buffalo will besides person immoderate of their seasoned leaders playing astatine a precocious level connected defense, including Tre'Davious White and Shaq Thompson. Their beingness will beryllium captious successful helping younger players, such arsenic Jordan Hancock, navigate a crippled of this magnitude.

And, of course, there's Allen, nan reigning MVP and arguably the champion subordinate successful football, whom nan Bills tin thin connected whenever necessary.

It will return a complete squad effort, peculiarly pinch respective players stepping into larger roles due to injuries, but location should beryllium small uncertainty that nan Bills person a beardown chance to beforehand to nan AFC Championship Game for nan 2nd consecutive play connected Saturday.

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