FTP just so I understand what you are saying
At 5-1 the bills are "just not a very good team"
The Pats....because they lost 1 game last year "were not a very good team" either?
So what makes a good team? Undefeated?
The Bills: 5-1
O rankings: 17th
D: rankings: 10th
Passing O: 13th
Rushing O: 23rd
Passing D: 8th
Rushing D: 15th
I know many Bill fans are only interested in the credit they can give their team but the reality is the Bills have played simply the soughtest schedule to this point example,
Jags: 3-3 (21st O) (24th D)
Seahawks: 1-5 (28th O) (27th D)
Rams: 2-4 (31st O) (29th D)
Raiders: 2-4 (22nd O) (26th D)
Chargers: 3-4 (15th O) (28th D)
Totals: W/L 11-20 = 9 games below 500.
Avg. O ranking- 23.4
Avg. D ranking- 26.8
I know none of this means squat to Bill fans, cause then that would mean they still have to wait and win legit games, versus teams that aren't ranked near the bottom of the league in both offense and defense, but oh well.
This is why I find it amusing when Bill fans come here and say look at our 5-1 Bills team we're the class of the division, we're better then everyone. Well A) not one division game has been played by the Bills, the Bills have not beaten a team with an elite Offense or defense yet this year and the one time they played a top Offense the Cards, the Bills just couldn't do a damn thing to stop them. B) If the Bills are this great team, why aren't they a top 5 unit on both sides of the ball? They sure as hell have had a regular stretch of games where the teams they've played have been the very worst in the league in rankings. Not just one game here and three weeks later another team near the bottom of the league.
Keep in mind only one team has not had a bye week in those rankings. Which means the numbers most likely would be worse given the pattern if each team had played 7 games rather then 6 games.
Now obviously no team controls their schedule, no team can predict injuries. But Bill fans are all high on their team thinking they belong at the very top of the league with Teams like the Cowboys and Giants, but their statistics don't suggest anything of the sort. If the Ginats or Cowboys had faced that same stretch of teams the Bills have do you honestly believe either team woulds be ranked outside the top 3 in both offense and defense?
In the Bills 5 wins, they have faced not one Defense that ranks higher then 24th, In the Bills 5 wins they did not face one offense ranked higher then 15th yet in thier top 10 defensive ranking only 2 teams are giving up more points a game then the Bills. The Vikes and Eagles. The Bills have had such an easy start to this season it's unreal. I think the Bills aren't the worst team in the league obviously, but they sure as hell aren't a top 5 team right now.
This information can be had by anyone willing to spend the time to research it, you don't need top secret insider information to obtain this info. So it's not hard to simply look at the numbers and come to a reasonable conclusion.