The Buffalo Bills defeated the Detroit Lions on the road late during the regular season and advanced one postseason round further than their NFC North counterpart in 2024. Considering those facts, it is surprising to see Buffalo ranked behind Detroit in Sports Illustrated's post-Super Bowl LIX Power Rankings.

Despite coming off a disappointing 6-11 season, the 49ers managed to land in the top 15 of The Ringer’s early set of NFL power rankings.

All of the post-Super Bowl power rankings are now out and NFL experts have the Bills among the top NFL teams heading into the 2025 season. Buffalo roughly ranks as the third-best team (average rank of 3.11) in the league as free agency, where the Bills could lose several starters, looms on the horizon.