ORCHARD PARK - For nearly the entire first two decades of the 21st century, the New England Patriots dominated the AFC East in historical fashion, at one point winning 11 straight from 2009-19.

And if you were a Buffalo Bills fan watching your team bumble and stumble through a coinciding 17-year playoff drought, it was galling to endure the Patriots parading around in their championship hats and t-shirts, their smugness growing with every division title, conference championship and Super Bowl triumph.

The Bills put an end to the misery - assisted in a big way by the departure first of Tom Brady and then Bill Belichick - and have won five straight division crowns, but now, here come the Patriots again thanks to a rebuild that took far less time than we hoped.

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