
Gates’ Top NFL Team From Week 1 (2025)
Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season has concluded, marking the start of our fourth consecutive year of a weekly series called “Team of the Week.”

Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season has concluded, marking the start of our fourth consecutive year of a weekly series called “Team of the Week.”

Building momentum in Sean McDermott’s third season as head coach, the Buffalo Bills won 10 games for the first time since 1995 last season. They made their second straight wild-card playoff berth. Guided by an outstanding defense that finished top two in the league and the improved play of quarterback Josh Allen, the team began to prove they are an emerging contender in the AFC.

With the month of May in the books, Ryan Potts shares his latest hot takes.

Ed Oliver became the fourth NFL player arrested over the span of 48 hours on Saturday night:
Buffalo went into this draft without a first-round pick due to the Stefon Diggs trade, but you wouldn’t know it based on the talent they came away with. They did a great drop addressing the only needs on this team as well as some holes on the depth chart. Every single guy in this draft class could easily find themselves on the 53-man roster in 2020.
Week seven has come and gone and given us another batch of rookie performances with a few new faces. Rookie defenders across the league stepped up their game two weeks ago and last week was no different as the top of the leader board was full of defensive players. Which guys stepped up this week? Who slipped up? Find out right here and right now with our rookie rankings. Let’s get started with a couple of honorable mentions.
Another week brings us another set of rookie rankings as we saw a lot of defensive players put up impressive individual performances. While some names find their way back to the top of the leaderboard, several offensive names who got off to hot starts have continued to simmer as the season progresses. Let’s get right into the rankings starting, as always, with a couple of honorable mentions.
Ryan Potts takes a look at the validity of criticism surrounding the Buffalo Bills heading into this season.
During this week’s draft, the Bills built up assets to help construct the future of their franchise, writes Kieth Domon.
The Buffalo Bills’ selection of Ed Oliver to add him to one of the top defenses in the league can only make the unit stronger, giving Sean McDermott his disruptive defensive tackle, writes Kieth Domon.
Ryan Potts creates a mock draft that would ultimately cause Twitter pandemonium, with unlikely picks made throughout the entire first round.

Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season has concluded, marking the start of our fourth consecutive year of a weekly series called “Team of the Week.”

Building momentum in Sean McDermott’s third season as head coach, the Buffalo Bills won 10 games for the first time since 1995 last season. They made their second straight wild-card playoff berth. Guided by an outstanding defense that finished top two in the league and the improved play of quarterback Josh Allen, the team began to prove they are an emerging contender in the AFC.

With the month of May in the books, Ryan Potts shares his latest hot takes.

Ed Oliver became the fourth NFL player arrested over the span of 48 hours on Saturday night:
Buffalo went into this draft without a first-round pick due to the Stefon Diggs trade, but you wouldn’t know it based on the talent they came away with. They did a great drop addressing the only needs on this team as well as some holes on the depth chart. Every single guy in this draft class could easily find themselves on the 53-man roster in 2020.
Week seven has come and gone and given us another batch of rookie performances with a few new faces. Rookie defenders across the league stepped up their game two weeks ago and last week was no different as the top of the leader board was full of defensive players. Which guys stepped up this week? Who slipped up? Find out right here and right now with our rookie rankings. Let’s get started with a couple of honorable mentions.
Another week brings us another set of rookie rankings as we saw a lot of defensive players put up impressive individual performances. While some names find their way back to the top of the leaderboard, several offensive names who got off to hot starts have continued to simmer as the season progresses. Let’s get right into the rankings starting, as always, with a couple of honorable mentions.
Ryan Potts takes a look at the validity of criticism surrounding the Buffalo Bills heading into this season.
During this week’s draft, the Bills built up assets to help construct the future of their franchise, writes Kieth Domon.
The Buffalo Bills’ selection of Ed Oliver to add him to one of the top defenses in the league can only make the unit stronger, giving Sean McDermott his disruptive defensive tackle, writes Kieth Domon.
Ryan Potts creates a mock draft that would ultimately cause Twitter pandemonium, with unlikely picks made throughout the entire first round.
Brett Veach adding late-August offensive line depth! 🚜
Acquiring former 3rd-round pick Joshua Ezeudu from the Giants for a future 7th-rounder gives Andy Reid and Andy Heck a low-risk, high-upside developmental piece up front.
Ezeudu brings positional versatility with
QB1 zeroing in on Week 1! 🎯🔥
Hearing Patrick Mahomes talk about his mindset coming off that knee injury tells you everything you need to know:
"There hasn’t been yet—being a competitor, I want to go out there and win, I want to go out there and give everything I have for
Browns naming Deshaun Watson as their starting QB for Week 1. (via @AdamSchefter, @RapSheet)
History: the Browns are waiving tight end Dae’Quan Wright and, if he clears waivers, he has an agreement in place for the 2026 season to play for LSU, per agents Drew Rosenhaus and Kyle Lincoln.
Wright is believed to be the first player who could play for an NFL team, and then