Emmanuel Acho Makes Bold Admission About Josh Allen, Bills After Seeing Their 2025 Schedule

The Buffalo Bills and Josh Allen have the fifth easiest schedule in the 2025-26 season, and Emmanuel Acho wants Allen to capitalize on it so that the Bills can finally become the AFC number one seed.

Emmanuel Acho Makes Bold Admission About Josh Allen, Bills After Seeing Their 2025 Schedule

Josh Allen and Emmanuel Acho (Image via IMAGO/screengrab X)

If there was a year that was tailor made for Josh Allen to win the AFC and reach the Super Bowl, it’s 2025. He is coming off the back of an MVP season, and on top of it, has drawn a favorable schedule.

According to analyst Warren Sharp, the Buffalo Bills have the fifth-easiest schedule behind the San Francisco 49ers, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, and Atlanta Falcons.

FOX Sports Emmanuel Acho argued that this is the best opportunity for Allen and the Bills to finally grab the AFC number one seed and possibly avoid facing the Kansas City Chiefs, a team that has often tormented them in the postseason.

I am gonna say with this schedule, Josh Allen should be able to have a repeat of MVP caliber season.

Acho explains the reason behind keeping faith in Josh Allen

Five of the Bills’ first six games before the BYE are at home. Excluding the week one fixture against the Baltimore Ravens, they face teams with losing records in the 2024-25 season.

Emmanuel Acho Makes Bold Admission About Josh Allen, Bills After Seeing Their 2025 Schedule
Josh Allen (Image via IMAGO)

Moreover, the Saints, Falcons, and Jets are set to field new quarterbacks this year, two of whom are essentially rookies (Tyler Shough and Michael Penix Jr.). Thus, Acho feels the odds heavily favor the Bills to win against all three, including the Patriots.

[2025-26] has to be the year for Josh Allen. This has to be… They have never been a one seed. Three consecutive years being the two seed—four of the last five years. This is the year the Bills should get the one seed; this is the year that Josh gets the one seed. Josh should repeat.

Even Vegas agrees with the former NFL player. The Bills are the only team favored to win all 17 games this year. They are a 1.5-point favorite over the Baltimore Ravens in their Week 1 Sunday Night Football, a 2.5-point favorite against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 9, and a 3.5-point favorite against the Houston Texans. 

Dion Dawkins wasn’t joking when he said Hailee Steinfeld’s presence has changed something in Allen. He said last year this:

You can see how he smiles; you can see how he is on interviews. You can see how he is running on and off of the field. You can feel how he’s playing. … That’s what’s different. It stems from 17, and the rest trickles down.

Now here’s the issue. An easy schedule is a double-edged sword. As much as the NFL teams prefer facing opponents that are in rebuild mode or don’t have a top-tier quarterback, the expectation of beating those teams increases.

The odds reflect that perfectly. Last season, the Bills had the sixth hardest schedule in the NFL but still won 13 games and took the AFC East. Fans and analysts will be up in arms if they fail to accomplish the same in 2025.

However, before thinking about beating anyone, the Bills need to re-sign star running back James Cook to a new deal. There’s a risk that he might opt to sit out the year and enter free agency in 2026. Ray Davis is a good option, but Cook is undoubtedly the RB1 for the Bills.

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