The last time the Buffalo Bills were in the playoffs, Bill Clinton was president of the United States, Pete Carroll was head coach of the New England Patriots, there was?was no NFL team in Houston and Tom Brady was a senior at Michigan.But after four straight wins, the Bills are playing well enough to give their fans hope that a 16-year postseason drought will finally end. This week, Buffalo climbed to third overall in Football Outsiders DVOA ratings, making it the highest-ranked team in the AFC. That rating is boosted a little by the somewhat fluky Week 4 shutout of a Patriots team that was starting a third-string quarterback with a thumb injury. Still, even if we didnt include that game in our ratings, the Bills would have the second-highest DVOA in the AFC behind the Patriots and ahead of the Denver Broncos and Pittsburgh Steelers.Combine the hot start with an easy remaining schedule -- third easiest in the league, according to average DVOA of future opponents -- and the Bills come out with very high playoff odds. Their odds would be even higher if they didnt have to get past the Patriots to win their division.Bills fans can be excused for worrying that this is just another hot start that will fizzle down the stretch. But you have to go all the way back to 1993 to find a Bills team that had a higher DVOA rating after six weeks of the season. When the Bills started 4-2 five years ago, we had their playoff odds at only 61 percent after Week 6. (We didnt do playoff odds yet when the Bills started 5-1 in 2008, but that team was only eighth in the league in DVOA after six games.)Each week from now until the end of the regular season, well take a look at the playoff odds for all 32 teams in the NFL. For a full explanation on how we calculate each teams playoff odds, see the bottom of the article.Here are the current 2016 playoff odds for every team, based on Football Outsiders preseason projections and DVOA metric.AFC PLAYOFF PREDICTIONSFAVORITES1. New England Patriots (5-1)Odds of making playoffs: 90.6 percentThe Patriots-Steelers game doesnt make our list of this weeks most important games for playoff odds because both teams are likely to make the playoffs no matter who wins. But it is a very important game for playoff seeding. If the Patriots win, their odds of being the No. 1 seed would jump to more than 50 percent, while the Steelers odds would fall to 2.6 percent. 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We know that theres a select few -- a very minute few -- of law enforcement who are not abiding by those laws and policies. However, we also know that there are laws and policies that are in place that are not correcting the issue that we have in our society right now.So as an American, a black male in this country, Im suggesting, calling -- Im demanding that all 50 state attorney generals [sic] call for a review of their policies and training policies for police and law enforcement to eliminate militaristic cultures while putting a higher emphasis on de-escalation tactics and crisis management measures.Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson responded to Baldwins remarks on his Twitter account later Thursday.Baldwins statement comes two days after police fatally shot Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina, and five days after 40-year-old Terence Crutcher was fatally shot by an officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Baldwin said he has spoken extensively with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick about these issues in the past month.You watch that video of that man who has his hands raised up, and hes walking back to his car, Baldwin said. Now I dont know all the context, but I know that man has a family, and I cant help but put myself in that situation. The man had his hands up.My fathers a police officer,, and hes told me numerous times about his training and how theyve gone through what they call verbal judo, which is essentially them trying to de-escalate the situation.dddddddddddd From what I understand, and from what hes told me and his experience in homeland security, is that that method of training is not consistent throughout the entirety of the United States. And thats an issue.When you see numerous instances like this happen, and again, you dont know all the context, but youre asking questions. And we also know that the laws that are in place and policies that are in place that protect the law enforcement from any persecution, we understand that theres an inherent risk that comes with being a police officer. But that should not be the case of being a citizen in the United States. There should not be an inherent risk when you have an encounter with law enforcement. There should not be a concern or worry that the law enforcement is not there to protect you. And I think that were raising a culture or society right now that is questioning that very sentiment. And so as a human being, I cant help but sit up here and tell you how I feel and let you know that its not OK.Baldwin said the team has formed a Building Bridges Task Force to meet with local law enforcement officials and politicians. He said some of the meetings have already taken place and called them enlightening and eye-opening.Baldwin and the Seahawks have locked arms during the national anthem as a demonstration of unity, but he said the team supports Kaepernicks message.The conversation has gotten to the point where, yes, the situation thats upon us right now, whats going on in our country, its devastating, but now it has to reach a point of intolerable, Baldwin said. We cannot tolerate this. Lives are being lost, and there are questions that need to be answered, and people deserve an answer, and I think thats where were at right now. ' ' '
