The Buffalo Bills were able to come away with a very impressive Week 16 win against the New England Patriots, 33-21. This was a must-win game for Buffalo if they wanted to take first place in the AFC East and they did exactly that. They currently have the tiebreaker against the Patriots so if they can just win out, they will be the winners of the AFC East.

This was probably the best that Buffalo has looked since earlier in the season when they were dominating most of the league. They were able to beat a very good football team and show the world once again just how much talent they actually have.

Let's take a look at three key takeaways from the Bills' impressive win over the Patriots.

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Bills Week 16 Takeaways

3. AFC East is Buffalo's to lose

Buffalo has now put itself in the perfect position to win the AFC East. All Buffalo has to do now is win their two last remaining games and fortunately for them, both of those games are against the Atlanta Falcons, and the New York Jets. They're going to go up against arguably two of the worst four teams in all of football. This is exactly what they could have asked for and will take advantage of this.

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It would be shocking if the Bills lost either of these games and they're going to set themselves up perfectly for the playoffs. They're going to be able to be an 11-win team that's going to win their division.

2. Josh Allen was Josh Allen

If the Bills are going to want to have success towards the back end of the season and in the playoffs, they're going to need Josh Allen to do what Josh Allen does. That's exactly what he did on Sunday as he went 30-47 for 314 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. He also had 12 carries on the grounds for 64 yards and played as well as everybody in the world expects him to week in and week out. Allen was nothing short of impressive on Sunday and was a big reason why the Bills were able to come away with this massive win.

1. Stepped up in the biggest game of the year

This wasn't necessarily a concern of this Buffalo Bills team, but being able to walk away with a win like this late into the season against a division rival that allowed them to be in first place is certainly something that should have Buffalo fans excited. It's never easy getting wins late in the season especially against division rivals and Buffalo was able to do exactly that. Factor in that they also had to go into New England and play at one of the toughest places in all of football in Gillette Stadium.

This is a win that is going to give this Bills team plenty of confidence and it should because they did everything that they needed to do and won this hard-fought game. Buffalo was very impressive on Sunday and it should have their fans and players pretty excited about the future of this season.