Bills Offense Looking to Get Back On Track

By Jon Scott Orchard Park

PUBLISHED 4:13 PM ET Oct. 22, 2020 PUBLISHED 4:13 PM EDT Oct. 22, 2020

Here is where the Bills offense ranked through the first four weeks of the season when they began 4-0:

30.8 points per game (T-5th in NFL)
409.5 total yards per game (4th in NFL)
316.3 passing yards per game (2nd in NFL)
93.3 rushing yards per game (28th in NFL)

Since, they have lost back-to-back games in which that unit has gone the other direction.

The Bills have scored a total of 33 points. They have totalled 576 yards of offense, with 397 of that coming through the air.

Still, that side of the ball remains confident they are still the group capable of producing like we saw the first four weeks.

The #Bills offense was rolling week 1-4.

Things have throttled down a bit against the Titans and Chiefs.

Cole Beasley the latest on that side of the ball to pump the breaks on panicking.

"We're still confident as ever as an offense." pic.twitter.com/oOZrtUzos8
— Jon Scott (@JonScottTV) October 21, 2020

So what changed?

The Tennessee Titans and Kansas City Chiefs both took a similar defensive approach of not letting the Bills beat them with the big plays deep. The Bills were held to one pass play of 20+ yards in each of those defeats (T.J. Yeldon's 22-yard TD catch against TEN and Cole Beasley's 22-yard catch that set up TD late vs. KC).

Zone coverage was what both teams showed the Bills offense that they had no seen a whole lot of earlier in the season. It is forcing Josh Allen and the passing game to go shorter and more timing-based.

Stefon Diggs says the #Bills have seen more zone the past 2 weeks than they did the first 4.

So what do the WRs need to do to beat it and get the offense back rolling?

Diggs explains. pic.twitter.com/KYnDyiH0Fb
— Jon Scott (@JonScottTV) October 21, 2020

After leading the charge of the Bills scorching offensive start, Allen has had just a 59% completion these last two weeks, throwing for 385 yards, 4 TDs and 3 INTs.

Of course, another way to help out the passing game is for the run game to be effective. That is the recipe the Chiefs used Monday night, with Patrick Mahomes somewhat neutralized, KC ran for 245 yards.

The Bills have not been able to get anything going on the ground this entire season. Just twice have they gone over 100 yards rushing as a team (weeks 2-3) and averaged under 4 yards a carry in half the games this season.

Devin Singletary has really struggled, averaging 3.8 yards per carry. This after his 5.1 YPC were tied for 5th best in the NFL his rookie season.

I asked Brian Daboll what he thinks reason is the #Bills run game has struggled to get going.

"I got to give them better plays." was the short response.

Here's more from Daboll focusing on Devin Singletary. pic.twitter.com/tLoFE3owyz
— Jon Scott (@JonScottTV) October 20, 2020

Blame does not just fall on Singletary. Offensive coordinator Brian Daboll flat out said Tuesday he needs to call better plays. The offensive line also needs to do a better job.

Brian Daboll point blank said he needs to call better plays to get #Bills run game going.

Devin Singletary agreed with that today, but also puts it on himself and the rest of the players to execute better.

Here's some thoughts from Singletary on state of running game. pic.twitter.com/3ds2C5PUEm
— Jon Scott (@JonScottTV) October 21, 2020

Overall, the Bills average 92.2 rushing yards per game, 27th in the NFL.

The good news is that this unit plays the Jets on Sunday, whose defense is 20th in the league by allowing 378.8 YPG.

Bills Offense Looking to Get Back On Track

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