‘The Bills ran it more often and with more authority under Brady’s watch. Second-year tailback James Cook became a Pro Bowl starter and Allen was unleashed, by necessity, into a bulldozing power back. As much as he came up in the Andy Reid Belief System to chuck the football ’round the yard, McDermott had to love that.’
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Numbers show Joe Brady leaned into Bills’ run game, and it worked
‘It worked well. The Bills were 7-2 with Brady calling the plays and, arguably, should have been 9-0. In the two losses – at Philadelphia and in the playoffs against Kansas City – the Bills’ offense was great and the Bills’ defense was horrible.’
Senior Bowl week: Five players to watch through a Bills lens
‘Legette jumped from 167 yards on 18 receptions in 2022, all the way up to 1,255 yards on 71 catches this past season. In fact, he had more yards in his season opener (178) versus UNC than he had the previous year. Legette had seven touchdowns, and he averaged 17.7 yards per catch in 2023. Having just one year with that kind of production could make him harder to analyze, and harder to project where he might go. But he’s got some speed when it comes to yards after catch, which the Bills could always use more of.’
Bills 2023 offense grades; Josh Allen makes MVP case after leading one of NFL’s top offenses
‘The Bills just signed Bass to a contract extension so I doubt his job will be on the line in training camp, but he needs to bounce back.’
Former Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator interviewing with Miami Dolphins for their DC job
‘On Monday night, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported that the Dolphins would be interviewing former Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier for their defensive coordinator role. The Dolphins recently had a mutual parting of ways with Vic Fangio, the team’s defensive coordinator in 2023.’
Bills offseason checklist starts with adding a receiver, making life easier for Josh Allen
‘The Bills could try to bring back Gabe Davis — who went without a catch four times in the last two months of the regular season — but he may be out of their price range, with Spotrac.com projecting him to command a market value of $13.6 million per year in free agency. Trent Sherfield’s deal is up, while Deonte Harty may be a cap casualty after neither fit in consistently this season.’
Sabato: Bills gave Josh Allen his preferred play-caller, now Joe Brady has to give offense his spin
‘What Brady does best is find a rhythm and doesn’t steer away from the game plan if it’s not working early. Where Dorsey tried to find the perfect play every play, Brady is more willing to take 2-yard gain, establish it and then fool defenses by running another play off of it as the game progresses.’
Was Ken Dorsey made the scapegoat for the Bills’ early problems? Looking back at the reaction to his firing
‘The Bills had six games of two or more turnovers when Dorsey was the OC. After he was let go, the Bills only did that twice in the final nine games including the two playoff games.’
Bills’ Damar Hamlin discusses being named finalist for Comeback POY, NFL return: ‘It’s still a process’
‘”All the steps that it took getting back to playing football – offseason, season, training camp, putting the helmet on – all of that was a process. And it’s still a process, and I think it will forever be a process as long as I decide to continue to play. But I’m built for it. Where we come from and the things that we overcame to even make it to the NFL, we’re all testimonial stories.”‘