The Buffalo Bills moved up one spot in the weekly league-wide analytics-based offensive line rankings.
achieved the rare feat of starting the same five offensive linemen for all 17 regular season games in 2023, and the results were overly positive., there was one major offseason change that casted a bit of doubt on the unit's performance moving forward.
The Bills cut proven veteran center Mitch Morse as a salary cap casualty and replaced him with a player already on the roster. Buffalo kicked left guard, a position he played collegiately for Penn State, and moved David Edwards from being first lineman off the bench into a starting guard spot.The Bills' offensive line gave quarterback ample time to work in the win against Miami, as the unit gave up only five pressures on the night. As a result, they earned an 87.
Right tackle appears to have taken a leap in his fourth NFL season. Over the first two weeks of the season, the Northern Iowa product has allowed pressure on just 3.9% of pass plays, so far topping his career-best 5.8% clip from last season. Best player: Dawkins has earned an 81.6 PFF pass-blocking grade over the first two weeks, which ranks sixth among left tackles. — Zoltan Buday
Buffalo has allowed sacks on 5.08 percent of attempted passes, the sixth-best number amongst NFL leaders. In the run game, the line is springing James Cook for 5.0 yards per carry.tabbed Dawkins as the unit's "best player," right tackle Spencer Brown has been a key piece to the puzzle, too. Earning a"It's a concept that a lot of teams don't do. They might not have the tackles that can do it.
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