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Record: 13-4

Division Rank: 1st

Finish: Lost AFC Championship

Pro Bowlers: QB Josh Allen, RB James Cook, T Dion Dawkins, C Connor McGovern

All-Pros: QB Josh Allen (2nd Team)

AP Accolades: QB Josh Allen (NFL MVP)

Walter Payton Nominee: T Dion Dawkins

Vibes: Immaculate

TEAM STATISTICS

Offense Bills Rank
Points/Game 30.9 2
Yards/Game 362.8 10
Yards/Play 6.0 6
Passing Yards/Game 224.5 11
Rushing Yards/Game 136.7 9
Turnovers 8 1
Defense Bills Rank
Points/Game 21.6 11
Yards/Game 356.6 17
Yards/Play 5.5 25
Passing Yards/Game 223.1 21
Rushing Yards/Game 117.7 13
Turnovers Forced 32 3

PLAYER STATISTICS

Passing yards leader - QB Josh Allen - 3731 yards

Rushing yards leader - RB James Cook - 1009 yards

Receiving yards leader - WR Khalil Shakir - 821 yards

Tackles leader - LB Dorian Williams - 117 tackles

Interceptions leader - 5 tied, including DT Austin Johnson - 2 interceptions

Sacks leader - DE Greg Rousseau - 8 sacks

MAIN STORYLINE

The Bills were expecting to regress during the 2024 season as they had lost many of their key pieces over the years. The idea behind it was sound, as they were cutting bait with a lot of veteran players who, while still quality players, were on the downswing and had some larger contracts that could eat this year and then build up for a bit of a stronger run the next season. This was touted as a type of “soft rebuild” as any team was going to be at least moderately competitive with Josh Allen leading the way so they were never going to bottom out, but the take that the Bills weren’t going to win the AFC East was not a particularly uncommon or radical one. The Dolphins had shown some recent promise and Aaron Rodgers was returning for the Jets and the Patriots, well they were there, but anyways they did seem to have some true competition. Would this be the year that broke 4 year run of divisional championships for the Bills?

DRAFT

Overall, the Bills didn’t see a very high return on their draft picks during their rookie season for a variety of reasons, and if we graded drafts only based on their rookie year this class would probably be bottom 5 pretty easily. We don’t though, so the Bills have to hope that they can develop some of these players because them having no solid rookie contributors created some issues.

Round 2, Pick 33 - Keon Coleman, WR, Florida State

Coleman’s rookie season was an interesting one. Almost all of his advanced stats suggest he should be a pretty bottom tier receiver, but he put up fairly solid production at times and was a key contributor in games like wins against the Titans and Seahawks. He was dead last in separation so it should be interesting to see how his skillset can be utilized. He was also injured in a collision with Miami safety and former Bill Jordan Poyer, and it seemed to hinder him when he came back as well.

Round 2, Pick 60 - Cole Bishop, S, Utah

Bishop struggled his first season with the Bills and clearly had issues picking up the playbook at a speed even a rookie should. He spent most of the year behind safeties Damar Hamlin and Taylor Rapp and did not perform well when pushed into starting roles due to injury. The Bills hope he can take a step forward next season as it appears that they have trust in him to be a future starting safety for the team.

Round 3, Pick 95 - DeWayne Carter, DT, Duke

Carter had some playing time during his rookie season as a rotational player. He was a simple depth player that had some mediocre play, not much more than that. If the Bills do not pick up a depth DT in free agency or the draft he’ll have an expanded role next year but nothing he did this year made you say he deserves an expanded role.

Round 4, Pick 128 - Ray Davis, RB, Kentucky

Davis played decently as a rotational back and did some damage on the ground and in the passing game. He had a game where he ran for over 100 yards in absence of James Cook due to injury but was used mostly to chew clock and keep Cook fresh. With talk of Cook’s potential departure, the decline from Cook to Davis is steep, but isolated he played serviceably.

Round 5, Pick 141 - Sedrick Van Pran-Granger, C, Georgia

Might have more characters in his name than he had meaningful snaps. Used as a backup and only played during blowouts.

Round 5, Pick 160 - Edefuan Ulofoshio, LB, Washington

Inactive most of the season.

Round 5, Pick 168 - Javon Solomon, DE, Troy

Was used sparingly as a rotational end and racked up some stats in blowouts. Potentially could earn a bigger role next year with a good training camp.

Round 6, Pick 204 - Tyler Grable, OT, UCF

Inactive most of the season.

Round 6, Pick 219 - Daequan Hardy, CB, Penn State

Signed to a futures contract.

Round 7, Pick 221 - Travis Clayton, T, International

Clayton was placed on injured reserve early on as a British player through the pathway program.

ARRIVALS

WR Mack Hollins

Hollins ended up being a larger than expected contributor to the Bills, leading the team in receiving touchdowns and bringing his immaculate shoeless vibes to the team. However, he was also integral in showing that the Bills desperately needed a WR1 at one point during the season, as he was forced to be it during a game with Khalil Shakir being out and Josh Allen proceeded to have his worst game in years. As to what the signing was expected to be, it was a home run.

DT Austin Johnson

Primarily signed as a run defender, the Bills struggled once again as a unit in run defence and Johnson did not help. He did have a wild span during the season where he tallied two interceptions in three weeks as a defensive tackle, which is absurd. He had not had an interception in high school or college previously and it led to many jokes among Bills fans about him having more interceptions than Sauce Gardner. Overall it wasn’t a good signing but expectations weren’t high with this one.

WR Curtis Samuel

Inking a 3 year deal to begin the season, Samuel was expected to be a good slot and gadget guy for the team that contributed to the everyone eats philosophy Joe Brady was attempting. Samuel ended up injured early on and it appeared that the injury limited his production through the year. He had a long touchdown against the Broncos in the playoffs but that’s all he really contributed. It’s only year one of his contract but so far it wasn’t a good start.

WR Amari Cooper

While his production didn’t match his usual years, the Bills acquiring Amari Cooper during the season helped everyone else get open and he did end up producing a bit in clutch situations on his own. He was not a WR1 in a conventional sense but he became an integral and essential piece of the team later in the season. Production wise the Bills probably expected more but the front office was likely very happy with the trade.

DEPARTURES

S Jordan Poyer

A stellar safety for many years including getting named to the First-Team All-Pro squad at one point, Poyer’s presence was missed if you went under the assumption that he would play maybe slightly worse this season. The safety position was a weakness for the Bills this year and while Poyer did go on to sign with the rival Dolphins and severely struggle, he was still a piece that was notably absent from the team.

**S Micah Hyde***

Same applies to his partner in crime, Micah Hyde. Hyde did not sign with another team and the asterisk is because he did re-sign with the Bills as basically a player-coach, as Sean McDermott made it clear on multiple occasions that he had no intent to ever play him. Hyde was a staple of years of good Bills’ defence and the combination of him and Jordan Poyer are Bills Wall of Fame worthy. He retired as a Bill at the end of the season.

C Mitch Morse

Signing with the Jaguars later and only lasting one season before retiring, Morse was a key cog in the Bills offensive line for many years. Signing in 2019, he was one of the main players picked up to help Josh Allen in his progression, and it worked very well. One struggle he had over the time he played was with concussions, and it seemed to follow him everywhere he went. If the league were to ever implement something where you would be forced to retire if you sustained a certain amount of concussions, Morse would likely be a good reference. We all hope they don’t affect his quality of life later on.

WR Grape Davis

A very debated topic within Bills Mafia, WR2 Gabe Davis was not re-signed and ended up getting a sizeable contract with the Jaguars. He struggled heavily with injury and inconsistency during his first season and will look to bounce back in his second year. It should be interesting to see how he plays this coming year now that Christian Kirk was released; will his production increase due to him being gone, or will he play worse due to him being forced to play a role he’s not ready for?

CB Tre’Davious White

While he’s always been great while healthy, and was able to stay pretty durable during the first half of his career, he ended up tearing his ACL, made his way back, and then tore it again. Combined with age the writing was on the wall and he was let go…

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