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Buffalo staying the course offensively

Joe Brady promoted to head coach

The Bills are going with Joe Brady as their head coach. I take that as a sign that their offense won’t be dramatically different.

In Josh Allen, the Bills have one of the non-human quarterbacks. But they haven’t been asking him to do quite as much of late. Statistically, Allen peaked when Brian Daboll was at OC and they were passing the ball all over the yards operating a modern-day version of the K gun.

Under Brady, they’ve gotten a lot more conservative. They’re the only team, in fact, that’s scored more touchdowns rushing than passing in each of the last two seasons. In the 2020-22 seasons, they averaged 37 TD passes versus 17 TD runs.

OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS (2024-25)
TeamPassRunTotRun%
Buffalo596212151.2%
Indianapolis45479251.1%
NY Giants36357149.3%
Washington48459348.4%
Philadelphia50469647.9%
Atlanta40357546.7%
Seattle46368243.9%
Green Bay54419543.2%
Jacksonville48358342.2%
Baltimore644410940.4%
Detroit745012440.3%
New England49338240.2%
Chicago48328040.0%
Pittsburgh47307739.0%
Kansas City49307938.0%
New Orleans40246437.5%
Carolina46277337.0%
Miami45267136.6%
San Francisco56328836.4%
LA Chargers49277635.5%
Denver55308535.3%
Tennessee37205735.1%
Houston44246934.8%
Arizona50277934.2%
Cleveland35185334.0%
LA Rams683210032.0%
Minnesota53247731.2%
Dallas54247830.8%
Tampa Bay67299630.2%
NY Jets46196529.2%
Las Vegas39155427.8%
Cincinnati792210121.8%

The Bills led the league in rushing last year, and that’s not just a case of them benefitting from getting a bunch of rushing yards from their quarterback. Even if quarterbacks are set to the side, Buffalo got more rushing yards from the running back position than any other team last year.

RUSHING YARDS (RB only)
TeamAttYardsAvgTD
Buffalo41921005.0115
Baltimore39220565.2419
Atlanta43920524.6715
LA Rams41320444.9516
Detroit40719584.8121
Chicago40019224.8115
Seattle43918884.3018
Miami38018464.8613
Dallas38317864.6616
Indianapolis37317654.7319
New England37117184.6318
Carolina39116814.307
San Francisco40515993.9512
Philadelphia36415934.389
NY Giants39615874.0112
Washington34515694.5515
Denver35415664.4212
Pittsburgh35315644.4311
Jacksonville37315414.1312
Green Bay38615313.9716
Houston39915313.846
Tampa Bay39814973.7612
Minnesota34814914.2810
NY Jets33414834.446
LA Chargers35914604.078
Cincinnati33414484.349
Tennessee32814124.307
Kansas City33612473.719
Arizona29212274.206
Cleveland35312043.418
Las Vegas30711203.655
New Orleans30011163.725

Not that there won’t be changes. Buffalo will be adding a notable receiver – probably a guy expected to lead them in receiving yards. But I imagine we’ll be seeing more big rushing numbers next year out of James Cook.

—Ian Allan

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