2 improvements the Buffalo Bills need to make ahead of Week 6

The Buffalo Bills had…let’s call it a disappointing week again, their second in a row, as they lost to the Houston Texans 23-20. For two weeks now nothing has clicked on the Bills’ offense. This time around it was Josh Allen who couldn’t get the job done. After his rookie year, the Bills had relied heavily on Josh Allen to go out there and perform. This time, though, that wasn’t the case. He completed 9/30 passes, a career low, and Buffalo isn’t winning when that happens. 

This time around, what needs to improve before the Bills travel to Metlife to take on the New York Jets? The defense has been fine, and besides the two touchdown drives against Houston, it didn’t allow much to C.J. Stroud and company. So in this article, we’ll take a look at what the offense needs to improve on. 

The run game needs to be more consistent

The run game has its moments where it looks great, I’ll give them credit there. However, for the most part, they haven’t done much. James Cook has yet to break 100 yards rushing and has a season-high of 82 yards. Cook averages 61 rushing yards per game, and Buffalo hasn’t had much production from its backups, either. Buffalo and its fan base had high hopes for both Ty Johnson and Ray Davis, and they haven’t produced yet either. 

Even after the Bills continue to work on their running back room every year, they still rely on Josh Allen’s legs. However, when he’s not producing like this past week, they need James Cook and co. to produce. Against a stout New York Jets defense next week, the Bills need to be firing on all cylinders to get back in the win column, and that includes James Cook running well. 

Mack Hollins should be taking far less starting snaps than he has

Mack Hollins is a funny receiver off the field, and a lot of Bills fans love his social media presence. However, he hasn’t done very much on the field, and other receivers deserve more snaps over Hollins. The Bills have seen a lot of great plays from Keon Coleman, and he deserves more targets to get in a rhythm with Josh Allen. Curtis Samuel was signed to a three-year/$24M deal and isn’t used as much in the passing game as most would have hoped. 

The experiment was fun, and he can still be a good receiver on this team. But his role needs to be as a WR4, not as the second receiver in terms of snap count. That can change against the Jets if they get Khalil Shakir back from his injury. Using Shakir, Keon Coleman, and Curtis Samuel ahead of Hollins is the best they can do for Josh Allen with this group of receivers, and will get the offense back on track. 

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