Buffalo Bills’ Offense Breaks Another Franchise Record
By Ryan Brennan
In the past three games, Charles Clay has come alive and is playing some of the best football of his career.
It took a while for Charles Clay to get going this season, but he has definitely come out strong as the season comes to an end.
Through the first 12 games of the season, Clay was a big part of the Buffalo Bills‘ fantastic run-blocking. However, he wasn’t targeted enough in the passing game and when he was, the connection with Taylor just wasn’t there.
His blocking was big, but that’s not why he signed a 5-year, $38 million contract with this team.
What we’ve seen over the past three games, though, is exactly what we expect week in and week out. After scoring no touchdowns in the first 12 games of the season, he has now scored four in the past three games. He also only had two games go over 50 yards through the first 12 games, but has done so in the past three games.
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It all started Week 13 vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers, when he finished with 52 yards and one TD, despite only catching 3 of his 6 targets. Then the Bills hosted the Cleveland Browns, where he went for 72 yards and one TD, catching all 7 of his targets.
Last week, he came up huge against his former team. Targeted a season-high 10 times, he caught 8 passes for 85 yards and added 2 touchdowns. One of those touchdowns was a go-ahead TD with time running out. Unfortunately, the Dolphins would tie the game and win it in OT.
This wasn’t Clay’s first big game vs. the Dolphins, something he did in Week 3 of last season when the Bills traveled to Miami. It was Clay’s third game with the Buffalo Bills and his first game against his former team. He finished with 5 catches for 82 yards and a TD on 7 targets.
Let’s just hope we see this type of play all of next season. If so, this offense will get a much-needed boost, especially when talking about the passing game.
The passing attack wasn’t the only part of the Bills’ game on point vs. the Dolphins, their run game was just as good.