Rookie of the Year: HB Zack Moss
Honorable Mentions: K Tyler Bass, WR Gabe Davis, DE A.J. Epenesa
Zack Moss was gaining significant traction during training camp for his outstanding play and he shouldn’t sit far behind Devin Singletary in terms of snaps. With the only other rookie expected to have a big impact being Tyler Bass, Moss is the obvious answer in terms of the production he will provide.
Many claims have been made that a 50/50 split will be used between Moss and Singletary, Sean McDermott doesn’t like using one back as a workhorse and prefers to even the snaps out. Unlike last season, the Bills have a very capable second option who will push Singletary for snaps. A “split backfield” is definitely in the cards and that means plenty of crucial carries for Moss. Brian Daboll has been experimenting with two running back sets and it will be interesting to see how much he deploys that look.
It’s reasonable to expect that Moss gets a similar amount of touches to that of Frank Gore last season, had 166 carries while playing in all 16 games during the season, Moss carrying the ball at an average of 10 times a game should be very reasonable if Buffalo wants to spread out the carries.
Moss’s workload will far exceed that of Gabriel Davis and even that of second-round pick A.J. Epenesa, who is slated 4th on the defensive end depth chart. Moss will have plenty of opportunities.