Buffalo Bills: 4 biggest disappointments from first four games

Buffalo Bills rushing attack

Through the first quarter of this season, the Buffalo Bills have a total of 373 rushing yards. That places the Bills at 28th in rushing yards and 24th in rushing attempts with 100. Last year, the Bills had 589 total rushing yards through the first quarter of the season. The Bills ended last year ranked eighth in total rushing yards and sixth in total rushing attempts.

Coming into this year, after drafting Zack Moss, it was assumed that Moss and Devin Singletary were going to be a big part of this offense. To this point, the offense has been extremely potent relying on Josh Allen‘s arm to move the chains. That’s not to say that Moss and Singletary haven’t provided enough to the offense this year.

Most people assumed that their usage would be way up compared to where it actually is through the first quarter of the season. However, with Moss missing the past two games with a toe injury, Singletary has shown that he can be efficient with the touches he’s given. As for Moss, it may take some time for him to get healthy and gel into life in the NFL before he finds his efficiency in this offense.

For the running game to make the list of biggest disappointments says a lot about where the Bills are through the first quarter of the season. The running game isn’t poor, it just doesn’t command a whole lot of usage when the passing attack has been so successful. Through the first four games, the Bills offense has passed the ball on almost 60 percent of offensive snaps.

Ranking 29th so far this season with 3.73 yards per rush, there is certainly some room for improvement, but no reason to be overly concerned that it cannot improve by season’s end with more opportunities.