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Buffalo Bills: Predicting the best candidate for individual awards in 2021

By Theo Bachman

Dec 28, 2020; Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA; Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs (14) celebrates with quarterback Josh Allen (17) and running back Zack Moss (20) after scoring a touch down against the New England Patriots during the second half at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 28, 2020; Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA; Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs (14) celebrates with quarterback Josh Allen (17) and running back Zack Moss (20) after scoring a touch down against the New England Patriots during the second half at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 29, 2021; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Gregory Rousseau (Miami) with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after being selected by the Buffalo Bills as the number 30 overall pick in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft at First Energy Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /

Defensive Rookie of the Year

The Bills have had their fair share of Rookie of the Year candidates in the past decade (Kiko Alonso, Ronald Darby, and the aforementioned Tre’Davious White) but none of them have been able to bring home the award. The Bills spent their first two draft picks in 2021 on edge rushers Gregory Rousseau and Carlos “Boogie” Basham.

It’s hard to project what these guys will look like in 2021 because neither of them played much in 2020. Rousseau sat out the entire year to prepare for the draft, and Basham played in just 6 games. If you go back to 2019 both players were extremely disruptive, Basham had 18 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, and 3 forced fumbles in 13 games, and Rousseau put up 19.5 tackles for loss and 15.5 sacks in 13 games.

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I am confident that both players will eventually produce in a big way for the Bills, but due to their lack of experience, it could happen later rather than sooner.

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