2. Offensive Line Discipline
The Bills offensive line is ranked amongst the NFL's best. In fact, four of the unit's five starters were ranked as the highest-graded Bills in Sunday's win against the Dolphins, according to Pro Football Focus.
The highest-graded Bills in Week 9 vs the Dolphins:
— PFF BUF Bills (@PFF_Bills) November 4, 2024
🥇 Spencer Brown - 83.7
🥈 David Edwards - 82.4
🥉 Dion Dawkins - 75.1
🏅 Connor McGovern - 74.8
🏅 Josh Allen - 73.7 pic.twitter.com/DrAjFzUvsm
However, the Bills offensive line also ranks amongst the league leaders in penalties taken, particularly their offensive tackles Dion Dawkins and Spencer Brown. After combining to commit only 13 penalties last season, the pair have totalled 17 through nine games.
There's no denying that some of their penalties have been ticky-tacky, especially the holding penalty called against Brown that negated Josh Allen's 21-yard touchdown run on Sunday, but the fact of the matter is that Buffalo's offensive line will need to clean this up.
The Bills offense has finished multiple drives where offensive line penalties were an issue, most notably against the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals, but that won't always be the case and staying ahead of the sticks against teams like the Kansas City Chiefs goes a long ways towards success.