Buffalo Rumblings
During Sunday’s bounce-back win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Buffalo Bills were playing without their top two offensive tackles in Dion Dawkins and Spencer Brown. Yet James Cook III, Ray Davis, and Buffalo’s rushing attack didn’t miss a beat, amassing the most yards on the ground against a Steelers team playing at home in 50 years as the Bills prevailed in a must-win game, 26-7, to hang onto the seven seed in a crowded AFC playoff race.
Today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks leads off with other key thoughts and observations on Buffalo’s performance as the Bills bullied the Steelers and the defense put forth a dominant effort on the road, making quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers offense look inept.
Thanks to the play of a banged-up Bills offensive line that got great contributions from backup tackles Ryan Van Demark and Alec Anderson, James Cook (144 rushing yards on 32 carries), Ray Davis (62 yards on nine carries), and Josh Allen (38 yards on eight carries), the Bills rushed for 249 yards while compiling one of the most physically dominant games in franchise history.
Linked below: Recapping the stellar play of Buffalo’s offensive line, which held the formidable trio of T.J. Watt, Alex Highsmith, and Nick Herbig without a sack or a hit on Josh Allen and controlled the line of scrimmage, allowing the Bills to hold onto the ball for nearly 42 minutes.
Plus, crediting Joey Bosa, Christian Benford, Shaq Thompson and Buffalo’s defense for beating up Aaron Rodgers while limiting Pittsburgh to 166 yards of total offense; praise for the Bills’ run defense, which clamped down and limited Jaylen Warren and Kenneth Gainwell to only 58 yards on 18 carries (an average of 3.2 yards/rush); learn how a pregame text from James Cook served to inspire his offensive line; how Benford and Buffalo’s pass defense now leads the league in fewest passing yards allowed per game (163.2); see what stands out from Buffalo’s snap counts from Week 13; and more!
