Bills’ 2023 Season Positional Group Reviews: Offensive Line

The Buffalo Bills closed out their turbulent 2023 NFL season with a loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL Divisional Round. This season went through so many highs and lows, injuries, and surprises that there are too many to list. One part of the team that wasn’t subject to those wild swings was the offensive line. The Bills’ starting five offensive linemen—Dion Dawkins, Connor McGovern, Mitch Morse, O’Cyrus Torrence, and Spencer Brown—played more snaps together than any offensive line group in the NFL this season (835). To put that in perspective, five teams (CAR, CHI, MIA, SEA, and NYJ) each had their most common group of linemen not reach 200 hundred snaps together with the New York Jets having the lowest cohesiveness with their most frequent five linemen at just 146 snaps as a unit. That kind of upheaval disrupts communication, increases confusion, and reaches deep into a team’s depth. Let’s look at how well the OL performed in our first review of positional groups. Position Group Season Reviews To finish out the 2023 season, each position group will be reviewed, and a projection will be given for 2024 starters with a look at contract status. The hope … Continue reading Bills’ 2023 Season Positional Group Reviews: Offensive Line