The Buffalo Bills haven’t been known for the high-flying offense in recent years… or the past decade. In fact, during the 2010s, the team was mostly known for average play and close-but-no-playoffs. (Thankfully, that’s changed).
Still, the Bills landed four players in the NFL’s recently released All-Decade team from the 2010s. Those four players are Frank Gore, Marshawn Lynch, LeSean McCoy and Jason Peters.
Starting with the most recent, Gore spent the 2019 season on the Bills. He rushed for 599 yards in his lone season with the Bills and added two scores. Early in the year he was particularly effective but slowed down later on.
McCoy was also technically on the Bills roster for the 2019 league year, but he didn’t make it out of training camp as Buffalo cut him. He latched on with the Chiefs and still struggled to find the field. McCoy was inactive during their Super Bowl run, but while with the Bills, McCoy was supremely effective for most of his tenure.
In 2015, McCoy was traded to the Bills for linebacker Kiko Alonso in a deal with the Eagles. Of his 11,071 career yards, 3,814 came via the Bills. One of former general manager Doug Whaley’s smartest moves.
Lynch is the final running back connected to the Bills here. In fact, four in total made the final decade cut. Only Adrian Peterson never played for the Bills. The former 2007 first-round pick of the Bills started his career in Buffalo, rushing for 2,765 yards in four seasons. He then spent another seven with the Seahawks, winning a Super Bowl there. Lynch most recently played for the Raiders.
Finally there’s offensive lineman Jason Peters. Admittedly all four players listed have a Bills “connection.” However, they made a “name” for themselves elsewhere. Despite that, Peters might have the Bills to thank the most. He went undrafted out of Arkansas in 2004 and Buffalo helped convert him from a tight end to a potentially future Hall of Fame left tackle. After five years with the Bills, he jumped ship to the Eagles after holding out for a new contract from the Bills, where he played the past 11 seasons as one of the NFL’s best linemen.
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