Offense line settling?
Another game in the books for the Bills, so that means we need another offensive line update because things change there in a weekly manner.
Having started there… the Bills offensive line actually did not change against the Raiders by comparison to Week 3. Once again, Buffalo ran out, from left to right, Dion Dawkins, Cody Ford, Mitch Morse, Brian Winters and Daryl Williams. Starting last week, the Bills moved left guard Quinton Spain to the bench, kicked Ford over there, and started Brian Winters at right guard. The interesting twist in this one came via injury.
Winters left the contest near halftime with a right knee injury. In doing so, he was replaced by Spain, but interestingly, Spain did not come into his old position. Instead, the Bills kept Ford at left guard and put Spain at right guard, a position he actually hasn’t played. While perhaps a small sign, it could be a pretty big one in terms of Spain’s long-term future. Clearly the Bills really, really want Ford over at left guard and are not budging on moving him.
The hope at first was the Bills… well, wouldn’t have any offensive line problems. But it appears that starting right guard Jon Feliciano is still poised to miss a few weeks. The Bills could have landed on their starting unit, that is, if Winters can return.
In the contest against the Raiders, the Bills’ rushing attack had a pretty solid showing as well. That’s exactly what the offense has lacked with Josh Allen’s hot start.