The last few weeks the Bills’ leaders on offense in quarterback Josh Allen and wide receiver Stefon Diggs have gone in different directions.
In Week 9 against the Seahawks, the 44-34 win fresh on everyone’s mind, both Allen and Diggs exploded. But that wasn’t the case over the prior few weeks. Allen has his downs while Diggs did actually keep his head above water. Just look at the Bills’ win over the Patriots.
Buffalo’s Week 8 contest saw Allen only toss for 154 yards while the rushing game led the way. Still, Diggs managed to keep pace as he hauled in 92 of those yards.
Because of that, plus another big outing against the Seahawks with nine catches for 118 yards, Diggs doesn’t just rank among the league-leaders in individual statistics, he’s at the very top of the mountain for now.
Heading into Week 10, Diggs now leads the NFL with 813 receiving yards. In addition, Diggs also has a league-lead in catches (63) and targets (91), however, he’s led the NFL in targets for weeks now. Diggs’ 63 catches also ties him for his entire season output in 2019 with the Vikings. He played in 15 games a year ago.
In terms of yardage, the next-closest wideout is the Seahawks’ DK Metcalf (788), who had 108 yards against the Bills in Week 9. Rounding out the top-five are Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (769), Panthers receiver Robby Anderson (751) and Cardinals receiver DeAndre Hopkins (734). Hopkins had been leading the NFL in several statistics just in the past week or two and he’s facing Buffalo next weekend.
Sticking on wide receivers, along with Diggs, Cole Beasley did recently join the ranks of the NFL’s elite, but has slipped out of top-contention in recent outings. However, Beasley is still in the top-25. His 533 receiving yards is the 21st most in the league.
Regardless of NFL-wide rankings, Diggs and Beasley are on some personal-best paces. Their overall-season totals to this point are both career-highs after nine games in any individual season in their careers. Combined, the two had 1,346 receiving yards, which is third-most of any WR duo in the NFL.
But enough about those playmakers, now to the guy under center.
After his lowly game against the Patriots, his Seahawks outing of 415 passing yards, which tied his career-high, vaulted Allen back into top-three status. Allen’s 2,587 passing yards is third-most in the NFL, behind only the Falcons’ Matt Ryan (2,746) and Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes (2,687).
In a fun way, Allen’s own Bills teammates on defense helped him climb the charts a bit.
Ranking fourth is Seahawks QB Russell Wilson with 2,541 yards, who had a solid outing in Week 9, but not his best of 2020.
Allen also ranks impressively with a 68.9 completion percent (6th), QBR 79.3 (6th) and touchdown passes with 19 total (5th).
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