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The Bills lost to the Steelers when things were all said and done on Sunday. But prior to the Week 1 matchup, there were already some questions being asked.
In a surprise, running back Zack Moss was watching his team from the booth in the team’s season opener. When both sides announced their inactives prior to the game, Moss was among them.
After Moss slowly started to trend towards being the “hot hand” in the Bills backfield in 2020, it was surprise to see him sidelined as a healthy scratch. Now he’s responded.
Via his social media account on Twitter, Moss posted a message on Monday. It read, “control your controllables.” Here it is:
" Control your controllables "….. Something I live by
— ZMO (@PresMoss2) September 13, 2021
Without Moss, the Bills had a solid showing from Devin Singletary. On 11 handoffs, Singletary had 72 rushing yards, an average of 6.5 yards per carry.
Throughout the preseason, Singletary has looked to be the better rusher as he looked to bounce back after a sophomore slump, of sorts, in 2020. But it wasn’t so much Singletary taking Moss’s spot.
Without Moss, the Bills used Matt Breida. On four carries, Breida had four yards.
Despite Moss dealing with a couple of injury issues this offseason including a hamstring injury, Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott said that Moss being scratched as a personnel decision. Nothing to do with health.
“Numbers. Just numbers,” McDermott said.
Surely Moss could’ve produced more than a single yard per carry against the Steelers. Although, Buffalo’s struggles on offense involved struggles from the offensive line so that’s not to pick on Breida.
But with Breida mirroring a similar running style to the quick Singletary, it might not be long until Moss gets another chance to prove himself with his ground-and-pound style.
Perhaps even as soon as Week 2 when the Bills visit the Miami Dolphins.
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