The Stefon Diggs effect? Look no further then Pro Football Focus.
The football analytics outlet ranked every NFL team’s wide receiver rooms as they currently. The Bills are in a place they haven’t been in awhile in terms of their wideouts, among the best in the league.
Per PFF, the Bills have the fifth-best receivers in the NFL:
When the Bills traded for Stefon Diggs, PFF’s Sam Monson wrote that the Bills had the best wide receiver group in the NFL. That may be debatable, but their standing near the top shouldn’t be. Diggs, John Brown and Cole Beasley all excel at creating separation, and they complement each other well, specializing in different areas of the field. That trio alone bumps the Bills into the top-five on this list. Dawson Knox will be an interesting player to watch at the tight end position in 2020. He struggled with drops as a rookie (nine compared to just 28 receptions), but he showed some big play and after-the-catch ability with six forced missed tackles on those 28 receptions.
Translation: PFF, an outlet often critical of Bills quarterback Josh Allen, is going to put him under the microscope in 2020. PFF often has considered Allen among the NFL’s worst quarterbacks, even comparing him to Bears QB Mitch Trubisky in the last few weeks. Trubisky is potentially going to lose his job to free agent signee Nick Foles before next season, while Allen is a starter.
But to PFF’s point, there really shouldn’t be many excuses left for Allen next season. He has all the talent in the world around him. Time to step up in Year 3. Brown was a 1,000-yard player for the Bills just last season, so with the addition of Diggs, there should be a massive trickle-down from that move.
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