PFF: Where the Bills offensive line ranks after Week 1

PFF: Where the #Bills offensive line ranks after Week 1 (via @TejasVemparala):

Buffalo Bills fans expected to see improvement by the Bills offensive line from last year. Despite center Mitch Morse’s Pro Bowl nod along with Dion Dawkins and Rodger Saffold, the unit were ranked 23rd in the 2022 NFL season.

As the preseason ended, the Bills’ season opener was the first chance to see whether the offensive line had indeed progressed from last year. However, following Monday’s overtime loss to the New York Jets, the stats highlight that the Bills offensive line was more of what we have seen – not any worse but not any better.

According to Pro Football Focus, who ranked the performance of all 32 NFL teams’ offensive line units during Week 1 of the 2023 NFL season, the Bills ranked No. 23  after Week 1. PFF listed the ranking of each team in order from best to worst performing, and the Bills are sandwiched in between the Arizona Cardinals and Cincinnati Bengals, both of whom lost on Sunday.

Here is the full excerpt from the football analytics outlet:

Projected Week 2 starters:

LT Dion Dawkins
LG Connor McGovern
C Mitch Morse
RG O’Cyrus Torrence
RT Spencer Brown

Rookie right guard O’Cyrus Torrence was solid in his NFL debut, letting up three pressures on 50 dropbacks and earning the highest run-blocking grade on the Bills’ offensive line.
The Bills needed right tackle Spencer Brown to take a step forward in 2023; however, the third-year player gave up five pressures against the Jets, which was tied for the fourth most he has allowed since the start of the 2022 season.

Best player: Dion Dawkins
Dawkins was the only Buffalo offensive lineman not to allow either a sack or a quarterback hit against the Jets.

For each team, Pro Football Focus highlighted players that were determined to be the weakest links. The three for the Bills, Morse, Torrence, and Brown, were highlighted by PFF as the Bills’ weakest links in WEek 1.

It is only one game, but the first impressions of the offensive line seem to be more of what we saw last season. The Bills offensive line unit should have an easier time in Week 2 with a Las Vegas Raiders defense that many predict will not be good.

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