Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott has always subscribed to never giving an opposing team an inch. In terms of who will be his team’s starting center following the bye week? The world may never know… until Sunday.
Prior to the bye week, the Bills fell in stunning fashion to the Arizona Cardinals, 32-30. Mitch Morse was left on the sideline for that entire game, though.
Following it, McDermott said the situation was football-related and had nothing to do with his recent concussion issue which kept him on the sideline in Week 9. Coming out of the bye weekend on Monday and ahead of facing the Los Angeles Chargers, McDermott was again asked to update Morse’s status.
Not much of one was given via video conference.
“We’ll see,” McDermott said. “He’s in the mix. We feel good about a number of the guys up front who are getting healthier now, finally. It’s been a while since we’ve had a consistent lineup, so we’ve got some guys and then some options available to us, Mitch being one.”
The coach added that Morse hasn’t done anything wrong, the coaching staff just opted for the “momentum” built during the mostly two games Morse missed due to his concussion. In those two outings, from left to right, the Bills started Dion Dawkins, Ike Boettger, Jon Feliciano, Brian Winters and Daryl Williams along the offensive line.
In regard to Morse, the two issues are play are pretty simple. Not only has Morse played at a level where he appeared to deserve to continue starting once healthy, he’s paid a heft sum as well. During the 2019 offseason, Morse signed a $44.5 million contract, including $26.2 million guaranteed, to be Buffalo’s center. That’s the second-highest total for his position currently in the NFL.
Throughout the week, media access to the Bills’ practices are very limited during the regular season. It’s not like a typical training camp, so we won’t get any offensive line depth chart updates. Instead, we’ll have to wait for the first time the offense takes the field against the Chargers (3-7).
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