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John Brown
Receiver John Brown made his return to the team after a lengthy stint on the team’s injured reserve list in Week 17. Against the ‘Fins he had a decent outing, giving the Bills faithful a taste of what this Bills passing attack could look like heading into the playoffs. While Diggs and Davis produced, Brown was invisible. Josh Allen targeted Brown four times throughout the game, and Brown came down with zero catches.
The Bills will need more from Brown if they’re going to make a deep run into the playoffs.
Jerry Hughes
Defensive end Jerry Hughes has had a really strong season, in terms of generating a pass rush, and stopping the run. Against the Colts, he didn’t do much of either. The Bills front four as whole struggled, so it could have been anyone of those starters, but Hughes is the leader of that unit, so it’s fair that blame should fall to him.
Hughes finished the game with just two tackles, only one coming in the backfield.
Devin Singletary
The second year back just hasn’t had a good year in terms of production. There are a few things that Singletary does well, such as pass protection, and making defenders miss, but he hasn’t produced enough. This Wild Card game was more of the same, he had just three carries for 21 yards, and three catches for 23 yards.
The Bills coaching staff displayed their lack of trust in Singletary when his backfield mate, Zach Moss went out due to injury. Singletary wasn’t getting the same touches as Moss, forcing Buffalo to become one dimensional down the home stretch.
Dishonorable mentions
Dawson Knox, he had just two catches (while one was an impressive touchdown catch), the Bills simply aren’t getting enough from the tight end. Tre’Davious White, the defensive back had an up and down game, breaking up just one pass in the fourth quarter. Center Mitch Morse got bullied by Colts defensive tackle DeForest Buckner, which didn’t help the Bills fledgling ground game.
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