We haven’t heard from Bills running back Zack Moss, because the last time we saw him he was being carted off the field on Wild Card weekend with an injury.
That ankle situation occurred at the start of the fourth quarter of Buffalo’s eventual 27-24 Wild Card win over the Indianapolis Colts. It required surgery to repair which occurred on Jan. 20.
Moss is expected to be ready by offsesason workouts, but it’ll take some effort and rehab to get there which has already begun. The running back recently spoke via Vlog to EBA Sports and reflected positively his current injury situation, mentioning it has giving him an opportunity to reflect on his first pro season from a mental aspect as much as anything else.
“This injury just allows me to really refocus my mind and have a chance to go out there and just attack the rehab and… trying to find each and every way I can get better so that way I can go into next season knowing I did everything I could possibly do and then have no regrets going into the season,” Moss said.
Moss will certainly be in the fold for the Bills in 2021 so getting a fully healthy rusher back in the fold, both physically and mentally, will be of the upmost importance to the Bills.
Plus, as Moss’s rookie season rolled on, he did start to see a slightly-higher uptick in terms of workload. Moss and Devin Singletary saw a split in carries and touches for most of the 2020 season until later on when it was Moss getting a bit more work.
In total, Moss had 481 total rushing yards, a 4.3 yard per carry average on the ground in 2020. He added another 14 catches for 95 yards. Overall, Moss had five touchdowns.
Still, the Bills already expressed that they want better production out of their running backs next season. The Bills averaged 107.7 yards per game on the ground. That was good for only the 19th best rushing offense in the NFL.
Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane did not put the blame for rushing struggles on offense on Moss and Singletary at all during his end of season presser, but still expressed a desire for more out of them.
“Maybe a little more balance on the run game,” Beane said when discussing where he’s offseason efforts might be focused. “The ability to run it when you have to.”
Not quite specifically on Moss, but Buffalo’s 2020 rookie class in general will also be under the microscope from Bills head coach Sean McDermott, too. At his end of year interview, McDermott put an importance on rookie transition from their first season to second.
“The biggest challenge is, Year 1 to Year 2, what are you going to do with it?” McDermott said.
Moss might’ve heard both of those messages loud and clear… but so far, so good, as it appears he has a positive attitude during the early stages of his road to recovery.
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