The Buffalo Bills met an AFL rival in the Los Angeles Chargers, and it was an ugly affair that saw Buffalo win 27-17 on Sunday. It was a game where there were four turnovers in the fourth quarter, Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen only threw for 157 yards, and an outing where the Bills ran for 172 yards.
With the win against the Bolts, the Bills moved to 8-3 on the season, and closing in on their first division title since 1995.
With that here’s Bills Wire’s stock report for Week 12’s win over the Chargers:
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Gabriel Davis
In the absence of fellow receiver John Brown, Davis slotted into the No. 2 role for Buffalo, and it wasn’t a pretty game from the Bills passing attack outside Davis. Davis led the team in receiving yards with 79 and had one touchdown. The rookie had just three catches but he averaged 26.3 yards per reception, he’s a big play waiting to happen.
While his touchdown was impressive due to the fact he caught the pass from fellow receiver Cole Beasley. His best catch though was his 44-yard reception, where he high pointed the ball, and out leaped the defensive back on the sideline.
Davis has had a solid rookie season, with 22 catches, 354 yards, an average of over 15 yards per catch and four touchdowns.
A.J. Klein
A.J. Klein has had a run of stellar form these past few weeks, and that form continued against the Chargers. Klein led the team in tackles with 14, and 10 of them were solo tackles… another three of those coming from behind the line of scrimmage. Klein came into the team to fill the void of Lorenzo Alexander, which would always be a tough task due how important Alexander was to the defense because of his versatility. It looks like Klein has started to fill the shoes left behind by Alexander.
While Klein’s tackling was impressive he was also strong when pressuring the quarterback. Klein had 1.5 sacks on rookie quarterback Justin Herbert, making his season total so far a respectable 3.5 sacks.
Tre’Davious White
After a quiet first half of the season Tre White has come back with an impressive three weeks. In the last three games he’s broken up three passes, and grabbed two interceptions. Against the Chargers he broke up two passes and helped seal the game with a pick.
His interception was very reminiscent when he picked off Russell Wilson. At the line of scrimmage he showed that he was playing man-to-man coverage. As the play developed he dropped into zone coverage, which fooled the rookie quarterback, making it a comfortable interception for White.
He was also fourth in the team in tackles, making eight, four of them being solo tackles.
Zach Moss/Devin Singletary
As mentioned earlier, it wasn’t pretty from Buffalo’s passing attack, so the offense relied on the run more than they usually do. The two young backs combined for 20 total carries for 141 yards, an average of seven yards per carry.
At times this season, the rushing attack as either been abandoned or utterly failed, but when the team needed the two backs against Los Angeles, they produced.