When Buffalo Bills fans think of South Florida, one of the first, if not the first thing to come to mind is the ugly color combination that is turquoise and orange… better known as the Miami Dolphins. But there’s reason to look upon the region with a little more fondness now.
Bills running back Devin Singletary is joined by rookie Zack Moss in Buffalo’s backfield this season. In most cases, pending health, it’ll be one of those two churning out yards and touchdowns on the ground for the Bills in 2020 (OK, and maybe a few from that Firebaugh, Cali. quarterback too).
On Thursday, Bills running back Devin Singletary chatted via video call from his team’s training camp and sent out what was… kind of a reminder, one relating to those yards on the ground. Both he and Moss are natives of that South Florida Dolphins territory… so at least something positive is coming out of there, right?
Actually, they knew each other well before becoming teammates in Buffalo. Because of this, there was never really a feeling of worry for Singletary when the Bills selected another rusher in the third round of of the 2020 Draft.
“Just adding another piece to the puzzle, with what we trying to do this year. We know what our mission is. So I feel like that’s a big piece to the puzzle, I feel like it’s going to work fine,” Singletary said.
Earlier this offseason, Singletary got an opportunity to further get on the same page with some of his new teammates. Despite some restrictions with travel due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, members of the Bills met in Florida for some workouts. But there was one notable absence: Moss. Evidently the rookie couldn’t get there, but Singletary still said that his old friend and new teammate seems to be on catching on quickly as training camp opened this week.
“He’s picking up the playbook fast,” Singletary said. “We’re two South Florida guys, I feel like we’ve been meshing good, chopping it up, picking each other’s brains, we ready to go, we ready to make things happen this year.”
What’s likely helping Moss is a familiarity with the scheme.
On paper, many predict that Moss will slide into Frank Gore’s role from last season. Moss is the bruising tackle-breaking back. Singletary the quick, shifty rusher. Moss already confirmed the similarities the Bills offense has as compared to his college offense at the University of Utah from earlier this offseason. That certainly helps.
“Obviously football is football,” Moss said following the draft. “Definitely they, Buffalo, has run some of the same offensive things that we’ve done in Utah.”
“From that standpoint, everything is pretty much the same to me,” Moss added.
This could help Moss become an early and often impact-maker with the Bills and Singletary.
“The biggest thing [the Bills told him] is they definitely want me to come in and play early and they to help this team win games. They play rookies. They played the most percentage of rookie (snaps) last year at 40 percent in the league,” Moss said. “If I’m playing early on in the year or late in the year, it’s on me, so I’m just doing my part, trying to learning the playbook and be ready to come in and show what I can do.”
Due to NFL teams not having a preseason this August to get the feet wet of rookies, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Singletary get an early bulk of touches. But if called upon, Moss sounds ready.
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