PFF makes strong statement regarding Buffalo Bills WR room ahead of 2024

Heading into week one of the NFL, the Buffalo Bills will be closely watched with the new offense they have in place. Joe Brady was able to get the interim offensive coordinator title taken away and the Bills made many changes to the offense. Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis are no longer with Buffalo, raising questions about the direction of the Bills’ true number one receiver this season.

The Bills have Khalil Shakir and Dalton Kincaid returning as top contributors from last season, especially in the second half of the season. This past offseason, Brandon Beane added Chase Claypool, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Curtis Samuel in free agency, while drafting Keon Coleman in the second round of the NFL Draft. While Coleman has a chance to become the number one receiver in Buffalo, it’s hard to argue that he’s automatically Josh Allen’s number one target.

Even with Josh Allen in his prime, the Bills wide receiver room doesn’t get the best views and one of the best in the league. In fact, they’re not even average according to Trevor Sikkema of Pro Football Focus.

Sikkema released a ranking of NFL wide receivers through 2024 and the Bills are at the bottom of the list at 27th, ahead of the New York Giants, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos, Chargers of Los Angeles and the New England Patriots. That’s quite Sikkema’s statement for the Bills, considering Diggs and Davis provided little to no help in the second half of the season and Shakir and Kincaid both contributed more in the receiving game.

In Brady’s system last season, there was an approach of giving the ball to everyone and not just one specific player. Once it was discovered that the Bills didn’t need Diggs or Davis to win, everything was written regarding their future in Buffalo. Now that the Bills have a very different receiving core, it’s easy to say this is one of the worst on paper. However, it seems people forget that Allen no longer needs a true number one receiver to develop. Allen has now helped the guys around him become quality playmakers.

Buffalo’s offense is sloppy, but that’s OK because the more doubt there is, the more motivation there is for Allen and the receiving core.