4. Getting the offense rolling again
After scoring at least 30 points in four straight games to start the season, Buffalo's offense unfortunately hasn't met that number in the last two weeks. They scored 20 points against the Patriots and 14 against Atlanta. The Bills know they can get back to being a productive offense, and the bye week was about figuring out how that happens.
Offensive coordinator Joe Brady spent the week off diving into Buffalo's offense.
"There's got to be a level of urgency," Brady said of offensive improvement. "We're not okay with how we've played. But unfortunately, we've been in this position before, and I believe in the coaches and the players that we have…We're going to figure it out because we're going to dive into it. We're going to come up with solutions and kind of hit the ground running again."
While Buffalo's offense has missed the mark in the last two games, they still rank top 10 in several categories. The Bills are averaging the fourth most points per game (27.8), most rushing yards per game (151), third most total yards per game (378.3) and have the fifth-best scoring rate (46.9%).
Head coach Sean McDermott believes his OC will find the right answers as he looks back on the last six weeks.
"I remain confident, very confident in Joe and his ability to put us into the right situations and put our players in good positions on offense," McDermott said.
In terms of correcting mistakes, Brady believes it starts with getting out of their own way.
"I don't look at it as what we're doing offensively, like anything is broken, or we don't have answers," Brady shared. "It's more of us right now…It's too hard to win in the NFL when you beat yourselves and try to overcome that."
Brady wants Buffalo's offense to get back to the fundamentals—playing smart, clean football. He also wants them to grow and evolve but not lose sight of being two dimensional.
"We also have to make sure that we're also staying two dimensional and getting the pass game going," Brady explained. "And we have to get the pass game going better now. But when Jimbo (Cook) is on the field and we're giving him the ball, good things are happening, and it should help our pass game. So, we obviously have a lot to improve on"