Orchard Park, N.Y. (WGR 550/WBEN) - The Buffalo Bills moved to 6-1 on the 2022 season with a 27-17 win over the Green Bay Packers on "Sunday Night Football" at Highmark Stadium.
This means I get to start, once again, with the Arrows Up:
ARROW UP:
RB - Devin Singletary
From his first carry of the game that went for six yards, Singletary was finding creases to run the ball. He ultimately finished the game with 67 yards on 14 carries, averaging 4.8 yards per-run.
Singletary is now averaging 5.06 yards per-carry over the last four games.
Josh Allen: Runner
The numbers weren’t eye-popping for Allen in the passing game, but he ran the ball extremely effectively, especially when some critical plays were needed. He finished the night with 49 yards on six runs, averaging 8.2 yards per-carry and some important first downs.
WR - Stefon Diggs
Diggs was his usual elite self, grabbing six passes for 108 yards and a touchdown.
Defensive tackle pass penetration
Tim Settle and Ed Oliver were each officially credited with one quarterback pressure, but those two, along with Jordan Phillips and DaQuan Jones, were harassing Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers all night, forcing him into quick, short throws.
S - Damar Hamlin
Hamlin was all over the place, lining up at his usual deep safety spot, but often coming up against the run and really getting physical.
He ended as the game’s second leading tackler overall with 10 total stops.
LB - Matt Milano
Milano continued to play at an All-Pro level, collecting his second interception of the year, which came at a critical point in the fourth quarter near midfield. He added a pass breakup and five tackles, including one for a loss.
RB - James Cook
Cook got a chance in this game and made some plays, including a 41-yard catch-and-run on his only reception of the night. He added 35 yards on five carries, an average of 7.0 yards per-run, for a total of 76 yards of offense.
Fourth down stop
Just after the fourth quarter began with the Bills leading 27-10, Green Bay faced a 4th-and-1 from Buffalo's 26-yard line. They went for it, but a host of Bills defenders stopped Aaron Jones for a one-yard loss, ending the drive with no points.
ARROW DOWN:
Run defense
The Bills obviously did not want to get beaten by Rodgers through the air, and having a lead allowed their safeties to hang back a bit.
But it also allowed the Packers to gash them in the run game for a total of 208 yards on the ground. Green Bay averaged a huge 6.7 yards per-carry in a losing effort.
That's far too much.
Allen not taking first downs
On multiple occasions, it appeared Allen had a very good chance to gain a first down while running, but instead threw the ball. Too often, those throws did not result in a first down.
Fourth quarter offense
From the play-calling to the execution, the fourth quarter was disastrous for the Bills offense.
Up 17 points, offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey decided to continue to throw, even though the run game had been chewing up yards all night. There was a dropped pass by wide receiver Gabe Davis. There were runs for negative yards. There were also two interceptions thrown by Allen, one in the red zone.
Overall, the Bills gained 79 yards in the final quarter, turned the ball over twice, and failed to score a point. Not the way they want to close out a game.
WR - Gabe Davis
Davis dropped a pass in the third quarter, and then late in the fourth quarter committed and unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after the play, as the Bills were trying to close out the game.
Instead of 1st-and-10 at the Packers' 34-yard line and in field goal range, the ball was out all the way back to their 49-yard line and the Bills ultimately punted it away after three more plays.
Third down offense and defense
The Bills came into the game with the top third down offense in the league. However, they were just 2-for-7 on the night (28.6%).
Conversely, the defense allowed the Packers to convert on 50% of their third down chances, going 6-for-12 overall.
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