Four Verts: Bills’ low floor exposed, Dolphins’ offense shouldn’t be this bad, and the saddest game of the year

Week 4 of the NFL has concluded as we flew through the first month of the season. Teams have started to show their identity and who they’ll be for the rest of the year, which is both good and bad depending on the team.

Ravens’ win over Buffalo showed Bills have a fairly low floor, which is OK

Buffalo is in the middle of a retooling era after parting ways with some of their solidified faces during the offseason, but they were still able to get off to a hot start this season. Josh Allen has arguably been the best quarterback in football and as long as he’s under center, Buffalo should be considered a potential Super Bowl contender. Simply having Allen on the roster raises the ceiling of this team considerably, and their potential outlook for the season shouldn’t really change after losing 35-10 to the Ravens.

However, this retooling phase and semi-youth movement for the Bills, paired with some unfortunate injuries, has given them a floor that’s fairly low as well — which a good team like the Ravens were able to exploit in a big way.

This team needs its good players to play like good players every single week. When Ed Oliver has a down game against a team like the Ravens, the Bills don’t have the depth built out yet where the other players can rally and take down a team with Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry. The Bills are largely starting rookie contract players at linebacker and it showed in their game against Baltimore. On offense, the young receivers struggled to get open against Baltimore’s talented secondary in man coverage, which should probably be expected at this point in their careers.

The good thing is they’re still 3-1 and have shown the ability to absolutely stomp teams, which is difficult in the NFL no matter the opponent. They’re still one of the best teams in the league, this game was just a reminder that building out the next iteration of the roster is a process and their margins are a bit thinner against good teams with some of the…

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Publish date : 2024-10-02 17:43:38

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