The 2023 Buffalo Bills offensive line has been a model of stability and consistency—two traits that have eluded the front-five during Josh Allen’s six-year reign in Buffalo.
As a matter of fact, the same five offensive linemen have started every game this season for the Bills and all five have played over 96% of the Bills offensive snaps. Those starters are:
Left Tackle, Dion Dawkins Left Guard, Connor McGovern Center, Mitch Morse Right Guard, O’Cyrus Torrence Right Tackle, Spencer Brown
Percentage of Snaps by Bills Starting Offensive Line
— Put Steve Tasker in the Hall of Fame (@HOFSteveTasker) December 20, 2023
Many wondered how the 2023 Bills O-Line would rebound after a majorly disappointing 2022 campaign.
The 2022 Buffalo Bills offensive line showed signs of regression and the Bills offense was forced to win despite its line’s poor performance. Remember Rodger Saffold? His PFF grade was among the lowest of all offensive guards in the league in 2022 and his fellow-starting line didn’t fare much better.
Bills starting line PFF Grades ‘21 vs ‘22
Dion Dawkins 79.4/73.8⁰Rodger Saffold 68.1/44.0⁰Mitch Morse 63.4/61.0⁰Ryan Bates 66.3/61.5⁰Spencer Brown 59.8/53.4
Every lineman regressed.
Aaron Kromer needs to be held accountable.#BillsMafia
— Put Steve Tasker in the Hall of Fame (@HOFSteveTasker) January 30, 2023
Returning in 2022 and much improved are Dion Dawkins, Mitch Morse and Spencer Brown. Brown finally seems to be healthy and has become a solid right tackle, starting every game so far, including 99.9% of the Bills offensive snaps.
The emergence of rookie guard, O’Cyrus Torrence has also been a pleasant surprise and Saffold’s replacement, Connor McGovern has held his own as well.
Let’s hope, as Bills fans, that this Bills line continues to play at a high level and avoids injury down the season’s stretch and into the playoffs.
