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Team: Buffalo Bills Record through 8 games: 4-4 Offensive grade: C The offense was bad the first two weeks, then Greg Roman was fired and Anthony Lynn decided to feature LeSean McCoy. Now it's pretty one-dimensional, but at least that dimension owns. Defensive grade: C+ Sometimes, this defense looks good. It shows flashes of dominance, sometimes it even keeps it together for a whole game. Other times, it gets shredded by Ryan Fitzpatrick, surrenders 269 rushing yards to the Dolphins, and otherwise gets completely dominated. Special Teams grade: B Coaching grade: C The coaches seem slow to adjust, especially on the defensive side of the ball. However, I do have to give Rex credit for firing Greg Roman. It was a head-scratcher at the time, but it's paid off well. Overall grade: C+ Most outstanding/surprising players(3): LeSean McCoy Everyone knew Shady was good, but he hasn't looked this dominant in two years. He just straight-up took over the offense following an 0-2 start and sparked the entire team to a 4-game winning streak. Lorenzo Alexander Who ever heard of a player breaking out at 33? Alexander has an eye-popping 9 sacks and 3 forced-fumbles. Not bad for a journey-man veteran who was just supposed to be coming off the bench now and again to spell Shaq Lawson. Zach Brown This guy is everywhere on defense. Great range, reads plays well, and tackles well. Most disappointing players(3): Sammy Watkins(dead) Sammy Watkins owns when he's healthy. He hasn't been healthy this season. That's a problem. Tyrod Taylor He looks to have regressed a bit from last year, particularly in terms of accuracy. You shouldn't be sailing a pass so hard your 6'4 wide receiver can't get it. Then again, said receiver is literally Justin Hunter, so he probably would have dropped it anyway, but the point stands. Short summary: This has been a season of streaks. The season started at 0-2. including an embarrassing home loss to the Jets, which was followed by a 4-game winning streak, which included shutting out the Patriots on the road(granted, they were without Brady and Gronk). Now the team is on a 2-game losing streak after getting dominated by the Dolphins and Patriots. Neither game was as close as the final score indicates. The Bills are 1-3 in the AFC East, and next week's game is in Seattle: not exactly a promising proposition. It would appear the Bills will once again finish short of the playoffs.
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