The Buffalo Bills came out of their bye with something that had been missing through much of the season: a little breathing room.
Buffalo’s 36–10 win over the Baltimore Ravens featured a substantial difference in workloads. The Bills logged 82 offensive snaps and just 51 defensive snaps on the gamebook’s unofficial playtime sheet, controlling time of possession for 37:36.
Baltimore losing Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley to injuries is important context. Still, Buffalo capitalized, created turnovers
and finally finished a game without needing its offense to rescue the result late.
Offense
With Spencer Brown inactive, Tylan Grable played all 82 offensive snaps. O’Cyrus Torrence was the only other Bills offensive player to handle the full workload.
Dion Dawkins and Connor McGovern each played 78 snaps (95%), while Alec Anderson finished with 76 (93%). Austin Corbett contributed eight snaps (10%), with Lloyd Cushenberry and Jude Bowry each playing four (5%).
The line helped Buffalo produce 426 total yards while allowing just one sack. Grable’s full afternoon was particularly encouraging with Brown unavailable, providing some reassurance about Buffalo’s offensive-line depth.
Josh Allen played 78 snaps (95%), with Kyle Allen getting the final four (5%). Those are the kind of backup-quarterback snaps Buffalo would happily see more often.
Coleman leads in playing time, Moore and Shakir lead in production
Keon Coleman led the receivers with 63 snaps (77%), followed by Khalil Shakir with 55 (67%) and DJ Moore with 54 (66%).
The production told a different story.
Moore returned with four catches for 82 yards and a touchdown. Shakir caught five passes for 64 yards, while Coleman finished with one catch for four yards on three targets.
Snap counts tell us who was on the field, but not necessarily who made the biggest impact.
Joshua Palmer played just seven snaps (9%) before a hamstring injury ended his afternoon. Greg Dortch added four offensive snaps (5%), with his larger role coming on special teams.
Kincaid makes his opportunities count
Dawson Knox led the tight ends with 57 snaps (70%), followed by Dalton Kincaid with 47 (57%), Jackson Hawes with 32 (39%) and Keleki Latu with eight (10%).
Kincaid led Buffalo with 86 receiving yards on four catches, including a 23-yard touchdown. Knox caught one pass for six yards, while Hawes added one for seven yards.
Once again, the tight-end workload and receiving production looked different. Kincaid didn’t need the most snaps to deliver the biggest plays.
Cook leads a three-back rotation
James Cook played 44 offensive snaps (54%), Ty Johnson handled 20 (24%) and Ray Davis played 17 (21%).
Cook finished with 80 rushing yards and a touchdown on 21 carries, adding two catches for 21 yards. Davis contributed 30 rushing yards on six attempts, while Johnson caught all three of his targets for 19 yards.
With Buffalo pulling away, the Bills had room to spread the workload rather than leaning heavily on Cook or Allen late in the game.
Defense
With C.J. Gardner-Johnson suspended and Dee Alford inactive, Buffalo needed contributions from its defensive-back depth.
Bishop delivered a strip-sack, while Igbinosun recorded his first career interception. Both made the most of their opportunities.
Damar Hamlin was Buffalo’s only defender to play all 51 snaps.
Cole Bishop and Christian Benford each played 45 (88%), while Davison Igbinosun handled 41 (80%). Te’Cory Couch played 36 (71%), Geno Stone contributed 19 (37%) and Maxwell Hairston finished with 16 (31%).
Deone Walker led Buffalo’s defensive front with 33 snaps (65%). Greg Rousseau and Bradley Chubb each played 31 (61%).
TJ Parker and Landon Jackson each handled 25 snaps (49%), followed by DeWayne Carter and TJ Sanders with 21 apiece (41%). Ed Oliver played 20 (39%) in his return.
Michael Hoecht added 12 snaps (24%), with Javon Solomon playing seven (14%).
At linebacker, Terrel Bernard played 39 snaps (76%), Dorian Williams handled 29 (57%) and Kaleb Elarms-Orr contributed 14 (27%).
Special Teams
Joe Andreessen and Sam Franklin led Buffalo with 21 special-teams snaps apiece (78%). Neither played a defensive snap.
Hoecht, Solomon and Latu each played 18 (67%). Stone, Hairston and Elarms-Orr followed with 16 apiece (59%).
Tyler Bass played 14 snaps (52%) and made all three field-goal attempts. Dortch handled 10 special-teams snaps (37%), returning three punts for 40 yards and one kickoff for 22 yards.
Buffalo’s depth contributed across all three phases. More importantly, the Bills finally had a fourth quarter focused on maintaining control rather than trying to survive.
