The Buffalo Bills season â at 7-4 and holding the seventh and final playoff spot in the AFC heading into Sundayâs game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, has obviously not gone as expected so far. Coming into the season, the Bills â who have never won a Super Bowl in the 66-year history of the franchise â were widely seen as a “Super Bowl or bust” team. In other words, anything short of a championship would mark the season as a failure.
In that case, the Billsâ season is looking more and more like a failure, and one primary reason is the limited passing game Buffalo has displayed through 11 games.
On Tuesday, the Bills took a step toward improving their aerial attack, signing veteran wide receiver Brandin Cooks, who has previously caught passes from two certain Hall of Famers in Tom Brady and Drew Brees. Cooks, playing for his sixth team in 12 years, will now catch passes from another future Hall candidate in Josh Allen.
One day after they signed Cooks, the Bills made a second move in their passing attack overhaul, this one seen by analysts as addition by subtraction. Buffalo released five-year veteran wide receiver Elijah Moore, according to a statement by the teamâs communications department on Wednesday morning.
The Bills had high hopes for the 2021 New York Jets second-round draft pick when they signed him to a one-year, $2.5 million free-agent contract in May. But things just didnât work out. Moore was targeted by Allen only 17 times in nine games, catching nine of those passes for 112 yards without a touchdown.
Moore did manage a touchdown on the ground, however, as he compiled 24 yards in six rushing attempts.
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