The Buffalo Bills have lacked elite talent at the running back position since LeSean McCoy left following the 2018 season. One could make the argument that they even lacked elite talent during that 2018 season, since Shady wasn’t quite as explosive as he had been in years past.
While McCoy’s calling card during his career was his breakaway speed and video game-like agility, the current state of affairs in the Bills’ running back room relies more on timing and “keeping ahead of the stick.” This isn’t a group that scares people with its speed—frankly, it isn’t a group that scares many people at all—but it is a group that, when things are good along the offensive line, can do damage.