Make no mistake: Shady is the best player on the Bills right now, and aside from my MVP for this week, nobody’s even close. If the Bills are going to make the playoffs, his performance is going to be the key.
Yesterday was a prime example of that. McCoy totaled 11 yards on eight carries before giving way to Mike Gillislee. During the team’s four-game winning streak, he had 14 individual carries that went for more than 11 yards. He clearly wasn’t playing at 100%, as evidenced by the fact that he sat out the entire fourth quarter as a precaution.