While there were plenty of positives for the Buffalo Bills in 2017 — snapping the team’s 17-year playoff drought, winning six games at New Era Field for the team’s best home record since the 1999 season, seeing a revamped secondary help spark the defense, and watching the special teams unit develop into a top-10 squad — there was one area where the Bills lagged far behind their NFL competition: yards after catch among their wide receivers.
With a group of underwhelming wide receivers — led by Kelvin Benjamin, Zay Jones, Jordan Matthews, Deonte Thompson, and Andre Holmes, Buffalo’s wide receivers managed only 373 total yards after the catch in 2017.