For years, the Buffalo Bills have struggled to have any sort of offensive balance.
Josh Allen and Stefon Diggs are accountable for most of the team’s offensive production, and while they’ve proven that they can put the offense on their shoulders, all teams need to establish some sort of a running game to find success in the postseason.
With all the uncertainty regarding Damien Harris after suffering a neck injury, the Bills turned to veteran running back Leonard Fournette, who was still a free agent after being released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Fournette gives the Bills something they had lacked for quite a while, which is a physical and big presence in the running game, and a 33-year-old Latavius Murray can only do so much at this point in his career.
Even so, watching Fournette in Bills threads is going to take some time to get used to, which is why the fans took to Twitter to react to the first images of him in his new uniform.
Sean McDermott now has a between-the-tackles runner ready to pound his way down the field, especially in goal-line and third-down situations.
James Cook will continue to be the starter, as he should, but Fournette will give him a much better backup than he has right now.
Murray has been on the field often in third-down situations because of his pass-protection, which is another aspect in which Fournette should come in handy.
Perhaps this move doesn’t move the needle all that much on paper, but he could be the missing piece they craved for years.
