PFF: Spencer Brown was Bills’ most-improved player in 2024
Pro Football Focus named Buffalo Bills offensive tackle Spencer Brown as the team’s most improved player for the 2024 NFL season.
Brown rebounded to aid the Bills in remaining an offensive juggernaut in the league. In particular, Buffalo improved its running attack to supplement its dynamic passing attack.
Following an inconsistent 2023 season in which Brown battled multiple injuries, the veteran tackle had a healthy and productive 2024. Brown started every game for Buffalo this past season.
Brown continued his upward trajectory last season.
Spencer Brown has evolved into one of the better tackles in the NFL over the last two seasons, and Brown’s evolution in 2024 has coincided with the Bills finally fixing, and leaning into, a potent rushing game. The Bills’ 92.7 team rushing grade was third in the regular season, and though a lot of that can be credited to Josh Allen and James Cook, they needed the offensive line to improve, and Brown highlighted that improvement with a career-high 78.5 grade, 14th among tackles.
Brown showed tremendous improvement with his pass blocking in 2024. His metrics in the passing game contributed to Josh Allen being one of the least sacked quarterbacks in the league. PFF adds:
Brown’s pass-blocking improved as a whole, too. In 2023, he allowed 42 pressures and five sacks, but in 2024, those numbers dropped to just 17 pressures and a single sack, earning Brown a 76.2 pass-blocking grade. The only thing holding Brown back was the 16 penalties he was called for, aside from that, he’s one of the best in the NFL now.
Brown signed a four-year, $72 million contract to keep him in Buffalo through the 2028 season. Brown and Dion Dawkins will bookend the Bills offensive line for the foreseeable future.
Personally, Brown was graded a 77.9 overall mark for his efforts last season. That was the best mark handed out to anyone on Buffalo’s offensive line.
In addition, as a group, the Bills offensive line fared well via PFF’s metrics. When it was all said and done, the unit was ranked the fifth-best O-line in the NFL in 2024 via the football analytic outlet’s metrics.
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