With Josh Allen and coordinator Joe Brady hoping to duplicate their performance from the previous season, the Buffalo Bills’ receiver room will be exciting to watch this coming season.
Amari Cooper and Mack Hollins are leaving, and Joshua Palmer and Elijah Moore are joining to bolster the roster’s arsenal.
With at least 500 receiving yards in his last three seasons and a strong contribution over his four years with the Los Angeles Chargers, Palmer is anticipated to add another component to the attack.
Additionally, Joe Buscaglia of The Athletic believes Palmer will give Brady’s team exactly what it lacked the previous season.
Buscaglia noted, “Palmer is exactly what the Bills lacked in their offense last year.” He is an expert in separation and a route-running craftsman with the speed to push down the field in search of deeper targets. Additionally, his capacity for separation may enable him to produce more than is currently anticipated of him.
With Keon Coleman on the outside but still getting used to his new position and Khalil Shakir in the slot, Allen and Brady will undoubtedly be aiming to take advantage of Palmer’s quickness and deep threat.
Palmer’s ability to regularly get downfield and disengage from defenders, along with the “everybody eats” mentality driving this summer, may give Allen his deep ball back.
And defenses find that to be a frightening idea.
Palmer will undoubtedly see his fair share of targets in Brady’s system and will most likely have more than 39 receptions with Allen throwing the ball to him—he didn’t have more in any of the previous two seasons, of course, but we are speculating here.
Palmer might give the offense what it needs to step up, but many believe the Bills need another weapon for Allen if Buffalo wants to be a serious contender.