Buffalo Bills Report Card 2024

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Overview

The Buffalo Bills finished this year ranked just outside the top 10 in their overall grade. They received high marks for the quality of their weight room and their strength coaches. Players also gave high marks to club owner Terry Pegula. 

There are three issues where they significantly lag behind most other teams, the first of which is team travel. Less than half of the players who responded feel like they have a comfortable amount of personal space when traveling, which is the lowest for any team in the NFL. The players expressed frustration in their responses that the biggest people (the players) must sit in the smallest seats, while the coaches and auxiliary staff get to sit in first class. The second issue is that they feel there is still a lack of training staff, especially physical therapists, despite the fact that they hired an additional trainer last year. Players believe that not having enough training staff limits their ability to prepare and recover. Lastly, just 54% of players feel like they get an individualized plan from their dietician, which ranks 30th across the league.

Breakdown of Key Categories

• They provide a family room at the stadium 
• They provide daycare on gameday 
• Players feel that the team has taken a slight step back this season when it comes to the treatment of their families. Players suggest improvements such as: the ability for family members to get pregame sideline passes, improved communications and a more comfortable postgame area.

• They rank 22nd overall in food taste 
• They rank 23rd overall in food freshness

• Only 54% of players feel like they get an individualized plan (30th overall)

• 100% of players feel like the locker room is big enough (1st overall) 
• 90% of players feel like they have enough room in their individual lockers (13th overall)

• 81% of players feel they have enough full-time trainers (23rd overall) 
• Only 79% of players feel they have enough full-time physical therapists (23rd overall) 
• 98% of players feel they have enough hot tub space (3rd overall) 
• 97% of players feel they have enough cold tub space (7th overall) 
• The team hired an additional trainer after last season, but the players still feel like they do not have nearly enough staff coverage, especially when looking at physical therapist staff

• Only 79% of players feel like they receive enough one-on-one treatment (28th overall) 
• Despite training staff shortages, players still feel that the training staff significantly contributes to their success (4th overall)

• The players believe that the equipment is high quality (3rd overall) 
• The players believe they have more than enough space in the weight room (2nd overall)

• 97% of players feel like they get an individualized plan (6th overall) 
• The players feel that the strength coaches significantly contribute to their success (5th overall)

• Only 45% of the players feel like they have a comfortable amount of personal space during flights (32nd overall) 
• The Bills do not require that any players have roommates before games 
• Players are frustrated by the seating on the team plane. Staff members get priority over the players, who are mostly assigned to the smaller economy seats where many of the bigger players don’t comfortably fit

• 98% of players feel head coach Sean McDermott is efficient with their time (4th overall) 
• Players feel that head coach Sean McDermott is very willing to listen to the locker room (11th overall)

• Club owner Terry Pegula receives a rating of 9.1/10 from Bills players when considering his willingness to invest in the facilities (8th overall)