As soon as somebody received previous the flurry of penalty flags, they’d discover that the Payments picked up 359 yards of offense on Monday evening and a wholesome chunk of them got here from operating again Ray Davis.
Davis stepped in for the injured James Prepare dinner and ran 20 occasions for 97 yards whereas catching three passes for 55 yards in a 23-20 Payments win. That made him the primary rookie to steer the Payments in dashing and receiving yards in the identical recreation since 1986 and it served as a popping out social gathering of kinds for the fourth-round decide.
“It was superior to see. That’s why we drafted him,” quarterback Josh Allen mentioned, by way of the crew’s web site. “He’s robust to carry down, and he runs the ball tremendous exhausting, protects the ball. I’m very happy with him for stepping up.”
The Payments will possible plug Prepare dinner again into a big position as soon as he’s wholesome sufficient to return, however Davis made his case for a component within the proceedings of a Payments offense that has been in search of new faces to seize roles this season.