5 storylines to watch for during Bills at Steelers

The Buffalo Bills and Steelers will play a big-time, primetime game in Week 15 as the two AFC opponents will faceoff in a pivotal late season contest. 

Buffalo Bills offensive tackle Cody Ford. (AP Photo/John Munson)

Will O-line have better outing vs. tough foe?

Now, let’s be honest. It wasn’t all on Josh Allen last week. His offensive line was beyond brutal in front of him. Do the Patriots cheat? We don’t know (probably). But every single team in the NFL watches legal game film from the week before and you better believe the Steelers saw the Ravens’ gameplan against the Bills. A lot of blitzing. But the Steelers are even better than the Ravens at bringing the pressure. Uh oh.

Sitting in a tie for the third-most sacks in the NFL with 12.5 this season is pass rusher TJ Watt. He’s also Pro Football Focus’ top-ranked edge defender with a 90.8 overall grade so far this season. Across from him is Bud Dupree, PFF’s 20th best edge defender, who has 13 tackles for loss, fourth-most in the NFL. And that’s just the two on the edges. On the inside of their defensive line is Cameron Heyward, Stephon Tuitt, and Javon Hargrave. PFF ranks them the second, fourth and ninth best interior linemen in the NFL, respectively, and they’re all on the same line.

On Buffalo’s offensive line, Quinton Spain and Cody Ford saw their PFF grade’s take hits after last week’s outing against the Ravens.

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