The Bills defense isn’t looking good
Eh, whatever. Sure, the Jets will put up a few points. The Dolphins? Garbage time scores. The barely even held the lead, right? Well, not so fast, the Bills defense does not look great so far this season, and the unit had the biggest choke job in the team’s history against the Rams in Week 3. Buffalo has had a knack for the dramatics and letting folks down, but previously the biggest lead the team coughed up was 21 points. Up 28-3 in the third quarter, the Bills did not put this one away and that’s clearly a massive concern.
In a controversial call, quarterback Josh Allen was intercepted. Tight end Tyler Kroft went down the left sideline and went up for a grab, came down with the ball but Rams safety John Johnson took the ball away. It was likely a bad call, but Buffalo let that momentum swing from the play completely come back to bite them. From there, their defense went flat in the second half, struggling to make tackles and over the middle of the field, teams continue to eat up this zone coverage. Defensively, the Rams’ pass rush, seemingly non-existent in the first half, came to life and shut the Bills offense down.
Maybe just one game? Well, again, it was the biggest collapse in the team’s history in the second half, combined with teams like the Dolphins also making it interesting late, too. The Bills have to figure this out and unlike the interception, cannot let it define them. Their season could spiral in a hur