Secondary was scary
The Bills defense, as a whole, was excellent against the Broncos. Like the Bills’ playmakers on offense going against a foe that was much worse, that was the case for Buffalo’s defense as well. The Broncos have been without No. 1 wide receiver Courtland Sutton for plenty of the season. Aside from him, tight end Noah Fant is the only guy that strikes any fear into you on that offense, and yes, Fant did score.
But these Denver wide receiver were nowhere to be seen, and aside from his impressive touchdown, Fant wasn’t even very impressive. We did mention a couple of good plays already, such as passes defended by Wallace and Johnson, plus the forced fumble by White… but there was one really, really telling stat.
In the entire game, only five times did a Broncos wide receiver catch a pass. In the entire first half of the game, that number was only one. Only on a single occasion did a wideout come down with the ball in the first 30 minutes.
While the offense scoring is the big scoreline from this one, Buffalo’s defense didn’t even give the Broncos offense a chance to answer. Excellent job.
Levi Wallace breakup on 3rd down for #Bills.. #Broncos go on to miss FG from 51. He’s bounced back from that bad 49ers game a bit:#BUFvsDEN pic.twitter.com/I1dA5ijWV8
— Nick (@Nick_Wojton) December 19, 2020