The Buffalo Bills are coming off a dominant 38-10 win over the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 2 in which both sides of the ball were operating on all cylinders.
One of the many stats that came out of this past weekend looks favorably on one of the better defensive players for Buffalo in terms of QB pressures.
Pro Football Focus ranked Bills defensive tackle Ed Oliver second in the NFL in the metric. Oliver, with a pressure rate of 23.5%, is in the same company as Chase Young, DeMarcus Lawrence, and Micah Parsons.
Oliver, 25, has played two games this season for Buffalo and has amassed 0.5 sacks, eight tackles, two tackles for loss, and four quarterback hits. Oliver has played 62% of the defensive snaps for the Bills this season and as expected, he will be a big part of Buffalo’s defense this campaign.
Oliver’s standing amongst some of the NFL’s best can be found below:
NFL Pressure Rate leaders (min. 29 pass rush snaps, per PFF):
Josh Uche: 25.0%
Ed Oliver: 23.5%
Chase Young: 22.6%
Dorance Armstrong: 21.9%
Bryce Huff: 21.6%
DeMarcus Lawrence: 21.4%
Micah Parsons: 21.1%
Chris Jones: 20.7%
Joe Tryon-Shoyinka: 20.1%
Osa Odighizuwa: 20.0%— Tom Downey (@WhatGoingDowney) September 19, 2023
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