Pro Football Focus tabbed every NFL team’s most “underrated player this season. For the Bills, it was safety Jordan Poyer.
Crediting his all-around game, Poyer earned that nod from the analytics out.
Here’s why PFF picked Poyer:
BUFFALO BILLS: S JORDAN POYER
Having earned a PFF grade of 77.7 that ranks 15th among all safeties entering Week 12, Jordan Poyer has been great in all phases for the Bills. In his 390 coverage snaps in 2019, Poyer has allowed just nine receptions, with the longest being 18 yards. Along with that, his run defense has been stout, as he currently ranks 10th in PFF run-defense grade (79.1), and he has also made plays in the pass-rush with six pressures on his 24 pass-rushing snaps. Poyer is missing tackles at an impressively low rate, too, with just four misses on 73 attempts. No one circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills, and Poyer has been an instrumental piece in that.
Along with Micah Hyde, the Bills sport one of the best safety tandems in the NFL which helps rank the Bills defense as one of the best in football. While Buffalo is the third-best defense in the NFL in terms of yards allowed per game, their run defense ranks No. 18. The secondary leads the way in Buffalo.
Nationally, Poyer could be overlooked thanks to Hyde and Tre’Davious White, but all-around, these three have been staples in the Bills’ secondary since the team tabbed Sean McDermott their head coach in 2017. Currently PFF tabbed White the 26th best cornerback in the NFL currently, while Hyde slips in as the 12th best safety.
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