The proof was in the pudding. The Bills defense played well in a 24-17 loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
The offense, well… did not.
Buffalo’s offense had a look to tie the game up late, once again thanks to the defense. To the offense’s credit, they did score a touchdown and add a two-point conversion in the final frame. But they were outmatched all afternoon by the Ravens defense.
It wasn’t enough, and that’s what plenty of members of the Bills offense thought in the locker room following the game.
Here’s what some of reaction from the Bills offense was following their loss to the Ravens:
QB Josh Allen
“First, especially the first quarter, I have to find more completions early on. Take what they give us. Maybe felt like I was pressing a little bit when they were bringing some good pressures that we maybe hadn’t seenxz, or they brought it, and they brought a good game plan. They played a
great game. That’s a great team that we just faced. At the end of the day we didn’t make enough plays. Like I said I have to be better in that aspect. Our defense played fantastic. I want to shout them out and let them know, we’re going to have their backs. We’re going to have games like this where we’ll have to find a way to win, and our defense played spectacular today.”
WR John Brown
“Just have to make a few more plays. On offense we have to execute better. I have to make more plays. I should’ve made that last play.”
OL Jon Feliciano
“I think we had seven or something three-and-outs. We just have to do better on first down. They were in our backfield a little bit…
“We believed in our defense, and our defense did a hell of a job today. Man, we believed. I had no doubt in my mind if we would’ve scored that last touchdown, we would’ve won in overtime.”
Head coach Sean McDermott
“It’s a good defense. It’s a veteran defense. They’ve got Marcus Peters, who they traded for, Earl Thomas. They’ve got good players on their defense. They’re ranked where they are for a reason. I don’t think they surprised us at all. When we turned the tape on they played some good football – a lot of good football – and at the end of the day we did not execute. Our fundamentals, throwing and catching were not where they needed to be offensively.”
RB Devin Singletary
“We feel like we’re letting our brothers down.”
WR Cole Beasley
“We got in a funk early and we tried to get out of it and guys did a good job battling. But, we didn’t have it today and it’s a shame because our defense played their [expletive] off.”
OL Mitch Morse
“I think it’s a tale of two halves, or even three quarters. I can only speak for myself. Just one person off, here and there, and I put that onus on me putting everyone in the right position. Kudos to them. They played their tails off and they out-executed us, out-executed me today.”
** Beasley, Morse comments via WKBW-TV.
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