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Bills reflect on 9 sacks vs. Jets: ‘Everybody eats’

#Bills reflect on 9 sacks vs. #Jets: ‘Everybody eats’

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Rookie QB and second overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft Zach Wilson faced a Buffalo defense on Sunday that he’ll deal with twice a season every year as a Jet.
It was a trial-by-fire, and Wilson got cooked.
The Bills had nine sacks for a total of 82 yards lost, and they held the Jets to a franchise-record low for net passing yards in a game (5). They also allowed only four fourth downs which were the fewest in franchise history.

The nine sacks against the Jets were Buffalo’s most in a game under Sean McDermott, and their most in a game since 2011 (10 against WFT Oct. 30, 2011). They now have 19 sacks in their last four games.

The first sack of the day came on Jets WR Jamison Crowder in a failed trick play while the other eight came on Wilson. It was the most he’s been wrapped up in a game this season.

Bills sack leader DE Mario Addison (7) and S Jordan Poyer had two sacks apiece. Poyer’s two takedowns were good for a single-game career-high, and his sack season total (3) is also a career-high.

DT Ed Oliver had a sack and a half in the game along with three quarterback hits, and LB Matt Milano, DE Boogie Basham, and DE A.J. Epenesa each had a sack as well while DE Jerry Hughes also added a half-sack

“Everybody eats,” Oliver said to the press after the game. “Everybody was just on it. It just seemed like everybody was flying around. He wanted to run around and just our overlap and everybody just rushing. So that was a good sight to see especially in the game like this with so much on the line.”

“We won a lot on first down,” fellow DT Harrison Phillips said during his media session. “Our coverage did some great things to make him hold the ball and then our offense scoring early being up kind of the whole game lets us get after the quarterback.”

Buffalo finished the regular season with the top-scoring defense for the first time in franchise history and as the number one total defense in the NFL.

“I just think overall they’re playing faster,” HC Sean McDermott said while addressing the media. “We had some young players mixed in there and then you’ve got some older guys with Jerry and Mario and that blend has come together at the right time.”

And McDermott wasn’t the only head coach in the game to compliment the defense’s level of play.

Jets HC Robert Saleh called the Bills defense a “buzzsaw” after the contest.

“Obviously they are one of the best defenses in football,” Saleh said during his postgame press conference. “We just could not run the ball very well. Obviously, it was tough sledding. And any time we got something going, their front was dominant.”

The Bills clinched the AFC East with the win and are now the No. 3 seed on the back of their four-game winning streak. They’ll host the Patriots for a third matchup this season on Saturday evening for the first-round Wild Card game.

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Texans are expecting Bills defense to bring heat vs. Davis Mills

#Texans QB Davis Mills said the #Bills defense has ‘a lot of experienced dudes’ on it while HC David Culley thinks he knows what Leslie Frazier’s plan will be:

Rookie quarterback Davis Mills will be making his second-career start against the Buffalo Bills in Week 4. The Houston Texans had to toss him under center after former Bill Tyrod Taylor, who was starting in place of Deshaun Watson himself, went down with a hamstring injury. 

But the Texans (1-2) might have an ace in the hole. Houston head coach David Culley has experience coaching alongside Buffalo defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier.

In fact, Culley did so with the Bills (2-1) while he was Buffalo’s quarterbacks coach from 2017-2018.

Reflecting on that, Culley gave a very confident assessment of what he thinks Frazier’s game plan will be in Week 4. He’s expecting the heat to be sent.

“They can be very multiple and they will pressure you. I know this, on third down, I know we expect they’re going to play man coverage every third down, because that’s what he’s always done. They like blitzing five guys. I know with a rookie quarterback, I know he’s not going to sit back and just let four guys rush the passer. I know he’s going to add an extra guy just to see how he can handle it, and we’ll be ready for that,” Culley said.

Adding to the breakdown of the Bills was Mills. He’s well aware that a lot of the core on Buffalo’s defense has been together for several seasons and he admitted that might make it tough for him.

“They have a lot of experienced dudes on their defense. A lot of their guys have been in the system for a while and they do what they do at a high level,” Mills said. “I think as an offense just attacking that. We just got to go by our rules, and they are one of the teams that want to force you into check downs. Let’s spread the ball around, get the ball to our playmakers in space and let them win the one on ones.”

While the QB does want to play a part in potentially upsetting the Bills, he also acknowledged he needs help. The rushing attack has to play a part.

“[The run game] will be big. They’re not a huge pressure, load the box team. So, I think really starting the run game strong will always allow you to open up the pass game but emphasis on the run game’s going to be big this week,” Mills said.

Easier said than done. The Texans are fresh off a 24-9 loss to the Carolina Panthers last week and running back Mark Ingram only mustered 21 yards on the ground.

Regardless of run game or any inexperience the rookie QB has, Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott still sees talent in Mills. The Bills won’t be overlooking him.

“I think he can make every throw,” McDermott said via video conference. “He’s mobile enough to get out of the pocket and extend plays. Extremely smart,” “You look back at his career, he’s had a lot of success where he’s been. It seems like they found a really good quarterback.”

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