When the Bills meet the Denver Broncos in Week 12, their offense will be highlighted by one big boy you can’t miss.
The 6-foot-4 wide receiver we’re referring to is second-year pro Courtland Sutton.
Sutton can haul balls in with the best of them. Buffalo’s Tre’Davious White is well aware of that and said he’s putting in the hours this week to prep for Sutton.
But that doesn’t mean White is going to get fancy, he told reporters this week he’s keeping it simple.
“He’s a big, strong, guy. It’s going to be tough for us,” White said. “We’ve got to get in the weight room and do our push ups for this week, for sure. It’s going to be tough for us.”
Now with Brandon Allen under center, Sutton hasn’t gotten the best quarterback play during his brief NFL career thus far. Still, the 24-year-old has had successes and commands respect. This season he has 49 catches for 805 yards and four touchdowns.
Those totals are the second-best in the AFC, behind Buffalo’s John Brown. So how does Sutton get it done? With a frame like that, a QB doesn’t always have to be accurate. The Bills might have their hands full.
“Whenever he lines up on my side, I’ve got to be ready. Whenever he lines up on Levi (Wallace) and Kevin (Johnson) side, they got to be ready,” White said. “It’s going to take a total team effort to try and slow that guy down.”
“We’ve got to try and match him at the point of attack and jump up as high as he can and just try to make it difficult for him to make those contested catches,” White added.
So far this season, White and the Bills have mostly shut down top-targets. Buffalo has only allowed one 100-plus yard receiver this year, but it came just last week in Miami’s DeVante Parker, who had a 135-yard outing. While he’s the only one, Cleveland’s Jarvis Landry and the Jets’ Jamison Crowder were awfully close at 97 yards and 99 yards against the Bills, respectively.
Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott said in players like Sutton and tight end Noah Fant, the Broncos certainly have some big-play potential that his defense will have to eliminate.
“Explosive offense in that regard,” McDermott said. “It’ll be a big test for our defense.”
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