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Saturday's scrimmage was by no means just the first test. The Bills' front four dominated. The Browns would have had an easier time moving mountains than Adams and Pat Williams, the two behemoths protecting Fletcher in the middle. If anything, they were creating holes for him. He stuffed Browns running back William Green three times in the first 13 plays.
"If I met somebody, it was in their backfield," Fletcher said. "Sometimes, I had to go search out the contact. It wasn't like the past year where I was taking one step and had a guard, center or tackle in my face.
"When you have a guy of Sam Adams' caliber who is 340 (pounds), a Pro Bowl player, he's been on Super Bowl defenses, you know the offense has to respect him. They're not going to be able to single-block him. They're not going to be able to single-block Pat. They're not going to be able to single-block myself or Takeo. They're going to have to pick their poison."
If Saturday was an indication, it could be a long season for opposing offenses. Williams, for one, thinks Buffalo's defense could be better than any in recent memory, including the 1999 unit that was No. 1 in the league. Combine that with the Bills' offense, and it's hard to ignore the possibilities.
Consider, in the first three series, which included mostly second- and third-teamers for the latter two, the Bills recorded three sacks. Eight times they either dropped the Browns for losses or allowed no gain. They forced two fumbles on back-to-back plays in the second series alone.
Aaron Schobel drew a holding penalty on the fourth play from scrimmage. Ryan Denney played both defensive end spots and recorded two sacks.
"We're not even fined-tuned yet," Williams said. "Once we get fine-tuned everybody is in trouble. People aren't going to be like, "Yeah, we got the Bills coming.' It's going to be like, "Shoot, man, we got the Bills coming to town.' They should all look out. We feel like we're going to control the whole game. Everybody's excited."
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"If I met somebody, it was in their backfield," Fletcher said. "Sometimes, I had to go search out the contact. It wasn't like the past year where I was taking one step and had a guard, center or tackle in my face.
"When you have a guy of Sam Adams' caliber who is 340 (pounds), a Pro Bowl player, he's been on Super Bowl defenses, you know the offense has to respect him. They're not going to be able to single-block him. They're not going to be able to single-block Pat. They're not going to be able to single-block myself or Takeo. They're going to have to pick their poison."
If Saturday was an indication, it could be a long season for opposing offenses. Williams, for one, thinks Buffalo's defense could be better than any in recent memory, including the 1999 unit that was No. 1 in the league. Combine that with the Bills' offense, and it's hard to ignore the possibilities.
Consider, in the first three series, which included mostly second- and third-teamers for the latter two, the Bills recorded three sacks. Eight times they either dropped the Browns for losses or allowed no gain. They forced two fumbles on back-to-back plays in the second series alone.
Aaron Schobel drew a holding penalty on the fourth play from scrimmage. Ryan Denney played both defensive end spots and recorded two sacks.
"We're not even fined-tuned yet," Williams said. "Once we get fine-tuned everybody is in trouble. People aren't going to be like, "Yeah, we got the Bills coming.' It's going to be like, "Shoot, man, we got the Bills coming to town.' They should all look out. We feel like we're going to control the whole game. Everybody's excited."
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