Terrel Bernard named AFC Defensive Player of the Week

[Woodman]

Four starts into his NFL career, Buffalo Bills linebacker Terrel Bernard has captured the attention of the league. On Wednesday, Bernard was named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week following a commanding performance against the Washington Commanders. All told, Bernard again led the team in tackles with seven (5 solo), two tackles for loss, claimed two sacks, one incredibly athletic interception, and a fumble recovery.

If you haven’t to this point, let those numbers sink in a minute. There are plenty of talented NFL defenders who struggle to accomplish that much in a career. Yet Bernard did so in three hours’ work — and now resides with some pretty lofty company having become “(j)ust the seventh player in league history to record those stats in a regular season game.”

[Novacane]

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Nice! I thought Miles Garrett might beat him out for it.

[POTLAND PSILBYLO]

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Super Bowl

[YardRat]

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Not surprised.

Hopefully a Bill gets it next week too!

[Woodman]

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Not surprised.

Hopefully a Bill gets it next week too!

Matt Milano

[John Doe]

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Not bad for a "wasted draft pick."

[notacon]

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[Chet]

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Good on the kid, let’s hope this boosts his confidence even more. He’s going to need it

[Goobylal]

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He'll only get better with more experience. Only concern, which others have echoed, is whether he is big enough to take the pounding?

[Woodman]

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Good on the kid, let’s hope this boosts his confidence even more. He’s going to need it

No worries he's got tons of confidence and so does McD.

[notacon]

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He'll only get better with more experience. Only concern, which others have echoed, is whether he is big enough to take the pounding?

It sure looks like the Bills see him more like a (kinda) big safety. The have him blitzing like Poyer has done in the past.

He blitzed six times vs Washington. While the team blitz rate is lower than last year....11.9% in 2023 so far (lowest in the NFL) compared to 17.3% last season.

[Woodman]

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It sure looks like the Bills see him more like a (kinda) big safety. The have him blitzing like Poyer has done in the past.

He blitzed six times vs Washington. While the team blitz rate is lower than last year....11.9% in 2023 so far (lowest in the NFL) compared to 17.3% last season.

Whatever they see they were right his production has been awesome to watch.

[Mad Bomber]

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Well deserved

[Woodman]

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Loving this kid !!!!

[Goobylal]

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Big upgrade over Edmunds. At a fraction of the price. I wish he'd INT'd that ball that luckily made it to Waddle's hands.