3 weeks into the season improvements to the defensive line are already starting to bear fruit. One of the question marks going into the Browns game is whether the Bills defense could stop Trent Richardson. After holding him to a very humbling 27 yards on 12 carries, a 2.2 yard per carry average, I think they answered that question in a big way. The Bills overall held the Browns to just 33 yards rushing, vaulting them from the bottom half of the league against the run to 14th overall.
They have been phenomenal in the sacks department. This team doesn't blitz much, in fact I don't remember an instance where the Bills have even sent a blitz package against a team this year. Of course you could say that the Kelvin Sheppard sack against the Chiefs may be an instance of that. But the point being, with a team that doesn't put many blitz packages together, the Bills are doing a very good job of getting to the QB, and is a testament to the improvement of the defensive front. Currently ranked 5th in the NFL with 9 sacks through 3 games, only the Bears, Cardinals, Bengals, and Packers are better through the first 3 games. That's pretty good company to be in, and a big improvement from last year at this time with 2 sacks through the first 3 games for the Bills in 2011 when they went 3-0.
What do you think of the defensive line so far?
As for me, I'm impressed so far. Yeah, our 100 million dollar DE hasn't done a lot, but overall the improvements have been very noticeable at least to me early. JMO Go Bills
They have been phenomenal in the sacks department. This team doesn't blitz much, in fact I don't remember an instance where the Bills have even sent a blitz package against a team this year. Of course you could say that the Kelvin Sheppard sack against the Chiefs may be an instance of that. But the point being, with a team that doesn't put many blitz packages together, the Bills are doing a very good job of getting to the QB, and is a testament to the improvement of the defensive front. Currently ranked 5th in the NFL with 9 sacks through 3 games, only the Bears, Cardinals, Bengals, and Packers are better through the first 3 games. That's pretty good company to be in, and a big improvement from last year at this time with 2 sacks through the first 3 games for the Bills in 2011 when they went 3-0.
What do you think of the defensive line so far?
As for me, I'm impressed so far. Yeah, our 100 million dollar DE hasn't done a lot, but overall the improvements have been very noticeable at least to me early. JMO Go Bills
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