Defense ranked 7th

[Murph]

https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/2025-nfl-defense-rankings-team-pass-and-rush-stats

12th two weeks ago 

10th last week

[LinvilleGorge]

They're certainly playing well albeit admittedly against weak competition so far. We'll see how it holds up as the schedule gets tougher. Either way, the defense is certainly improved from last year's mess.

[Murph]

Bills pass defense ranked 2nd

Bills rush defense ranked 31st
 

We won’t have to rely on Dalton’s arm to be competitive.

[trucpfan]

17 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

They're certainly playing well albeit admittedly against weak competition so far. We'll see how it holds up as the schedule gets tougher. Either way, the defense is certainly improved from last year's mess.

You’re either slow or just not willing to give credit where credit is due!!! I know you’ve been here forever I know you typically take things serious from my prior observations from other post but Linville I need you front and center sir. 
This defensive run started with a Got Dam dominate performance against a top 5 offense ATL….. We followed that up by dominating defensively the run game and containing the Number one offense in the NFL. That line about playing weak competition is so far left field yes we’ve played bad teams but we’ve also played A1 teams as far as offense goes so let’s give these boys more then just credit let’s give them their just due louder then we gave them the disrespect last season for the sudden change and outstanding work they’ve been doing so far this year!!!!

Edited October 22, 2025 by trucpfan

[Ornias]

3 minutes ago, Murph said:

Bills pass defense ranked 2nd

Bills rush defense ranked 31st
 

We won’t have to rely on Dalton’s arm to be competitive.

Someone remind DC about that. 

[trucpfan]

3 minutes ago, Murph said:

Bills pass defense ranked 2nd

Bills rush defense ranked 31st
 

We won’t have to rely on Dalton’s arm to be competitive.

I’m pretty sure the Bills are going to sell out to stop the run and allow Andy to throw it all around. We should definitely run it but I’m certain they’re going to stack the box and probably play man vs these young WRs. Our main contributors are second year and first year WRs across the board Sean probably going to have them beat us if anybody but definitely not let Rico do what Bijan did two weeks ago 

[Jay Roosevelt]

I honestly didn't see this kind of improvement coming. Especially the run defense.

As great as we all knew he was, I'm not sure any of us truly realized just how dominant a player Derrick Brown actually is.

[Jay Roosevelt]

1 minute ago, trucpfan said:

I’m pretty sure the Bills are going to sell out to stop the run and allow Andy to throw it all around. We should definitely run it but I’m certain they’re going to stack the box and probably play man vs these young WRs. Our main contributors are second year and first year WRs across the board Sean probably going to have them beat us if anybody but definitely not let Rico do what Bijan did two weeks ago 

Drake London also torched them in that game, though.

[kass]

So... do we get comp picks, 2x 3rds if Evero get a HC job? 

His conttact expire after this season right? Do he need to sign before, hm 1 of march or whenever the new league year starts?

[Captroop]

Our opponents have poor records, but that should now overshadow just how impressive this defense has been. Yeah the Jets are winless, but they can put up points in bunches. So far this season, the Panthers are the only team to hold the Jets to single digits in points:

[NAS]

I know we’re still inconsistent on offense but I love watching a good defense and it’s been our culture since inception. We have our identity back!

[LinvilleGorge]

23 minutes ago, trucpfan said:

You’re either slow or just not willing to give credit where credit is due!!! I know you’ve been here forever I know you typically take things serious from my prior observations from other post but Linville I need you front and center sir. 
This defensive run started with a Got Dam dominate performance against a top 5 offense ATL….. We followed that up by dominating defensively the run game and containing the Number one offense in the NFL. That line about playing weak competition is so far left field yes we’ve played bad teams but we’ve also played A1 teams as far as offense goes so let’s give these boys more then just credit let’s give them their just due louder then we gave them the disrespect last season for the sudden change and outstanding work they’ve been doing so far this year!!!!

Saying the D is improved from last year is giving credit where credit is due. Our opponents are a combined 18-29-1. Our overall schedule has been very weak so far. It is what it is. I look forward to seeing how they can play against consistently better competition as the schedule ramps up.

[Khyber53]

37 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

They're certainly playing well albeit admittedly against weak competition so far. We'll see how it holds up as the schedule gets tougher. Either way, the defense is certainly improved from last year's mess.

Honestly, they've been playing at the level of their opponents. That can be maddening at times, but it's working for us now. 

We were better against Dallas than the score shows. Let's hope we can do the same with Buffalo, just do enough to stay one scoring opportunity ahead of them. Our best shot there is that the game becomes an ugly slugfest dictated by the running backs and that we somehow keep Josh Allen bottled up.

This is probably our toughest test of the entire season. If we squeak out a win somehow, then Canales and (I can't believe I'm saying this) Evero deserve some serious kudos.

Still, on that defensive ranking, we're buoyed greatly by playing the Jets last week.

[kungfoodude]

4 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

Honestly, they've been playing at the level of their opponents. That can be maddening at times, but it's working for us now. 

We were better against Dallas than the score shows. Let's hope we can do the same with Buffalo, just do enough to stay one scoring opportunity ahead of them. Our best shot there is that the game becomes an ugly slugfest dictated by the running backs and that we somehow keep Josh Allen bottled up.

This is probably our toughest test of the entire season. If we squeak out a win somehow, then Canales and (I can't believe I'm saying this) Evero deserve some serious kudos.

Still, on that defensive ranking, we're buoyed greatly by playing the Jets last week.

Buffalo is not playing like an elite team. That New England team that whipped us is also not that good of a team.

We will see how it goes.