DEFENSIVE LINE
Consider the Bills averaged 3.5 yards per carry, their elusive quarterback was sacked six times, they were tackled nine times for losses and their offense didn't score a touchdown. That defensive success starts up front. Tackle Malcom Brown was a disruptive force with a sack, six tackles and several run stuffs, once shoving center Eric Wood into running back LeSean McCoy for a 2-yard loss. With the score tied 16-16, he sacked Tyrod Taylor on first down at a pivotal point, then beat rookie tackle Dion Dawkins to stuff a second-down run. End Trey Flowers had two hurries, a hit and eight tackles, including three for losses. On a third-and-2, he played a sweep perfectly to prevent a conversion and force a field goal. End Deatrich Wise had 1.5 sacks, the first coming when he beat Dawkins on an upfield rush then came down inside and dropped Taylor for an 11yard loss. He also flushed Taylor into linebacker Marquis Flowers for a shared sack. Brown, end Lawrence Guy and tackle Ricky Jean Francois all were blown out on one early McCoy run for 9 yards, but as the game wore on, they grew stouter. Guy beat Wood with a clean swim move to stuff one second-down run. Rookie tackle Adam Butler flushed Taylor once and penetrated so deeply and quickly on a McCoy rush the play was DOA before the back arrived. Butler also stupidly was flagged for encroachment on a spike attempt with 13 seconds left in the first half. Smarten up, kid.