Bills could easily finish 2nd is sacks despite Ed

[Billsfed1]

If you look at the sack totals:

 

#1 Nobody is catching Denver. They’re in a league of their own but #2 is a toss up amongst 10 or so teams.  

 

Basically with one big game they’d be second, only to the Broncos despite being a game behind.  Would this change your perspective on what you believe the Bills do, or do not have in a pass rush defense?

 

 

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[DabillsDaBillsDaBills]

Theoretically it's possible.

 

In reality 11 of our 25 sacks on the season have come against the Jets and Panthers. 

 

As we're not going to play Justin Fields and an injured Andy Dalton every week I'd put money on the Bills finishing outside the top 10 in sacks this season. 

[Billsfed1]

McDermott always talks about the marriage of coverage to pressure.  So long as they get that every week, my moneys on 2nd by the end of the year.  

 

Miami, Houston, NJ, Cleveland etc…you gotta believe some numbers are coming out of that, all due respect to those franchises.  
 

It should also be mentioned McDermott/Babich generally aren’t blitzing, so they’ve actually hit those numbers despite pressure and all the injuries which to me is fairy impressive 

[GunnerBill]

3 hours ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:

Theoretically it's possible.

 

In reality 11 of our 25 sacks on the season have come against the Jets and Panthers. 

 

As we're not going to play Justin Fields and an injured Andy Dalton every week I'd put money on the Bills finishing outside the top 10 in sacks this season. 

 

This doesn't only apply to Buffalo though. Normally when you look at the top teams and players in sack production there are a few in there who just fatten up against bad teams. I remember the year the Tampa fella (Barrett?) led the league.... I think he got 19 sacks. Six came vs Dallas's turnstile of a backup LT. 

 

It's also worth saying the Bills are 3rd in the NFL in pressure rate this season, again while the two games you mention help that as well it suggests the sack production is not a fluke. 

 

I think rush the passer is one thing the Bills D has actually done at a reasonable level this year. If the coverage can hold up as it did v KC maybe we can be in business. Hoecht joining Ed on the sidelines does not help though. I reckon if I had a couple of good dinners and turned up in Miami tomorrow there is half a chance Id get snaps at defensive tackle 😆

[EssexBill]

All I care about is if they can get a sniff of Mahomes’ jockstrap come playoff time, because as we all know that’s not happened in the previous 4 games despite us having decent pressure rates in the regular season 

[gobills404]

The Bills are “only” t-5th in sacks because they’ve faced the 3rd fewest pass attempts. They are 2nd in sack percentage, which is a much better indicator. Also 3rd best pressure rate despite blitzing at the 10th lowest rate. The pass rush has been elite this year.