Exotic Looks, Relentless Rush: Inside Buffalo’s Best Defensive Game All Year | Film Room

 

The Bills defense put together their most complete performance of the season dominating up front, marrying the pass rush and run defense, and forcing Carolina into long third downs. We break down how Deone Walker, Larry Ogunjobi, and Michael Hoecht set the tone and why this game showed Buffalo’s defensive identity coming together.

 

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🏈 Here’s a quick rundown of what we covered in this episode:

 

🔹 How the Bills run defense improved!

🔹 The relentless nature of the defensive line

🔹 How the coverage improved using better leverage and communication

🔹 The many examples of the marriage of pass rush and coverage!

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0:00 – Intro, Overview of the Bills’ defensive performance
7:19 – Film Review: Deone Walker’s control on the line, Bills’ improved run defense
24:50 – Film Review: How the Bills used better leverage in pass coverage, discussion on coverages
35:39 – Film Review: The Marriage of pass rush and coverage
39:00 – E-Z Loan Auto Sales Play of the Game: The Bills’ Redzone Stop
44:34 – Film Review: More defensive harmony between pass rush and coverage
55:48 – Answering question about containing Patrick Mahomes
1:03:16 – Episode wrap-up

 

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