3. The Bills 3rd down defense has gone from 30th to 2nd
The Bills defense struggled in the beginning of the season allowing an uncharacteristic amount of third down conversions. In the first six games, Buffalo ranked 30th on third down defense allowing opponents to convert them at a rate of 53.5% of the time. Since Week 7, the Bills have flipped the script on third downs by only letting teams convert 31.3% of the time. In the last seven games they rank second in getting off the field on third downs.
On Sunday, the Steelers converted only one of 10 third downs. Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier thinks it all starts with the play of safeties Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer.
"It's a big deal," Frazier said on his team's ability to stop opponents on third down. "Being able to get off the field on third down and get teams in the situations you want to get them in and pin your ears back and try to get after the quarterback. Our secondary, Micah Hyde along with Jordan Poyer, they do such a great job of giving quarterbacks different looks, which helps our rush because that causes the quarterback to hold the ball a little bit longer.
"It also helps our corners in coverage because the quarterback is trying to decipher what they are playing. It just creates a lot of angst for quarterbacks. You really want to take your hats off to what our safeties are doing along with what our defensive front does that complements our coverage, and that's what allows you to be good on third down. The combination of the rush and then the coverage behind them."
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