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Buffalo Bills: Who are fans voting as this year’s defensive MVP?

By Ryan Brennan

Nov 7, 2016; Seattle, WA, USA; Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Rob Ryan reacts during a NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 7, 2016; Seattle, WA, USA; Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Rob Ryan reacts during a NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 2, 2016; Foxborough, MA, USA; New England Patriots quarterback Jacoby Brissett (7) is helped up by offensive guard Joe Thuney (62) after being sacked by Buffalo Bills inside linebacker Zach Brown (53) during the second half of the Buffalo Bills 16-0 win over the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports /

Who placed third in this year’s defensive MVP race after 11 games this season?

After Jerry Hughes‘ seven votes, 103 remain between Kyle Williams, Lorenzo Alexander and Zach Brown as we inch closer to figuring out who the Buffalo Bills‘ defensive MVP has been as we prepare for our matchup with the Oakland Raiders.

After closing the polls, Zach Brown came out in third place in front of Hughes.

3rd Place

Zach Brown — Linebacker

Zach Brown wasn’t supposed to be what he has been this season.

Signed by the Buffalo Bills on April 4th, 2016, Brown was originally going to be the backup to rookie Reggie Ragland. However, Ragland suffered a season-ending surgery before the season even started — prompting Zach Brown into the starting position.

Since then, he hasn’t missed any games this season and has recorded 107 tackles — career high for Brown — 3 sacks, 2 forced fumbles and 9 stuffs for combined losses of 14 yards. His 107 tackles currently ranks 3rd in the NFL and is only 11 tackles behind leader Bobby Wagner.

He had a career game vs. our rival New England Patriots in Week 4, where he had 17 tackles,  one sack, 3 stuffs and 2 forced fumbles to lead the Bills to a 16-0 victory over the Pats. He has recorded more than 11 tackles in 5 games this season.

Zach Brown is a beast and hunts down any player trying to get past this defense. Whoever has the ball, Brown is tackling. He works well under the schemes created by Rex and Rob Ryan, proving once again that Doug Whaley knows who to scout and has done a lot to improve this team.

If the Bills want to win out the rest of their games, they’re going to need the same type of play from Brown that we saw in the first half of the season. Time to shatter that career-high tackles in a single season record even more.

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Oct 2, 2016; Foxborough, MA, USA; New England Patriots quarterback Jacoby Brissett (7) fumbles as he is hit by Buffalo Bills inside linebacker Zach Brown (53) during the first half at Gillette Stadium. Buffalo recovered the fumble. Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports /

Zach Brown placed third in our Defensive MVP voting through 10 games with 14 votes.

Zach Brown and Jerry Hughes combined for 21 of the 110 total votes. That leaves 89 votes remaining between Lorenzo Alexander and Kyle Williams.

Let’s see who the runner-up was.

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