While the celebration for the Buffalo Bills can’t be for too long due to them playing on Thursday Night Football in Week 3, they should be excited about the turnaround performance the defense had compared to Week 1. Buffalo walked into MetLife and showed the whole NFL that their defense can play great complimentary football and can be a big reason why the Bills win.
From start to finish, the Jets never stood a chance at beating the Bills. It was never close from the opening drive to the final whistle. It got to the point where you were just waiting for the clock to hit all zeros so that the focus could go to Week 3. After a very close Week 1 win against the Ravens, the Bills needed this kind of confidence booster going into Week 3.
Josh Allen didn’t have an MVP-like game. Instead, the Bills established the run and played great defense in front of Jets fans in New Jersey. Buffalo faced lots of criticism going into this game because of how their defense was ripped apart by the Ravens one week prior. Many thought that the Bills were on upset alert, but that clearly didn’t happen.
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The Bills didn’t just dominate on defense. They made all kinds of history in this game, per the Bills’ PR X account.
The Jets had a total of 154 yards throughout the game which is the fewest the Bills have allowed in a road game since December 9th, 1990 (127 yards vs. Indianapolis). The Jets didn’t convert a single third down conversion (0/11) which is the second time since 2023 where the Bills didn’t allow a third down conversion (ironically against the Jets).
In their last 24 meetings, the Bills have not allowed the Jets get into the endzone on their opening drive which is the longest active streak in the NFL, per the Bills’ PR X account. Finally, for the first time since December in 2021 against the Patriots, the Bills limited the Jets to just two completions in the first half. To be fair though, that game against New England was beyond cold and it was hard to make any kind of pass.
The defense played big and shined big against the Jets after getting embarrassed a week ago. It’s a great confidence booster for them going into an easy part of their schedule. Over the next few weeks, the Bills defense will be taking on Tua Tagovailoa, Spencer Rattler, Drake Maye, Michael Penix, and Bryce Young. This is a great chance for the Bills defense to keep up this momentum.