Joe Brady praises Bills defense for answering the call since their bye week

The Buffalo Bills are celebrating another win as they walked into MetLife Stadium and delivered a 31-12 beatdown against the New York Jets. This is their 5th straight win, as well as their first in the AFC East.

With the improvement to 8-1, the Bills are establishing themselves as the best team in the AFC, and arguably the best team in the entire NFL. However, their record shows that they are a dominant team, but their 8 wins didn't come so easy.

Buffalo's road to 8-1 hit bumps due to their defense

Before their bye week in Week 7, the Bills' defense was a massive liability against the pass. They were giving up close to 300 yards through the air per game and it almost cost them a handful of games. Infact, their one loss this season that came against the Patriots, Buffalo allowed Drake Maye to throw for 269 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Prior to that game, Maye had just 1 touchdown in 3 games, which shows how embarrassing Buffalo's defense was. Then ever since the Bills came back from their bye week, the defense has been way better with only allowing no more than 12 points in a game and they haven't given up a touchdown since the first quarter in Week 8 to Derrick Henry.

Now granted, the Bills have faced multiple quarterbacks in their last 3 games due to injuries or just bad quarterback play. Nonetheless, things looks way better for the defense and head coach Joe Brady told reporters after the win over the Jets, saying that the "communication has been the biggest thing in the defenseman turnaround since their bye week." per Jonathan Acosta of WGRZ.

Bills' defense is starting to hit their stride (but there are exceptions)

There is no doubt that Buffalo's defense has been better post-bye week. Even though they gave up 376 yards of offense to the Jets, the Bills kept them out of the endzone and they had a "bend but don't break" mentality which is exactly what you want out of the defense.

You can tell that there is something different about this defense, and with Brady pointing out the communication improvement, it shows that the Buffalo truly did their homework in figuring out what needed to improve after the bye week.

At the same time, the Bills have had some favorable matchups against their opponent's quarterbacks, since they have yet to play a starter for an entire game since Week 8. At the same time, the team is more than just the quarterback, so it shows that Buffalo doesn't let up even when they have the known advantage.

Next week, the Bills will be hosting the Miami Dolphins who will be starting Kyle McCord at quarterback, since Malik Willis was placed on IR. It looks like a favorable matchup, but the NFL is a week-to-week business, so they still need to bring their A-game.

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