The Buffalo Bills’ defense answered head coach Sean McDermott’s challenge. The Bills pushed aside an outmatched New York Jets team with a physical brand of football rarely seen in the Josh Allen era. It seldom makes sense to take the ball out of Allen’s hands, but that’s exactly what the doctor ordered in a Week 2 win that saw Buffalo’s QB1 endure a gushing nose injury early in action.

In the immediate aftermath (and much of the live action) of the Bills’ 41-40 comeback win against the Baltimore Ravens, defense was a major discussion point. Buffalo rarely had an answer for the Ravens’ offense, and they looked completely over-matched at every level of defense. Some chalked a bit of it up to a lack of reps in the preseason, and that’s a real consideration one shouldn’t ignore. The large bit

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