Despite being down multiple starters on defense, the Buffalo Bills made a defensive statement.

It wasn’t always pretty, with the team allowed a 4th and 17 and some 3rd and longs, but the unit held Kansas City to just 21 points. One reason why they had so much success? Buffalo’s pressure up front forced a lot of incomplete passes.

By the end of the game, Patrick Mahomes had completed fewer than 50 percent of his passes (44.1). That was the first time that this had happened in Mahomes’ career.

It was a statement performance by Sean McDermott and his unit.

Following the 28-21 win, here are reasons to be encouraged and worried.

Encouraged

Bills TEs: The Chiefs entered Sunday’s game as a top-5 unit against tight ends. They looked like a bottom-5 squad against the Bills.

Dalton Kincaid

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