ORCHARD PARK - If there is one trait that has been prevalent through the years with Sean McDermott’s Buffalo Bills defense, at least from a fans’ perspective, it’s that it was too passive.

The Bills would sit back in their beloved nickel, play zone coverage almost exclusively against the pass, bend and bend and bend, but do so expecting that at some point they’d make a drive-stopping play by either creating a turnover or standing up in the red zone and forcing a field goal.

That was the recipe, certainly when Leslie Frazier was calling the signals, and it continued when Bobby Babich took over as the defensive coordinator. And hey, there’s no denying it has worked pretty well in the regular season as the Bills have won five straight AFC East division titles and made the playoffs six sea

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