The Bills’ defense earned a public stamp of approval from Joe Brady after Sunday’s performance, and the message from Buffalo’s head coach was clear: that level needs to stick.
Brady said he wants the unit to treat what it put on the field as the standard moving forward, not just a one-game spike. “I think our defense should look at today and understand that that’s what the expectation is,” Brady said, via the team’s website.
“And I’m not talking about the production. I’m not talking about the takeaways and sacks.
I’m talking about the style that they played, the way that they flew around. Look, I’m just watching it out there, but I think the silent tape’s going to speak loudly in terms of the way that they played for one another, the way they ran around, the communication.
Everything we challenged them with coming off the bye, I thought they responded to it, and they just kept going.”
In New York, the mood was much harsher after the Jets’ loss to the Dolphins. Safety Minkah Fitzpatrick didn’t sugarcoat it, saying, “I think we had some bad penalties, bad mistakes,” Fitzpatrick said, via ESPN. “Jets being Jets.”
Wide receiver Garrett Wilson pointed to the red-zone problems and said the team has to sharpen its approach. “We’ve got to be on our s- that much more, and we haven’t been,” Wilson said of the red-zone issues.
“It’s all about being a sniper. I’ve said that before and that’s got to be the mentality.
You get one shot at the scene.”
Head coach Aaron Glenn also said the defense has to find a way to get back on track. “I have to dig deep and figure it out: How do we improve on defense?”
Glenn added. “We started hot early in the year and then we kind of slowed down.”
In New England, Mike Vrabel backed kicker Andy Borregales and said he’s not losing faith in him. “Got a lot of confidence in Andy,” Vrabel said, via PFT.
“I think when you see the timing and when the approach is in rhythm, it looks really good. We have to make our kicks.
Everybody has a job here. There’s no real message, it’s, Hey, we gotta make ‘em.
But I’ve got a lot of confidence. I thought he did a really good job on the kickoff.
And hopefully he’s making a lot of extra points and not having him kick a lot of field goals.”
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