By now, the Buffalo Bills defense should be dictating, intimidating and leaving quarterbacks bruised, confused and begging for mercy. After flustering Tom Brady on Monday Night Football, it appeared this group was trending in the right direction at the right time.
Apparently not.
At Arrowhead Stadium, the Bills — as linebacker Preston Brown said — took “a couple steps back.” Their margin of error is now shrinking. So what happened in Sunday’s 30-22 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs? How did a defense firing in beautiful chaos one week get burnt for 413 total yards and 21 first downs the next?