ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Bills have marketed their quarter-billion-dollar defensive line as the "Cold Front," and through six games this season, that moniker has been accurate -- just not in the way the team had hoped.
Despite Rex Ryan's reputation as one of the NFL's best defensive strategists, his defensive front has been frozen in place this season, and it's a growing problem. The Bills were held to just six sacks through the first five games and failed to register a sack of Andy Dalton in Sunday's 34-21 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.