ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Bills' banged-up offense shouldn't be immune from blame for Sunday's 41-25 loss to the New England Patriots, nor should a special-teams unit that allowed a 73-yard kickoff return to Danny Amendola escape criticism.
But for all of the buzz this past offseason about Rex Ryan's defense being "fully pregnant" and "all-in" after a disappointing 2015 performance, that talk hardly meant anything when the Bills were trying to show they can stack up with their long-dominant division rival, New England.
A year after Tom Brady threw for 466 yards in Buffalo, the most ever against the Bills' defense, he looked equally comfortable Sunday in New Era Field.