BILLS WIN AT GILLETTE STADIUM 16-0

This week the Buffalo Bills won against the New England Patriots, making their season 2-2 by defeating a team they were not forecasted to win against! Even better, until this Sunday, the Patriots had only ever been defeated on their home field two times since the stadium opened in 2002, and was the first time they had ever been shutout at home. After this Sunday, the Bills have now defeated two preseason Super Bowl favourites in two weeks!! They are definitely on a roll that I hope just continues!

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Now time to dive into the Defensive positions:

The defensive team is the team that is not in possession of the ball, their job is to prevent the other team from scoring by forcing the other team to turn the ball over or by preventing them from achieving a first down. What is interesting about the defensive team as opposed to the offensive is that rules do not restrict the defensive team into certain positions as they can line up anywhere on the line of scrimmage and do any action. There is the defensive line, linebackers, and defensive backs who make up the defensive team on the field.

The Defensive Line is composed of Defensive Tackles and Defensive Ends, who line up directly on the line of scrimmage. The Defensive Tackle rushes the passer and stops running plays directed at the middle of the line of scrimmage. Most defensive sets have one or two defensive tackles.

The Defensive Ends play next to the Defensive Tackles on either side as there are two of them. They also attack the passer or stop offensive runs but more towards the outer edges of the line of scrimmage. The faster of them is usually on the right side of the defensive line because that is a right-handed quarterback's blind side.

Linebackers play behind the defensive line and perform different duties like rushing the passer, covering receivers, and defending against the run. There are two kinds of Linebackers; Middle Linebackers and Outside Linebackers. Middle Linebackers are usually the primary defensive play callers and must be versatile to react to a wide variety of situations. Middle linebackers must be able to stop running backs that make it past the defensive line, cover plays over the middle, and rushing the quarterback.

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Outside Linebackers are on the outside of the linebackers on the left and right side. They usually line up on the same side as the offensive tight end and is responsible to cover them and running back on pass plays.

Defensive Backs are also known as the 'secondary' play behind the linebackers or near the sidelines, primarily used to defend against pass plays by trying to intercept or prevent passing the ball. The Defensive Backs are composed of Cornerbacks, Safety, and the Nickleback and Dimeback. There are typically two players that are Cornerbacks whose job is to prevent successful quarterback passes. When the play is rushed, their job is to contain the runner.

The Safeties are the last line of Defense (probably why they're called that!) and they usually help the corners with deep pass coverage. The Strong Safety is usually the larger of the two and provides the extra protection, whereas the Free Safety is usually the smaller and fastest.

The Nickleback or Dimeback is for when the defense want to remove a linebacker or defensive lineman to bring in extra pass coverage for extra protection. Maybe this is where Nickleback gets their name from!!!

Nevertheless, these are the defensive positions in football, and who we are all talking about when we yell DE-FENSE at the Ralph Wilson Stadium!!