Top 3 things we learned from Bills at Lions

DE Greg Rousseau, CB Christian Benford and DT Ed Oliver all got to Goff.

“You’ve always got to respond in life. When you get knocked up, you’ve got to get back up. We were amped, we were ready to go. We were trying to come out here and get the W and that’s what we did,” Rousseau said.

Benford came off the edge on a corner blitz on the second drive of the game to bring down Goff, the first sack of his career. The third-year CB also forced a game-changing fumble on Pro Bowl WR Amon-Ra St. Brown in the third quarter. Buffalo took a 35-14 lead on the ensuing drive.

On their first seven possessions of the game, the Lions punted three times, missed a field goal and lost a fumble.

Buffalo’s defense saw the effects of having a potent offense try to rally from behind, just as their offense had to a week ago as the Lions tried to mount a comeback late in the game. Goff passed for over 200 yards and two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, but the Bills stayed in front.

“It’s kind of weird, because the offense, they’re in catch-up mode, so they’re going to take shots and take shots. It’s just a little different than a regular football game. I feel like we could have done a little bit better,” CB Taron Johnson said.

DT Ed Oliver had his best outing of the season with 10 QB pressures, the most by any defensive tackle this season.

“The dude can really be playing some good football and not have the flashy numbers but still be playing good ball and I feel like Ed’s been playing good ball for a minute,” Rousseau said.