Last season, Buffalo’s defensive ends may as well have been placed on the official endangered species list. They were rarely seen, and almost never heard from. Any semblance of a pass rush was a rarity. Non-threatened quarterbacks held pocket picnics waiting receivers to spring open. It was practically a mini bye week for opposing offensive linemen.The 2008 Bills’ pash rush can be spelled out in candid terms. It reeked. The ends were usually pushed comfortably back and out of the picture when trying to create pressure. Defensive tackles rarely shoved blockers towards the quarterback’s face. With the exception of last year’s home opener against Seattle when the defense recorded five sacks, the rest of the season served as a bleak wasteland of quarterback chasing. The Seattle game ended up accounting for a whopping 21% of the 24 sacks this defense got… for the year
