Their 57.7 completion percentage by opposing quarterbacks is also tops in the league, though they will be without Pro Bowl cornerback Tre’Davious White, who is out for the season with a torn ACL.
Even without White they have a pair of nine-year veterans in Jordan Poyer, who’s tied for a league-leading five interceptions for safeties, and safety Micah Hyde, who has three interceptions.
But in both of those games, the Patriots’ defense held the Bills to 6 and 10 points, respectively.
The Bills don’t give up much on outside deep passes and vertical routes, but they have given up big plays on deep routes that break inside.
Allen’s best throw this season has been the post route.
While the Bills have struggled defending inside deep routes, the Bucs’ biggest struggle has been defending hitch routes, where they’ve surrendered 500 passing yards this season.
While the tendency is often to throw the kitchen sink at younger quarterbacks, seven of Allen’s 10 interceptions thrown this season came when he saw four or fewer rushers, meaning it makes more sense to drop defenders into coverage.
They did surrender big run plays to Taylor and Falcons utility man Cordarrelle Patterson, but they’ve generally been stout in this department — allowing just one 100-yard rusher all season in Chicago Bears back Khalil Herbert.
The flip side to the Bills’ pass defense is they’ve given up 12 rushing touchdowns this season — tied for eighth most in the league.
Fournette also had two rushing touchdowns — both up the middle — when he faced the Bills in 2018.