The Buffalo Bills used their dime defense quite a bit Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks.
Christian Benford, Rasul Douglas and Taron Johnson each played 48 defensive snaps in a 31-10 win at Lumen Field. That was 94% of the defensive total, with each taking the final series off with the game in hand. Cam Lewis played 22 snaps, which was 43% of the total.
The biggest reason for that was the lopsided nature of the score.
Johnson led the defense with eight tackles, while Douglas had six, including one for a loss, and Benford added four. Lewis had four tackles and one pass defensed. Collectively, the Bills allowed just one play of 20 yards thanks to the production from the dime defensive scheme.
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Here are four more takeaways from the snap counts in the Bills鈥 Week 8 win:
1. Dalton Kincaid and Dawson Knox had an even split. Both of the team鈥檚 top two tight ends played 41 snaps (54%). They were each productive, with Knox gaining 50 yards on two catches and Kincaid scoring a touchdown as part of his four-catch, 31-yard day.
2. Amari Cooper doubled his workload. Cooper played 19 snaps in his first game with the Bills against Tennessee in Week 7. He doubled his total to 38 snaps against the Seahawks (50%). Statistically, however, he had a quiet game with just one catch for 3 yards on two targets.
3. Baylon Spector hit 100%. The linebacker played all 51 defensive snaps in place of the injured Terrel Bernard. Spector finished with five tackles.
4. Javon Solomon made the most of his time. The team鈥檚 rookie defensive end played just four defensive snaps (8%), but produced his second sack of the season. That came late in the fourth quarter.
Player of the game: James Cook
The Bills鈥 running back cooked the Seahawks 鈥 sorry, had to do it 鈥 to the tune of 111 yards on 17 carries and two touchdowns and another 22 receiving yards on three catches. 鈥淛ust more and more development from a young player. He's focused. He prepares,鈥 Bills coach Sean McDermott said of Cook. 鈥淵ou don't take that for granted.鈥
Stat of the game: 445-233
The difference in yardage, in favor of the Bills. The total could have been tilted even more had the Bills not taken their foot off the gas in the fourth quarter of a blowout win. The Bills converted eight third downs and allowed just one, and won the time of possession, 38:03-21:57.
Quote of the game
鈥淐oming in all week, we knew it was going to be loud, and our main goal was to start fast and keep the crowd quiet. It鈥檚 a testimony to our coaches, our staff for getting us ready because this is one of the stadiums that I hadn鈥檛 played in, so I didn鈥檛 know what to expect. I鈥檓 glad that we handled our business, so we didn鈥檛 have to worry about the 12th man.鈥 鈥 Left tackle Dion Dawkins
