Best and worst of Bills' Week 5 analytics tell a defensive story

For the second consecutive week, the Buffalo Bills' offense has been underperforming, and given the defense's first-half performance, it seemed likely that the Bills were heading toward another blowout loss.Fortunately, the defense got things going in the second half and forced two turnovers to help get Buffalo back into the game. However, the offense could not hold up their end of the deal, nor could the coaching staff, but that's a different story. A look at the Pro Football Focus grades from the Bills Week 5 loss to the Houston Texans also bears out the struggles of the offense while painting a different picture of the defense. Dawuane Smoot — 85.3Smoot recorded his first sack of the season against the Texans, and according to PFF he was responsible for three tackles, including one run stop, a QB hit, and forced a fumble. Not a bad day for someone who started lower on the depth chart. This was Smoot's first extended playing time this season, and hopefully, he can keep up this type o...