Practice observations
CB Tre'Davious White had the standout play of the day with a pick-six. White was in coverage against WR Khalil Shakir and intercepted the ball after it was thrown behind Shakir and promptly ran it back down the sideline.
During 11 on 11 reps Wednesday, Buffalo's defense ramped up the pressure, sending five or more rushers on multiple occasions. The defense got to Allen on one play for a would-be sack as no one picked up a blitzing Taron Johnson. Shortly after, Allen escaped the pocket after another blitz and this time found WR Josh Palmer downfield who made a sliding catch while running to the left sideline.
LB Terrel Bernard shared that new senior defensive assistant Ryan Nielsen has been instrumental in increasing the team's awareness on their blitzing technique.
"The level of detail is incredible," the linebacker said. "(Nielsen) was up in front of the team today and gave a detailed account of how we want to get things done, how we want to run certain games, how we want to pressure, how we want to blitz. And, you can tell he's just very detail oriented in how he wants to present the job and how the job must be done."
Other members of Bills secondary had their hands around the football as well. CB Dane Jackson and CB Christian Benford both had pass breakups during team drills. The focus for the defense this week has been to stay connected as a unit throughout the entirety of each play.
"I think just the connectedness of what we are, who we are, what we want to be when we come back," Bernard said. "The standard for how we operate, that's the main thing, I think, that we get out of this is really dialing in on the details of what we do, how we do it, how we get it done."