How Josh Allen and the Bills Offense Handled the Rams Defense

You don’t put a beating on the Rams defense like the Bills did on Thursday night without accounting for Aaron Donald. Even though Donald did have some good moments when left in 1-on-1 situations, he wasn’t able to have a significant impact on Buffalo’s offense. If not for 4 mostly self-inflicted turnovers, that 31-10 final score would have been a lot worse.

Protection

The Bills accounted for Donald in several different ways with their protection. On a couple of plays, they kept both their running back and a tight end or fullback in the backfield, with that extra player helping out on Donald inside. Watch how tight end Dawson Knox (#88) provided the double on Donald here:

On several 5 and 6-man protections in the quick passing game, the Bills slid to Donald’s side with their guards jumping out to get him at the snap: