Led by a suffocating defense, the Buffalo Bills defeated the Baltimore Ravens 17-3 on Saturday to advance to the AFC Championship Game. Both teams came in with powerful offenses, but equally powerful winds prevented any chance of high scores and big offensive plays. More about how each rookie performed against the Ravens below.
It’s not easy holding the edge against a team like the Ravens and a mobile quarterback like Lamar Jackson, but the rookie “did his job” as it were, more often than not. Chasing down run plays from the backside, dipping under Orlando Brown to flush Jackson and staying home on read-option plays, Epenesa was asked to wear several different hats against Baltimore and performed well, even if he didn’t have any big plays or stops.