Wild Card Round opponent preview: Colts defensive tackle DeForest Buckner

A joke: The reigning AFC Offensive Player of the Month walks onto a football field for a loser-goes-home playoff matchup. How does Indianapolis stop him? The Colts trot out reigning AFC Defensive Player of the Month Deforest Buckner.

I never said it was a good joke. With 9.5 sacks on the season and 26 QB hits, Buckner is going to try his best to ruin Josh Allen’s afternoon. Ours too. Listed at 6’7” and 300 lbs, he’s an intimidating force up front. So let’s take a look.

Play 1

Whenever you’re looking closely at a player there are a lot of fairly mundane plays. That’s not to say they aren’t of value for analysis—it’s just less “in your face.” This is a pretty good example. The early arm…