Buffalo Bills defensive players were excited to play against quarterback Geno Smith on Sunday, due to tendencies they saw while doing film reviews ahead of the matchup, according to Mark Cannizzaro of The NY Post.
That excitement turned to elation as Smith came out playing exactly as they thought he would, en route to a three turnover performance in only 10:20 of game time. His final stat line was 2-of-8 for 5 yards and quarterback rating of 0.0.
"We were bummed out when they took Geno out,'' a Bills player told The Post.
The book on Smith entering the game was that he was a single-read quarterback who would eye down receivers - the Bills defense took full advantage.
"He was just eyeing down receivers,'' said Bills linebacker Preston Brown, who got Smith's second interception. "We saw it on film that he was just staring guys down. When we know if you do that we're going to jump on guys' routes, and we got some picks in the back-end with just reading his eyes.
"We had Geno rattled and we tried to stay after him.''
Bills defensive tackle Corbin Bryant said of Smith; "from the first snap didn't seem like he was in rhythm.
"When we see that, we're going to be in a feeding frenzy, causing as many turnovers as we can ... and we did that,'' Bryant said.
The feeding frenzy finally ended when veteran Mike Vick replaced Smith after only four offensive possessions.
"Our main thing was to get our D-line in Geno's face and get him rattled, make him have hot feet in the pocket so he can't be comfortable back there,'' said Bills linebacker Nigel Bradham, who had a forced fumble. "Fortunately, we came out hot and caused a bunch of turnovers."
