Overview
- Rousseau recorded two sacks against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday to reach six sacks in three games and set the Bills’ franchise mark for sacks through three games.
- Buffalo Bills PR says Rousseau became the third player ever to open a season with three straight 2.0+ sack games, joining Mark Gastineau (1984) and Kevin Greene (1998).
- Coaches credit a rise in Rousseau’s confidence for the hot start after the team signed him to a four-year, $80 million extension last offseason and moved him into a new role.
- Pro Football Focus shows Rousseau with a 90.2 pass-rush grade and 22 pressures through three weeks while teammate Deone Walker leads qualifying defenders with a 92.9 grade, and the pair have combined for 36 pressures and eight sacks.
- Analysts warn the current sack pace is unlikely to hold across a full season, and the key near-term effects to watch are how opponents scheme for Buffalo’s front and whether the pressure duo continues to create opportunities for the run defense and secondary.