Buffalo Bills face huge test with defensive injuries piling up - ESPN - Buffalo Bills Blog- ESPN

LONDON — Last week, the Buffalo Bills lost cornerback Tre'Davious White, a cornerstone of the team’s defense, in a win over the Miami Dolphins. On Sunday, the defensive injuries kept coming after they lost linebacker Matt Milano to what appears to be multiple lower body injuries and defensive tackle DaQuan Jones to an injured pectoral muscle.

Not to mention the three defenders who missed Sunday’s 25-20 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in London due to injuries, including starting defensive end Greg Rousseau (foot) and starting cornerback Christian Benford (shoulder).

“It was like midway through the first, second quarter, you kind of look out there and some of the guys normally out there kind of gone. Milano, [Jones]," safety Jordan Poyer said after the game. «For the guys that stepped in [like linebacker Tyrel Dodson], I thought played extremely well, stepping in the role of Matt.”

The question now turns to what happens the rest of the season for a Bills defense that has been among the league's best, including holding the Dolphins' No. 1 offense to just 20 points last week. The depth of the Bills (3-2) will now be seriously tested.

“It's tough to see guys get hurt, but flip side, I try to think about it, we do have depth, we do have a lot of guys that can play football at a very high level,” wide receiver Stefon Diggs said. “So, when you go into that deep, the depth that we have, the deep edge that we do have, guys need to play well, guys need to step up and it's still a standard.”

So, who needs to step up at each level of the defense?

The Bills almost ran out of defensive ends against the Jaguars. With Rousseau and Shaq Lawson out, coach Sean McDermott was down to Leonard Floyd (who was in and out of the game), AJ