{"id":478508,"date":"2026-02-16T12:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/478508\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:47:14","slug":"pff-5-lowest-graded-bills-players-on-defense-during-2025-nfl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/478508\/","title":{"rendered":"PFF: 5 lowest-graded Bills players on defense during 2025 NFL season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/buffalo-bills\/324\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Buffalo Bills;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Buffalo Bills<\/a> fell short of their ultimate goals during the 2025 NFL season, losing their streak of winning the AFC East and failing to make the Super Bowl once again.<\/p>\n<p>Many positive results still came considering the team&#8217;s 12-5 record.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>But not from everyone in 2025, according to the fancy stats.<\/p>\n<p>Here were the five Bills players on defense that had the lowest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pro Football Focus;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Pro Football Focus<\/a> grades last season:<\/p>\n<p>5. LB Dorian Williams<img alt=\"Sep 18, 2025; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Miami Dolphins running back de'von Achane (28) runs against Buffalo Bills linebacker Dorian Williams (42) in the second quarter at Highmark Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3bd59de7dc217dc7addbed879b4718ff.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sep 18, 2025; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Miami Dolphins running back de&#8217;von Achane (28) runs against Buffalo Bills linebacker Dorian Williams (42) in the second quarter at Highmark Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>PFF grade: 57.4.<\/p>\n<p>4. LB Terrel Bernard<img alt=\"Sep 18, 2025; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Buffalo Bills linebacker Terrel Bernard (8) runs against Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle (17) in the fourth quarter at Highmark Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dc73882099203a4ac4278a8e4e395a37.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sep 18, 2025; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Buffalo Bills linebacker Terrel Bernard (8) runs against Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle (17) in the fourth quarter at Highmark Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>PFF grade: 48.8.<\/p>\n<p>3. LB Matt Milano<img alt=\"Dec 21, 2025; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Browns running back Trayveon Williams (38) carries the ball as Buffalo Bills linebacker Matt Milano (58) defends during the second half at Huntington Bank Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/25b94c93d53dd28f9ae04f77871a96c5.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dec 21, 2025; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Browns running back Trayveon Williams (38) carries the ball as Buffalo Bills linebacker Matt Milano (58) defends during the second half at Huntington Bank Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>PFF grade: 46.2.<\/p>\n<p>2. S Taylor Rapp<img alt=\"Nov 3, 2024; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) runs with the ball against Buffalo Bills safety Taylor Rapp (9) during the second half at Highmark Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bbfe69655572b1ebb736138260162283.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nov 3, 2024; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) runs with the ball against Buffalo Bills safety Taylor Rapp (9) during the second half at Highmark Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>PFF grade: 44.6.<\/p>\n<p>1. DL TJ Sanders<img alt=\"Dec 21, 2025; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders (12) is pressures by. Buffalo Bills defensive end Greg Rousseau (50) during the second half at Huntington Bank Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7f13215fc91342a851e485f5e42d55b5.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dec 21, 2025; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders (12) is pressures by. Buffalo Bills defensive end Greg Rousseau (50) during the second half at Huntington Bank Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>PFF grade: 40.0.<\/p>\n<p>(Qualifying players only). <\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Bills Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/billswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/bills\/2026\/02\/16\/pro-football-focus-lowest-grade-matt-milano-terrel-bernard-nfl\/88689554007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PFF: 5 lowest-graded Bills players on defense during 2025 NFL season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PFF: 5 lowest-graded Bills players on defense during 2025 NFL season<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Buffalo Bills fell short of their ultimate goals during the 2025 NFL season, losing their streak of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[16242,193931,1748,49,48,95866,80822,514,43873,82,112209,112237,193932],"class_list":{"0":"post-478508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-2025-nfl-season","9":"tag-bills-players","10":"tag-buffalo-bills","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-dorian-williams","14":"tag-matt-milano","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-pro-football-focus","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-taylor-rapp","19":"tag-terrel-bernard","20":"tag-ultimate-goals"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}