BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills cornerback Taron Johnson has been named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week.
This comes after the Bills 30 - 20 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.
In a press release on the Bills website they said, "Johnson filled up the stat sheet, recording 3 tackles, 1.0 sack, 2 passes deflected and an interception that he returned for a touchdown on the Colts' first play from scrimmage."
"I've seen that play before, against a different team… And then I took the ball. And after that, I just scanned the field and took it to the house," Johnson said.
2 On Your Side and NFL analyst Vic Carucci said, "This was a performance highlighted by opportunism, beginning with the Colts’ first snap when Flacco threw a pick-six to Taron Johnson. Johnson showed exceptional elusiveness as he weaved his weaved through Colts players on the way to a 23-yard touchdown."
"Taron is a playmaker," LB Terrel Bernard said. "And first play getting the pick six sets the tone for the game, the energy gets the mindset right. Starts us off on a good foot. We lean on Taron to make plays like that. It was huge for us."
"He's one of our leaders," head coach Sean McDermott said. "When you lead by example – everyone is going to make mistakes, but when you can learn from it, this is quite honestly, a copycat league where people try the same plays sometimes week-to-week. And right away, the first play was one of those plays, and he picked it."
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