The Buffalo Bills continued their 2024 schedule with a Week 10 win over the Indianapolis Colts, 30-20.

The Bills (8-2) needed a full-team effort to come away with the road win at Lucas Oil Stadium. The defense forced timely turnovers and Tyler Bass made some difficult kicks to help out a slow-starting offense.

The Bills have now won five straight as they enter the year’s second half. As the season unfolds, we are learning more and more about this year’s Bills team.

Here are five things we learned from Week 10’s win over the Colts:

A historic start

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The Bills’ 8-2 record is their best mark through 10 games since 1993. In what was considered a “rebuild” year by some media members, and a “transition” year by the Bills front office, they’ve gotten out to their best start yet under head coach Sean McDermott. The meat of their 2024 schedule is coming up, starting with a Week 11 clash against the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs. We’ll see how the Bills fare over their final seven.

Turnovers set the tone

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A big reason why the Bills have gotten off to a historic start is their ability to cause turnovers. Through 10 weeks, Buffalo leads the NFL in turnover differential at +13. That is four better than second place.

The Bills are second in total takeaways, third in fumbles recovered, and fifth in interceptions. Buffalo turned over the Indy offense four times on Sunday and scored 17 points off turnovers, with seven of those points coming from a pick-six by cornerback Taron Johnson.

Tyler Bass shining after game-winner

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The game-winning 61-yard field goal against the Miami Dolphins in Week 9 has seemingly boosted Bass’ confidence. In Week 10, Bass was a big factor in the Bills win. He was a perfect six-for-six on kicks. Bass made three field goals and three extra points.

Bass made field goals from 28 yards, 29 yards, and 47 yards. Also, one of his extra points was from 48 yards out after a penalty.

Pass rush shows life

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The Bills got home for a sack four times against Indy, which was their most in a game since Week 3 during the blowout win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. They only had one in each of their last two games. It’s been an area of struggle for the Bills for much of the year. Their pressure rate of 32.4% ranks 22nd in the NFL this year according to Next Gen Stats.

In Week 10, Greg Rousseau, Taron Johnson, AJ Epenesa, and Quinton Jefferson all had a sack.

Offense lifted by defense, special teams

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The Bills had a complete team win in Week 10. The offense played well for the most part, but they did start the game slow and had a couple of turnovers. Luckily for quarterback Josh Allen and the offense, the defense forced four turnovers and held QB Joe Flacco and the Colts to just 36% on third downs. The special teams came through as well. It wasn’t just Bass who had a great day, Sam Martin had a booming punt to pin Indianapolis back. Both of his punts landed inside the opponent’s 20.