When the Buffalo Bills signed safety Jordan Poyer to a four-year, $13 million contract on the opening day of free agency, there wasn’t much hype surrounding the move.

However, the former Cleveland Browns defensive back has played outstandingly in each of the Bills’ first two games of the season, recording 14 tackles, the second-most of any Buffalo defender.

Poyer leads the NFL with six pass breakups and has also recorded an interception along with two sacks. On Sunday against the Panthers, he showed off his physicality, delivering a big hit on wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin to dislodge a would-be touchdown.

According to Pro Football Focus, Poyer is the highest-graded safety in the NFL with a 93.0 grade. He hasn’t missed a single tackle attempt and has allowed just 34 receiving yards on five receptions while limiting opposing receivers to just 14 yards-after-the-catch.

Coach Sean McDermott spoke about Poyer’s exceptional play during a press conference on Monday, explaining that they were aware of the type of player they’d be getting when the Bills targeted him in free agency.

“I think he’s a complete player in terms of what he’s done,” McDermott told the media on Monday. “The exposure that we had on film of Jordan was a little bit limited. That said, we have Coach Babich who worked with Jordan in Cleveland, so we had some inside knowledge of what Jordan brings to the table, or brought to the table back then now, and now what we’re seeing him bring to the table for this football team, for our football team.”

McDermott elaborated on Poyer’s attitude, noting that the 26-year old possesses the character and attitude he desires.

“Really love his toughness, scrappy player, puts in a lot of time in terms of preparation, instinctive football player,” said McDermott. “The things you look for, our DNA, two games in, I couldn’t say more about the way he’s played. I would say the rapport he’s building with Micah as well our linebackers, they’re doing more things in between plays that are helping our defense. The growth from week one to week two defensively I thought, was phenomenal.”

Defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier shared McDermott’s sentiments, stating that Buffalo made a ‘great decision’ by signing Poyer.

“He’s shown some athleticism, you’ve seen what he’s done when our blitzes are forced, he’s gotten his hands on some balls,” Frazier said on Monday. “He’s really playing well, he does a good job of helping to run things with our secondary between he and Micah . Jordan was a guy we wanted to take a look at, who he thought might fit what we were trying to get accomplished, so we made the decision to bring him in. Boy, it was a great decision, he’s really stepped up like we were all hoping that he would.

Poyer and the Bills’ defense will look to build upon their early success against the Denver Broncos’ explosive offense on Sunday after a tough Week 2 loss.