I would have liked to have seen more of a downfield passing game against the weak Jags corners. The amount of running we did was fine, but the passing should have been more diverse than just 1 pass attempt greater than 20 yds (to the TE no less).
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Ok, but here is the problem. From what Drew and the coaches said, the Jags were playing a two-deep most of the game, eliminating (or helping to cover up, at least) the deficiencies in their weak corners. If we were throwing downfield it wouldn't have really been against their corners, it would have been against their safeties.
It's tough to have a downfield passing game against the 2-deep, except in the middle where... wait for it... the TE can get free behind the backers, splitting the 2-deep... That's why the pass was to the TE, not because of some kind of stupidity in the Bills thinking...
where is the deep pass?
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Ok, but here is the problem. From what Drew and the coaches said, the Jags were playing a two-deep most of the game, eliminating (or helping to cover up, at least) the deficiencies in their weak corners. If we were throwing downfield it wouldn't have really been against their corners, it would have been against their safeties.
It's tough to have a downfield passing game against the 2-deep, except in the middle where... wait for it... the TE can get free behind the backers, splitting the 2-deep... That's why the pass was to the TE, not because of some kind of stupidity in the Bills thinking...