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Even after a loss to the Bengals. These Philly posts are refreshing
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Let's not forget that Fitz bears the burden for WR's who seem to drop the first 3 passes thrown to them.
This is the most insightful post of the year. Fitz is highly inaccurate at times, but it wouldn't look as bad if the Bills' WRs caught ANYTHING for the first two quarters. It's absolutely ridiculous how many passes are dropped in the first half.
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I think that they realize that both Dareus and KW, who are their best defenders, are better suited as 3 techs. They also know that there isn't a 34 OLB on this roster who will ever amount to anything. It's as simple as that. Nix has simply ignored the gaping hole at OLB which makes the 34 defense special.
I see some of this. However, they have Torrell Troup back, who, for better or for worse, is GOING to play. He is a true 3-4 NT and that allows you to play Dareus at his normal position (3-4 DE) and puts KW at what is not so much his suited position (but he can play anywhere- 3-4 DE). It's better to put proven multi-technique players a little outside their positions than to put people like Shawne Merriman at 4-3 DE, which is a complete and utter waste of talent. Merriman and Kelsay are BOTH undersized 4-3 DEs.
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There was no lack of urgency to put points on the board and continue to bury them. It was actually the opposite. We don't get pressured when we're coming from behind, but you could see the pressure to put up points when we were in the lead. There were multiple shots downfield and a lot of plays where we wanted to force a big play. There was no consistency and rythmic execution on offense. We tried to be TOO aggressive, and that's why we lost.
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At the beginning of the year we were told that the Bills would run a "hybrid" defense since they felt they still lacked the personnel/experience to run an effective, straight-up 3-4. Well, this year I see no hybrid. I see a 4-3 or nickel nearly every snap with a 3-4 sprinkled in here and there. First, why are we barely running a 3-4 when we spent all offseason trying to get closer to the 3-4 with personnel? Second, if you're running a hybrid because of personnel issues, why the freak are you not using ANY shifts, stunts, blitzes, etc? The defensive side of the ball is loaded with young and old talent, and we are just running them into the ground by putting everyone out of position and making them play without any help from scheming. This is just sickening to me. Thoughts?
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It's really just ridiculous. For the majority, defenses are so terrible. Are they really that far behind from the lockout?
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He put up good numbers against Pittsburgh and Baltimore last season, so I don't think that's true. He's an excellent QB when he doesn't force passes, and uses his ability to read defenses to find the open guy. The Bills were hell-bent on forcing the ball down the field today, even if it meant going deep to their 3rd string QB on 3rd and medium.
I think they learned their lesson today. Fitzpatrick will return to form next week.
I agree with this post. Or at least I hope it's true.
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God, what a collapse.
Let's not talk about collapses- not today...
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Lack of Execution lost this game. Fitz was inaccurate, yes, but there were missed blocks all over the field and tons of blown coverage on defense. Fitz does a good job to shore up the accuracy issues here and there, but the blown coverage in the secondary and the inability of what should be a very good defensive line is tiring. It was tough to stomach today.
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They're playing him like a 4-3 defensive end. That's not his strength. He's being misused.
This x1000.
We went out and drafted and signed 3-4 personnel and continue to use 4-3 like we just can't do it. This baffles me. Shawne Merriman is an undersized 4-3 DE.
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This defense is PATHETIC. Letting a rookie QB throw almost 300 yards on them and destroy them in the second half is rediculous. This defense can't even put pressure on a rookie QB when the game is on the line?!?!? Time for Wanny to take over and have some creative defensive game planning. Not this high school BS that Edwards runs. Let Edwards coach LB's like he did in Miami. He is way over his head being a DC.
Agreed.
don't think you'll see that at 3-1.
Agreed.
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I'll be the first to say that I love Fitz and think he's a great player and a winner. However, his inaccuracy is worrisome. He has a lot of good plays set up for him that he blows with head-scratching throws. I am honestly starting to wonder if he can fix the problem. Time is against him.
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yeah that would be the last time Wade has a career record of 82-61, In Buffalo Phillips was 29-19 11-6 10-6 8-8
When did we go 8-8 under him? Didn't he come in the same year as Flutie? (10-6, 11-5) Then coach one more year with Rob Johnson? (3-13) ...My memory could be off.
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Surely, you're joking
For the record, I think he means that the mascot (not the logo) is the only one that is named after the city. Obviously the majority of our make-up is a buffalo, which is the actual name of our city. Nobody else has that.
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The offense starting getting better when Chan named Fitz and Freddy starters. Fitz helped to make Stevie a featured receiver. Moving Wood to center was a catalyst.
The defensive made some strides when they started giving Kyle Williams more reps, but the improvement really gained traction by getting bigger on the line with Dareus, and better at MLB with Barnett.
The Bills ability to contain the run this year is a huge improvement over last season.
I agree. I think people that say our defense is just as bad in other ways and we let up too many points don't understand how football is played.
We have a stout run defense that forces teams to throw on us, and since our offense has always been pretty good under Chan, it's reasonable to assume that we can win games by getting the ball back quickly. We get way more chances to score when the defense isn't allowing the other team to run the ball and drain the clock all game.
Additionally, as has been said over the weeks, we just came out of a very unique situation where we played 3 prolific scoring offenses both on the ground and in the air. We had to give up something, and when we did, the game was bound to be high-scoring. Most teams that beat the three teams we played are going to have to score a lot of points.
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Chan Gailey's regular-season record will be 27-26. When was the last time we had a head coach with a winning record?!
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I think we should beat Cinci and Philly, after that we play some tough road games that might prove to be too much. If we sprinkle in a loss here or there on the road, that's ok, and perfectly expected.
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Brett Favre used to make those type of throws all the time. You hated it when he threw picks but loved it when he made those amazing throws that only he could make. That's what I see in Fitz, he's a risk taking semi-gun slinger
Ha...SEMI-gun slinger.
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I thought this was well-known. Even still, good for those who didn't know. It's a cool saying both for relation to a frontiersman-associated team name and for it's actual meaning.
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That's one of the greatest articles I've ever read. I love that now that the Bills are winning they don't just write articles about football- they write articles about all of us, and how much the team means to us, and how odd it is that we mean so much to the team. I love WNY and I love being a Bills fan. It's something that nobody else could ever understand.
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Yeah, this is a weird path of reasoning. So if our stats were better overall by pouring it on in KC, we would be better able to beat the Bengals? I suppose you're saying if we had better stats then the "experts" would assume that the Bengals still aren't enough to stop us. Well, I don't know about that, you can't really get much better than #1.
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It's a great honor, and he deserves it above most, but why not Freddy?
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HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH!!!!!!!!! WE'VE ONLY WON 3 GAMES! Even funnier still is this was written by someone named BringBackFlutie.
I fail to glean any sort of a coherent point from this.
And so what? I really liked Flutie
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I didn't watch/record the replay because I recorded the game live. Sounds like I missed out on a lot of behind the scenes type stuff.
Anyway they'll be doing it again this week? I'd like to see this.
Why Not 3-4?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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...Even still- you get my point.