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Yep. And Spector has barely played this year. Blaming our poor defence on the 4th linebacker on the depth chart who has played minimal snaps this year just wasn't a good argument IMO

Anyone else fired up for a 1 PM start? Last game was November 10th against Indi which seems like forever ago

And the Josh Allen one. Still can't believe he passed on Josh Rosen

The good news is the bills are notorious for getting off to awesome starts all year long..😉

Man the Bills defence sucks! (I'm joking, no bills talk here I know..) Pretty lame matchup tonight

Spector is as well

It is both. Scheme/poor play calling and lack of talent. When you give up back to back 40 point games and let almost 400 yards against NE the following week, it basically shows that the scheme/DC isn't good enough and the talent is also not good enough. Very rare it is one or the other

I don't like the bend but don't break personally, but it can work if you have a dominant front 4. Which the Bills don't have But I do agree- I would much rather an aggresive game plan and force the issue, opposed to waiting for teams to make a mistake

My post was not just about this game. It's about the defence as a whole in 2024. Spector has barely played this season. And played exactly 0 defensive snaps against the rams 2 weeks ago when Sean Mcvay did laps around Babich and McDermott

I hear you but this is what I'll say: Game against the rams the argument was. "Rams were on a heater, there's nothing we could have done as they are unstoppable when they are healthy ". They have had 1 TD in two games since that bills game Then against Detroit the argument was: "Injuries and game script allowed Detroit to score a lot of points". To a certain degree yes, but 42 points given up is horrible in any circumstance and the offence needed to keep scoring or they would have lost And now I'm hearing the injury excuse from yesterday from others. We got to stop making excuses for this defence and call a spade a spade -The bills defence has been pathetic the last 3 weeks

This season you don't think he's been a big problem so far? Haha. Maybe I'll re name is "demote" Babich thread. Cause yes I do want McDermott to take control of the defence as I've seen enough from Bobby

Brutal

Do we even officially know why the hell Spector was playing at times? Haha I am assuming cause Dorian had the elbow injury and they wanted him on a pitch count?

Maybe. But do you watch the bills and think Hamlin and Rapp are the problem? I don't personally. Rapp has made some really huge plays and while I don't think Hamlin is a good starter, he's not a complete liability . I would almost rather Rapp/Hamlin this year than last years Hyde and poyer. A wash at the very least IMO

They can't yet as ravens would have to lose as well. (Which I don't see them losing to Houston) Beat the jets and then shut er down for week 18

Why is their defence way worse this year compared to years past? Sure, there's some different personnel. But that doesn't explain having the 7th best EPA in pass last year to the 6th worst this year

Just heard a stat on 550 that kind of backs up what I'm saying: Bills last year in EPA per pass under McDermott? 7th best This year? 6th worst... Yikes

It's great when it works, but can you rely on that 4 games in a row in the playoffs against good teams? We saw how bad this defence looks against the rams and lions when they don't get turnovers. (Only the 1 in 2 games combined)

Yes sir. Probably ulnar nerve as it runs down towards the pinky side. I have had a fairly bad ulnar nerve injury where I banged it hard and couldn't feel my hand for a day and Couldn't even bend my elbow without pain for a month. It's not fun, but looks like he avoided a serious injury

Yep. I would almost rather KC win. Beat the jets, rest the starters week 18, and KC plays their backups the last week against Denver in which probably knocks out Cinci

This is exactly my beef with Babich. its not that he plays "soft zone" every play. Its just that it's so easy to diagnose what the defensive play call is going to be. He either sits back or just telegraphs blitzes with no disguise looks

Fair, but chiefs defence also makes a lot of stops opposed to Just relying on turnovers.

The most hilarious part is somehow they ralied to make that stop on 3rd and 4 hahah. But regardless, still a ridiculous play call

A little comforting for sure. Cause they were downright awful today lol

That's fair. But time is ticking and can't wait for a rookie DC to figure it out too much longer. If Babich can't figure it out very soon, I think it's time for McDermott to take it over