Perry Turtle
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Does Rex fire Rob after this game?
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Gilmore freaking sucks. Just awful.
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Taylor just bailed on a good pocket.
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16 more years?
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Struggling today, but not THAT bad
Still early. Give it time.
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Looks like the Saints defense out there.
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Rex has got to scrap this man coverage defense.
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Rookie snapper? Seriously?
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Chandler Jones is sticking it to his old team.
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C'mon, the Ravens had a QB who couldn't move today because he's still recovering from a major knee injury. Their best receiver is 39 years old, also coming off of a major injury. Their second best receiver is a journeyman who couldn't stick on his last three teams. They had two rookies on their offensive line. And their running game is a shadow of what it was two years ago.
To top it off, between a gift fumble, a bunch of bad penalties, and a couple of questionable time outs, the Ravens made enough mistakes to lose the game.
The Ravens were sinking last season before they got his with injuries. The Jaguars were a tougher test for the Bills last season than the Ravens were for them this game.
If you believe that better days are ahead for the Bills, that's great. But let's not pretend that the Bills lost to a playoff team today.
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4-2 in the afce East last year
Moral victory. Nothing more. No playoffs, .500 record. Mediocrity.
And by the way, acknowledging that the offense was clearly not prepared for the opening game of the season, is anyone else ticked off that Roman and Ryan had the team start the last preseason game in the wishbone?
I mean it's only preseason, but to even pull off that stunt, the team had to spend reps practicing a 1930's offensive set. Shouldn't those reps have been spent on, I don't know, having the new franchise QB practice throwing his elite WR open?
Whether its one game or 17 (or 4 years in Whaley's case), there is enough wrong with this team to legitimately question if it is on the right path.
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What is sad is there are a lot of idiots that are actually agreeing with him or close to it after ONE GAME
Actually it's 17 games. The majority of them unimpressive. They've lost their last 5 road games. But, hey, continuity.
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Well, at least we can look forward to continuity. That's what really counts.
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Watkins got the ball plenty as far as a percentage of completions, imo.
The Bills traded up to the fourth pick to get Watkins. If you make that type of investment in a WR, you should use him like the Bengals use AJ Green. Green has turned Dalton into a legit NFL QB (and played a huge role in winning their game against the Jets today).
The Bills never have, and never will make that type of commitment to building their gameplan around Watkins.
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Harder schedule, missing players on defense, and a worse offense... not a good combination
Add that to the carry-over of idiotic penalties, bad clock management, and the inability to get Watkins involved in the offense.
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This is going to get ugly. The Ravens aren't world beaters.
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Well this continuity plan of keeping Rex around is certainly paying off. Seeing a lot of progress out there.
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Bill D looks a lot like the Saints defense from last season.
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I did. I didn't think it was that bad because I lived through the 2-14 seasons and remember the genuine enthusiasm when Kelly signed. The Bills went 4-12 that season, but the feeling was that the tide had finally turned for the franchise.
That was 30 years ago. There's more of a cautious enthusiasm for this season. Where there was certainty that Kelly was our franchise QB, there's more guarded hope that Taylor will be. Success is dependent on key players with a history of injury staying healthy. And hopefully our coaches, who have been on a downward trend can regain their past success.
30 years ago, leading into the opener, Buffalo was all Kelly all the time. Today, it's more wait and see. I would compare today more closely to Marv Levi's in-season hire. People were happy Bullough was gone, but Marv had a sketchy past, so fans took a wait-and-see approach.
I think that most fans are taking the same approach with '16 Bills. It's not uncontrolled enthusiasm, it's cautious optimism. And if this turns out to be another lost year, at least we have those Deadspin tailgate videos to look forward to.
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The 2009 NY Jets didn't need a year to learn Ryan's defense as they were #1 almost right away and they had less talent! The problems for the 2015 Buffalo Bills occurred when you look at the player personnel on the roster for the D-line and the scheme they were being asked to run. You didn't read about any Jets players complaining about how they were being used because they were used to playing in a similar scheme.
The Bills prior to 2015 were about the best player prepared 4-3 defense in the league and those Bills D-linemen were among the highest paid players in the league because they rushed the passer so well. There was a direct reason as to why the Bills were first in sacks for two years in different schemes and suddenly went to just about last in sacks! Mike Pettine ran a 3-4 one gap scheme in 2013 and Jim Schwartz ran a wide nine 4-3 scheme in 2014.
In comes a 3-4 run stopping two-gap coach in Rex Ryan and everything on that D-line changes. So instead of simply rushing the passer they were being asked to control the gaps. Which means that the D-line players this year had to wait to see what the offensive play was and where it was going before they could react instead of just cutting loose in going after the QB.
Switching the defense to a 3-4 and running mostly a two-gap run stopping scheme took its toll on the entire defense because now the DB's are being asked to cover longer because of little or no pass rush. News flash, the team drafted players that fit that 3-4 this past draft so we can all expect more of what we saw last year...only the teams best pass rusher is now a Dolphin. Some fans think that is a good thing, unless of course the dolphins use him as a pass rusher and not a gap control DE who drops into pass coverage.
The Bills still don't have the player personnel for the D-line on the roster needed to make that two-gap scheme work. Just so you guys know, it takes stronger, bigger, bulkier players to be able to control the two gaps and also control those huge offensive linemen rather than just trying to slip by them as a pass rusher.
So many fans simply don't get what i'm talking about here so allow me to perhaps simplify it in a better way.
Most NFL defensive lines utilize the one-gap technique. That means each D-lineman is responsible for a gap between two O-linemen and his job is to get in and through that gap and cause havoc in the backfield.
The Rex Ryan Bills usually prefer their D-linemen to read and react to the play by controlling the O-lineman in front of them and being responsible for the gap on either side of him. The benefit of this approach is that you keep the play in front of you and you usually free up the LBs to clean up the play by preventing the OLs from getting their hands on the LBs. This isn't to say the Bills never have their DL one gap, but that the more common technique they use is two-gapping.
Bottom line here is that unless Rex Ryan stops attepmting to put a square peg into a round hole and utilize the players currently on his roster then the defense won't be better than last year and it may be much worse with only one real pass rusher as the rest are being asked to control their gaps.
This rings true for me. Mario, Dareus and Hughes are best used in the one-gap technique. Mario is gone, but Hughes and Dareus combined for only 7 sacks last season. Will these guys be allowed to use their speed to attack gaps in the offensive line, or will Rex use them to hold up the lineman, hoping that our 2nd and 3rd string linebackers will make plays in the backfield.
If Rex continues to use them in the 2 gap technique, I have a feeling that Dareus and Hughes will be the next two 'over-paid' former all-pros that the fans will want run out of town.
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Simpson's on-field achievements are well documented in the record books and highlight films. He doesn't need to be on the wall. Wall of famers should represent be ambassadors for the franchise; Simpson is an embarrassment to the team. Take his name down and give #32 to the first rookie who requests it in training camp.
If we want to marvel at Simpson's on-field greatness, we have youtube. Other than that, it's time for the team to move on from this scumbag.
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Not bad for a team that led the league in penalties and had no replay challenge process!
At least there will be staff next season to help Rex and Rob stage the puppet shows during Rex's weekly press conference.
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no middle ground then ?
Rex showed no middle ground this season as his defense piled up mediocre performances. How will there be middle ground next season when the Bills start cutting all pro players?
This will turn out being a full-on rebuild. Problem is that Rex is rebuilding the unit into a scheme with little chance for success.
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In the world of hurry up offenses and two step drops, Rex's defense will not work. Two many line calls and adjustments. Under Rex, the defense will always be on its heels. In addition, Rex seems to have lost the stomach for the overload blitzes that make a 3-4 zone blitz scheme effective, choosing to play a complicated bend-but-don't break scheme instead.
3-4 linebackers are difficult to find, not to mention having to replace a couple of all-pro defensive linemen. Guys like Hughes and Dareus are one-gap pass rushers, so look for them to fill the role of malcontents next year, as their two-gap responsibilities hold down the stats that got them their big contract extensions.
Due to the unneeded complexity of Rex's defense, look for the Bills to sign a fading veteran or two who actually understand what Rex is trying to do, who will start over more talented players and cost the team a couple of big plays a game.
On the offense, where the right side of the line needs a complete with rebuild, expect the Bills to make do with another set of rejects, as free agent money and high draft picks are wasted on Rex's over-complicated and outdated scheme.
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