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    Bills Article by Pat Kirwan

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    In addition, the Bills were a middle of the road team in terms of sacks and pressures. The defense could make a big leap if they improve even marginally against the run and in pressuring the quarterback.

    They were worse than average and lost their main pressure guy who had 2x the sacks that anyone else on the team had.

     

    Clearly the Bills have one of the most talented secondaries in the league, Muggins' contrariness notwithstanding.

    I said pass defense, not secondary :thumbsup: Pass defense includes our pedestrian pass rush and penalties incurred while flailing your arms trying to catch Randy Moss.

    Bills Article by Pat Kirwan

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    Muggins, please pay attention to this so you don't repeat your incorrect opinion:

     

    The Bills Pass Defense ranked:

     

    1st in the NFL by a very wide margin in opponents passer rating (which has nothing to do with how often their opponents passed the ball)

    2nd in the NFL in interceptions (in spite of the fact that they faced FEWER passes than 19 other teams)

    2nd in the NFL in average gain per pass play (which has nothing to do with how often their opponents passed the ball)

    3rd in the NFL in opponents completion percentage (which has nothing to do with how often their opponents passed the ball)

     

    The only other team which approached the Bills in pass defense was Darrelle Revis and the New York Jets who were outstanding against the run and thus were able to force opponents into obvious passing situations. In fact the Jets were the top ranked defense in the NFL last year in yards allowed.

     

    Back to my main point, the Bills were outstanding against the pass and it had little or more likely, nothing to do with their weakness against the run.

    Nah, there is a direct correlation. Bills opponents knew the run defense was terrible, so they would game plan to run all the time and focus less on passing. Of course when you're focused less on passing the passing game won't be as great. Of course when you're running the ball for 4.7 ypc you don't have to pass as far (leading to less gain per pass play).

     

    Hell, of those 28 picks we had 5 in a game vs Sanchez and 3 in a game vs washed up Delhomme. How many pass interference calls did we have last year too? I remember two in the Pats* game in Buffalo that setup two TDs.

     

    edit: not to mention that we were barely decent in pass rush last year and we'll be a lot worse this year.

    Sirius NFL Bills Training Camp Stop

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    They were entirely fair in their assessments. They interviewed Marcus Stroud. I am usually most seasons the 100% optimistic guy, I'll support anybody, but this off-season has been so pathetic that I'm definitely in the "bad fan" camp. Stroud's interview made me a lot more optimistic - talking about how Bills fans deserve better etc. etc.

     

    Moving the Chains with Kirwan and Ryan has always been a good show and teaches you how to actually watch the game as opposed to being a stark raving mad fan. Last year after TO signed they had tons of callers; I think most fans who listen to the show are more intelligent and they're depressed about our chances this year, so they don't call.

    Benefit of the doubt for Nix / Gailey

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    I agreed with your Spiller assessment at the time of the draft, and pretty much still do today. But I also have to believe that Nix and Gailey are not stupid and have a 3-4 year plan, and that Spiller fits into that long range plan. I have to believe this because if this is not true and they just went with the "best available" I would have to blow my brains out (overly dramatic? :w00t:).

    Haha, I keep this in the back of my mind too. I don't want our team to be the laughingstock of the league.

     

    But then, you think about it... "Jauron and Co HAD to know what they were doing, right?" I just don't think you can put faith in a front office because they are the front office. From my various jobs and hobbies I've seen that people are put into positions of leadership for all kinds of reasons - who you know, people quit, people are fired, etc. and the person who is put into the position isn't nearly able to do the job.

    Benefit of the doubt for Nix / Gailey

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    I know the rule of thumb is 3 years to judge a draft, but can we at least wait until after the preseason to pan it outright?

    The players we drafted may turn out to be great players, but they weren't what we needed. That is a 'poor draft'. We have the worst quarterback corps by far in the league; our wide receivers are marginal, so they'll get no help there. Our offensive line is one big question mark with so many guys coming off of injury. These are things that should have been addressed - instead Buddy and Chandler came in and drafted 'their guy' (waterbug - basically a Madden 11 pick) instead of working with what we already had.

    ESPN Ultimate NFL rankings

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    I'm sad to see us predicted at #31 but I agree with it.

     

    We have a new (mediocre) head coach

    we have a new offensive plan

    we have a new defensive scheme

    we didn't address needs on the offensive line

    we didn't address needs at QB

    the Jets and Dolphins both got better

     

    We're not going to win more games than last year.

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