Maine-iac

The biggest thing that would help us is if the offense comes out firing on all cylinders. At one point in the 3rd qtr the score was 17- 10 last year. If our offense was playing well it's not unthinkable for us to score a lot more than 10 points in a half and then it's a completely different game. Same goes this year. I also think shutting them down might be a big ask but if our offense keeps the pressure on them we do have healthy pass rushers and both our safeties this year. I think a win is totally doable but we are going to have to make some plays. We have to be the ones catching passes that bounced off someone.

Win the toss, defer or not, I'd love to see us just march up and down the field and score at will. If it turns into a boat race we still have some great pass rushers and some great safeties and Burrows will throw picks from time to time.

All the more reason you would run the ball ................like I said and like they did last year. Someone was saying they wouldn't run because they have such great receivers. It's true they have great receivers and Burrow is good but if we are playing coverage they are going to run. Without Jones and Milano if we can't stop that at some point we are going to have to either switch who's on the field or run blitz and that's when the chess match and those recievers will come into the equation. The reason Mac Jones looked like a good QB was because we couldn't stop the run and with Williams or Dodson on the field they couldn't cover. We switched it up by making Poyer play LB and inserting Rapp but even if that helps against the run will that cover the Bengals WR's. It'll be interesting ........... I hope the offense comes out on fire and limits them running the ball that way.

AFC? So 32 starting guards and he ranked 43rd ........... sounds about right to me.

Same group of receivers they had last year in the playoffs when Mixon ran for 105 and none of the receivers had more than 60 yards? Why? ..... because we couldn't stop the run.

.............. I know you meant to say CB.

If we manage to jump out to a lead I could agree with what you are saying but otherwise if Mixon got 16 carries against a 49er defense tell me why he wouldn't get even more against us.

I'm not sure being good against Baltimore's passing attack is going to sell me on him. I didn't actually think he was horrendous against the Jags. I just thought Ridley was really good. Then I watched some break downs and realized he did make a lot of mistakes and he was eventually pulled because he wasn't bring runners down. Now the Baltimore pass catchers are on one end of the spectrum and Ridley another and the answer is probably somewhere in between but either way he's still making a lot of mistakes zone or otherwise. Maybe it just sticks in my mind more becuase it's his most recent work.

My bad ............. guess it was you posting a PFF twitter stat that made me think you were using PFF as a stat.

Or more accurately his PFF grade has been good in zone. Elam finished PFF ranked higher than Benford last season and Benford is starting and Elam isn't even dressing most games so PFF grades must not mean a lot to the coaching staff. Elam has a lot of physical tools but he still needs to put it together on the field. Beane's keeping him around must mean something.

Hyde was a CB at one time and so was Corey Graham who played safety as well.

Already said it but since the question is still being asked .............. Elam didn't get pulled because he couldn't cover even though Ridley was eating his lunch Elam got pulled because we needed to stop the run and he was whiffing on guys and giving up big run plays. https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2023/10/11/23911586/bills-vs-jaguars-a-tale-of-two-different-golden-opportunities-de-aj-epenesa-cb-kaiir-elam-nfl-week-5

I'd have more hope for Elam if it seemed he just wasn't getting the scheme and was still learning the defense. None of that should make it so he can't tackle guys in the open field and that is why he was pulled when he did get to play.

I might be wrong but my guess is Douglas would have been playing for Schwartz in Philly. Barry who is currently with the Packers was LB's coach of Tampa for almost a decade. I'm guessing it's a tale of two defenses. Douglas probably fits much better in a zone defense than a man defense and Schwartz plays man and (I'm guessing) Barry, coming from Tampa and Derrick Brooks era, plays zone.

Someone in GB is going to miss Douglas.

Apologies if this was already posted. Straight from a cheeshead's mouth.

21 and 22 the guy put up 13 pd's and 4 plus picks and a forced fumble per year. He even had 2 TD's to boot. Whatever he did before that I don't care. He's proven that he get's it and that in the right defense he's a problem for offenses. If he fits this defense he looks like a great starter and he seems like a perfect fit.

2 time pro bowler ........................ wasn't one of them with us. I mean he sucked .......... but he made the pro bowl.

I don't know who some of them are but we have six CB's (according to espns roster) that are 6'1" or taller.

Damn near knocked Tim McGee out with his helmet on. Punched him right in the helmet.

So if Benford and Douglas end up our starters our CBs are bigger than our safeties. There's some coverage and run support.

Benfords a 6th round pick and Elam was a first .............. explain to me what picks are throw aways again? If you get a good player is all that matters. Keep swinging.

The zone we play largely depends on whether you get it or not. He has great size, lots of pass break ups, and a decent amount of picks. If he can tackle people and picks up our scheme he could be a great corner here for some time. It's been a while since we had two healthy good cb's. Not saying thats where we are but here's to hoping. I fee pretty optimistic about this one for whatever that's worth.

Have to go with Odomes. What a ball hawk and cover guy. I think White might be the best if injuries weren't derailing things. A lot of good careers but best in Buffalo I'm going with Odomes.

We got the Aaron Rogers end of the stick in that signing. Did he play a snap his first year?