Bermuda Triangle

Tackling by the safeties continues to be an issue

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Regardless, unless the Bills field a ST unit of eleven 17-year old girls, Araiza isn't scoring. Might be an improvement over the ST units we've seen of late, considering the debacle on Monday night, and the long return allowed in the Miami WC game.

But I've read in this thread that he didn't do anything wrong.

People are indeed "stupid af". Araiza seems like a really high-character individual, and he clearly has an NFL leg. Why hasn't any other team signed him to their PS or active roster?

I’m sure that the analytics crowd will kill me for this, but given the way that the game had played out (two impotent offenses, Rodgers out, etc.), I thought that taking the ball to start OT was dumb.

3 mistakes?

Should have kicked off in OT Agee in general, but Knox has to make that catch in OT. Not a great throw, but a catch an average NFL TE should make.

How about beating an LB or DB one-on-one in space? Harty couldn't do it last night either.

Tre was bad in run support last night (coverage was just fine), but "All Pro Po" was beyond abysmal. Slow, poor tacking, bad angles in pursuit - we're seeing why he re-signed here this past off-season, with his tail tucked between his legs.

it took them 1:42 to move 42 yards. There appeared to be little or no sense of urgency on the drive, almost like the clock read 4:48, instead of 1:48 when the Bills started the possession.

Who missed the tackle on the PR immediately after the punt was fielded?

As well as Hill and Tua played, I think it'd be disingenuous to not admit that, if not for 2 mind-numbingly dumb plays by J.C. Jackson, the Chargers win.

Simply put, the Bills will win if they take care of the ball.

My apologies for jumping the gun with this thread.

https://twitter.com/jonscotttv/status/1699227981560864974?s=46&t=5bplTLuS1AHzrnPA9SMGhQ

Purely a guess, but I think Kelce misses Thursday's game and plays in Week 2.

Fair enough, but I much preferred the 30 for 30 episodes about The U. The off-field transgressions of the players and program were discussed and not glossed over.

total puff piece.

For the purposes of this discussion, we can ignore that the Colts had 5 D/ST TDs and 3 safeties that season (so their offensive PPG was not 28). The ultimate goal of the Bills defense should have been to get the Bills offense the ball as much as possible, not to let Indy dictate the game. The Bills' strength was their offense - the same offense that set a franchise record for points in a season. I'm sure that Reich was thrilled that his offense was able to keep the Bills offense off of the field for over 34:00. If you're happy with a defensive performance with zero sacks, zero turnovers forced, nearly 65% 3rd down conversion percentage, and 34:00+ TOP allowed, then great. Personally, I want the best unit of the team on the field as much as possible. Yes, If the Bills had covered Kelce on that 3rd and 10, or Hill a couple of plays later (what happened to that old "bend but don't break"?), then (assuming KC didn't convert on the ensuing 4th down, or later on that drive) they would have held KC to 26 points. Unfortunately, games aren't 58:00 minutes long, and although I've never been a professional coach, my amateur opinion is that the opponent's two best receivers should probably be covered. Of course, the very next week, the unheralded Cincinnati defense held the same KC offense to 24 points, on the road, in over 60:00 of play. Anyhow, given your impassioned defense of Frazier's defenses with the Bills, I'm sure that he'll have GMs knocking down his door next offseason with DC offers. Right?

Is the crux of your argument that the Bills defense didn't play poorly against the Colts solely because the Colts didn't score their season average in PPG?

Nothing substantive in response - just another ad hominem attack.

Bolded is comical. Because people don't agree with your opinion (and yes, it is very much opinion, and not fact), they're unknowledgable. I've seen very little "hate" of Frazier here - that's a strawman that you've repeated throughout this thread. The biggest critiques of his defenses with the Bills are predictability and poor playoff performances. Are you saying that if the Colts had converted the 4th and goal in the first half, only then would their defensive performance been bad (because the Colts would have then exceeded their season average in PPG). Alternatively, had the Colts opted to kick the chip shot FG, then how would the Bills defense have graded out that day? If the game plan was to allow the Colts to control the clock, allow > 50% 3rd down conversions and 50% 4th down conversions, then mission accomplished.

Siran Neal also dropped an easy Pick 6 early in the second half. Won't show up in the stat sheet, though.

"Only" 472 yards & 27 first downs allowed, with Indy having the ball for over 34:00. No turnovers forced, and no sacks. In your estimation, what would amount to them playing "poorly"?