Bermuda Triangle

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"?

The D was pretty horrible against a washed up Philip Rivers in the WC win in the 2020 playoffs.

Zach Wilson set a career high for completion percentage against the Bills last season.

Thank you! I’ll be on and off tomorrow, but I will update my original post as time permits.

I don't think that Jr. was born in Buffalo, but spent a few years here, as his dad was on Marrone's staff here, having followed Marrone from Syracuse

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As I'm sure noted football expert Chris Broussard can attest, there's been a leadership void at OBD since Taylor Lewan left.

"Elite white" Do you think that, if pressed into action Fromm can start a regular season game and lead his team to victory? I don't.

On the TD run, it looked to me that Dodson was out of position and Poyer took a bad angle. On the Freiermuth TD, I thought that Milano actually had decent coverage, but Pickett threw the ball behind Freiermuth. If Poyer wasn't late and slow, that a PBU.

Poyer and Brown can’t play much worse than they have so far today

Couldn’t agree more. Would also like to see officials have to face the media after games.

Where were the DEs on that play? Aside from Phillips’ effort on that play, that’s what stood out to me.

I went to UB’s in the early 90s Molly’s (next to Wilson Farms). Some kid was thrown down the stairs there by a bouncer maybe 15 years ago and died from his injuries. Place was shut down a few years later…as were PJ Bottom’s and Third Base) Jimmy J’s on Bailey BBC on Bailey (same building as The Library) Broadway Joe’s (next to Mickey Rat’s)

Falcons just signed a RB. Must be that their RB room is weak, with Bijan Robinson, Tyler Allgeier and Cordarelle Patterson on the depth chart

I had Keion Carpenter for the Bills & Falcons and Jim Marshall for the Vikings & Browns.

The play was incorrectly ruled an incomplete pass. It should have been an INT for Cleveland. “Fast Freddy” Smith was not fast. And his name wasn’t “Freddy”

Don’t sell yourself short.

Hmm....

nah, not really