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Teams with good front 7's have been able to absolutely shred the Bills passing game. Brady runs what looks like a WCO style of passing game that's very predicated on short passes and timing. Teams seem to have found some weakness in the o-line and how they're calling protections, because they're not blitzing at a higher than normal rate yet they're still seeing too much pressure and rushers coming free. Teams have figured out that overloading the line and making the o-line make business decisions about who is going to rush and who is going to drop into coverage is a recipe for confusion up front, it's causing a breakdown in protection, which creates pressure, which forces the ball to come out quicker. You can see it against BAL and HOU, a lot of blitz/pressure looks that just turn into normal 3-4 fronts when the ball is snapped and the confusion causes breakdowns in blocking, which forces Allen to get rid of the ball quicker. It also seems that if your team can do this to the Bills/Allen early in the game it kinda messes up Allen's internal clock and he starts getting happy feet and throwing before he should.

This is not a place for nuance 😂

Do you even go here?

Bills defense under McDermott has historically defended the run poorly. It’s a glaring weakness in the scheme.

I also just wonder how much of the playbook they’re really showing atm. Feels like there’s really only a handful of plays/concepts and they just keep spamming them until teams figure out how to stop it.

Still, the 'weakest' part to attack the bills D is the middle of the field between the hashes, we play light and we play nickel. I think this year we have the DL upfront to mitigate that and keep offenses from running all over us, but that's always been the weakness in the scheme.

I think it's also how visible you are here as a player for one of Buffalo's teams. It's a hard place to disappear and be anonymous for both good and bad reasons and that has to be tough on a young person. I'd frankly get annoyed as hell if I was recognized a lot while I was out.

I'm just not that sure this is as attractive as you think it might be. Sure he gets back with Joe Burrow and a lot of cast from LSU but it's not like the situation in Cinn is that great. Ownership is cheap and they're already casting off their defensive picks to make room for Burrow's contract (which hasn't even started yet) and they haven't even paid Chase yet. I just don't know that Brady will want to go to a franchise that doesn't seem that serious about winning, sure Burrow makes them relevant and they had some great players to achieve success but to sustain it you need a great organization behind it and man the Bengals just ain't it.

And we’re playing backups at both linebacker spots and is Spector calling the defense? What McD and his staff manages to do every year is impressive.

If we can keep Kromer at OL coach and have him churn great offensive lines the way NE did for years, watch out.

It's been more effective than it hasn't been tbh and maybe the PA shots just haven't been there. Seems to me like they're content to take that until it proves ineffective instead of having to put more stuff on tape that they can save for later in the season.

Jets play good in the secondary, it’s always making Brissett hold it a second longer than he wants to

Our performance against the Jags since they drafted Josh Hines-Allen just continues to further the narrative that the only thing that can beat Josh Allen is another Josh Allen

Man that puts the Jets in an uncomfortable spot with Haason Reddick, he has a lot more leverage now

September is a liar far too often, let's check back on this in 6 weeks imho. I've seen the Chiefs look pretty meh to start the season but eventually sort themselves out enough times by now.

They'll still have good center and interior line play, the lanes will be there if they can find someone to hit those inside runs. They've been hiding the tackles a bit by playing a lot of heavy sets and throwing screens to the boundaries to horizontally stretch the field. Their rookie LT is...not good atm.

That guy runs like he's angry at the ground

I think they're learning to work around it, Mahomes gets the ball out quick most of the time and they lean on their run game with Pacheco and short passes to the perimeter to stretch defenses and get YAC. Their play design on offense seems to always result in someone getting lost and finding an open spot in the zone. You still can't really blitz Mahomes easily and he's a master at eluding the rush and sensing where pressure is coming from, he's also still quite mobile and if you whiff on him he'll take off or roll out and find someone open on a scramble drill. I mean look at the game, they turned it over 3 times, Mahomes played pretty meh all things considered and they STILL found a way to win that game by forcing CIN to FGs and always keeping the score close.

Mhj is cooking Tre out there today 😢

Fr that was a pretty loose “catch”

I won't be too concerned, we could start the season 2-2 and I'd still be alright. I'd rather they get the wrinkles sorted out early and round into form come November/December than start hot and get into that weird midseason slump this team has a tendency to fall into

I literally don't understand the reasoning behind trading for Watson. Like nothing about it makes sense at all He was completely toxic after the all that stuff came out He wasn't THAT good The Browns roster had made the playoffs the year before and only missed that year due to injuries It's not like Baker was any worse than Watson when he was healthy There wasn't a PR benefit to trading for him, the talent part was basically a push. They gave away money and draft capital, while making their team a pariah for little to no benefit skills wise