BUF offense play by play

[timba]

I went through the offensive plays from the first half and took down notes.

 

FROM BUF 25

1-10 Shotgun, Spiller and Jackson in backfield, Spiller motions left, Screen Pass to Jackson on left, Incomplete, No issues with the blocking, hard throw behind Freddy but could have been caught

 

2-10 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, Trips right, Incomplete pass, batted down, Wood got pushed back to Edwards and it was his guy who got his hand up

 

3-10 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, DE and 2 LB's line up outside of Bell - Bell moves to get the inside of the 2 LB's who then stunted inside, Levitre picked up the DE, OLB goes free and sacks Edwards

 

FROM BUF 20

1-10 Shotgun, Spiller and Jackson in backfield, Run by Spiller for 6yds, starts off following Freddy to the right but cuts back into the lane behind Bell - The line was not getting any movement in the area the play was supposed to go

 

2-4 Spiller and McIntyre in backfield, Stupar lined up on the right of Green, Run by Spiller for 2yds, Right side run that would have been a big gain if not for a shoestring tackle, Wood went to the second level and got rid of a linebacker, Green got beat to the inside on the downblock on the DT

 

3-2 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, Roscoe motions left, Edwards complete to D. Nelson 3yds, Miami blitzes 6, we have 5 to block, the line stopped everybody who they contacted, which was 5 of the 6 rushers

 

1-10 Spiller and McIntyre in backfield, Stupar lined up left, Run by Spiller for 2yds, MIA with 8 in the box (vs 7 blockers), Line gets some push, nobody gets beat but the extra man filled the lane

 

2-8 Shotgun, Spiller behind Edwards, Stupar motions into the backfield, screen left to Spiller for -4yds, Bell got pushed back to Edwards, Green was beat on the back side, Levitre gets downfield but misses a block on a LB, Wood and Hangartner are slower to pull and not in position to block downfield

 

3-12 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, 3 man rush, Edwards to Evans for 2 yds, Evans was on a drag at basically the LOS, ball was out at 3s but there was no pressure

 

FROM BUF 15

1-10 Shotgun, Spiller and Jackson in backfield, Johnson motions in from the right, pitch right to Spiller 2yds, should have been a big play, Green was unable to make a block on the LB and then Wood missed the block on the same guy

 

2-8 Shotgun, Spiller and Jackson in backfield, Edwards to Spiller for 6yds, Spiller and Jackson cross in front of Edwards, the play action is to Jackson, dump off to spiller on the right, Wood and Hangartner double a DT, Green down blocks the second leaving the DE free and he didn't bite on the play action for more than a split second, Edwards was forced to dump it quick

 

3-2 Shotgun, Empty backfield, Edwards to Parrish incomplete, Stupar stays in to block, delayed blitz picked up, ball was out at 2s, Line held up, ball was overthrown

 

QUARTER 2

FROM BUF 40

1-10 Shotgun, Lynch and Jackson in backfield, S. Johnson motions into the backfield, Run by Lynch -1yd, 8 in the box (within 3yds of the LOS at snap), 7 blockers, the unblocked guy meets Lynch in the backfield 2yds behind LOS, Hangartner got beat and his guy helped with the tackle

 

2-11 Lynch and McIntyre in backfield, Lynch motions out left, Edwards to Johnson for 8yds, ball out at 2s, delayed blitz was coming between 2 cuts blocks and Greens cut block was jumped over

 

3-3 Shotgun, Jackson in the backfield, Run by Jackson 15yds, Stupar motions left to make trips left, 7 in the box, counter right, Levitre and Stupar pull, Levitre picks up the DE, Stupar picks up a LB, Green gets to a LB, Wood picks up a DT, Evans had a good downfield block

 

1-10 Shotgun, Lynch and McIntyre in backfield, Run by Lynch for 15yds, 7 in the box, Bell gets beat inside by DT, Lynch cut it back outside of Bell for the big gain

 

1-10 Lynch and McIntyre in backfield, Run by Lynch for -1yd, 7 in the box, Bell gets pushed back and then beat inside, forces Lynch back to the right and outside of Stupars block who shed and made the tackle

 

2-11 Lynch and Jackson in the backfield, Run by Jackson for 2yds, 7 in the box, the DE wasn't fooled by the action to Lynch which made it 6 blockers on 7, S. Johnson didn't get downfield to block the CB who came up into the hole Jackson went into

 

3-9 Shotgun, Jackson in backfield, Jackson motions slot right, Edwards Sacked, 4 man rush, Green gets beat on the outside, Sack at 2.5s

 

FROM BUF 36 ( :16 left in half)

1-10 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, Edwards screen right to Spiller incomplete, deflected at the line ( :12)

 

2-10 Shotgun, Jackson in backfield, Edwards to Johnson 19yds, 4 man rush, Pass thrown at 5.5s, flushed out of the pocket at 3.5s, threw a 'lob pass' that took over a second to land, Johnson went down with 1s left at the MIA 45

[Mark Long Beach]

Nice work. Although it wasn't any more fun to read it than watch it.

[eball]

Very nice work. Seems like the Bills were in position to make a number of plays, but didn't because of missed assignments on the OL and a couple of poor decisions/throws by Edwards.

[Coach Tuesday]

Sounds like whomever is responsible for the Cornell Green acquisition should be fired on the spot.

[T master]

I went through the offensive plays from the first half and took down notes.

 

FROM BUF 25

1-10 Shotgun, Spiller and Jackson in backfield, Spiller motions left, Screen Pass to Jackson on left, Incomplete, No issues with the blocking, hard throw behind Freddy but could have been caught

 

2-10 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, Trips right, Incomplete pass, batted down, Wood got pushed back to Edwards and it was his guy who got his hand up

 

3-10 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, DE and 2 LB's line up outside of Bell - Bell moves to get the inside of the 2 LB's who then stunted inside, Levitre picked up the DE, OLB goes free and sacks Edwards

 

FROM BUF 20

1-10 Shotgun, Spiller and Jackson in backfield, Run by Spiller for 6yds, starts off following Freddy to the right but cuts back into the lane behind Bell - The line was not getting any movement in the area the play was supposed to go

 

2-4 Spiller and McIntyre in backfield, Stupar lined up on the right of Green, Run by Spiller for 2yds, Right side run that would have been a big gain if not for a shoestring tackle, Wood went to the second level and got rid of a linebacker, Green got beat to the inside on the downblock on the DT

 

3-2 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, Roscoe motions left, Edwards complete to D. Nelson 3yds, Miami blitzes 6, we have 5 to block, the line stopped everybody who they contacted, which was 5 of the 6 rushers

 

1-10 Spiller and McIntyre in backfield, Stupar lined up left, Run by Spiller for 2yds, MIA with 8 in the box (vs 7 blockers), Line gets some push, nobody gets beat but the extra man filled the lane

 

2-8 Shotgun, Spiller behind Edwards, Stupar motions into the backfield, screen left to Spiller for -4yds, Bell got pushed back to Edwards, Green was beat on the back side, Levitre gets downfield but misses a block on a LB, Wood and Hangartner are slower to pull and not in position to block downfield

 

3-12 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, 3 man rush, Edwards to Evans for 2 yds, Evans was on a drag at basically the LOS, ball was out at 3s but there was no pressure

 

FROM BUF 15

1-10 Shotgun, Spiller and Jackson in backfield, Johnson motions in from the right, pitch right to Spiller 2yds, should have been a big play, Green was unable to make a block on the LB and then Wood missed the block on the same guy

 

2-8 Shotgun, Spiller and Jackson in backfield, Edwards to Spiller for 6yds, Spiller and Jackson cross in front of Edwards, the play action is to Jackson, dump off to spiller on the right, Wood and Hangartner double a DT, Green down blocks the second leaving the DE free and he didn't bite on the play action for more than a split second, Edwards was forced to dump it quick

 

3-2 Shotgun, Empty backfield, Edwards to Parrish incomplete, Stupar stays in to block, delayed blitz picked up, ball was out at 2s, Line held up, ball was overthrown

 

QUARTER 2

FROM BUF 40

1-10 Shotgun, Lynch and Jackson in backfield, S. Johnson motions into the backfield, Run by Lynch -1yd, 8 in the box (within 3yds of the LOS at snap), 7 blockers, the unblocked guy meets Lynch in the backfield 2yds behind LOS, Hangartner got beat and his guy helped with the tackle

 

2-11 Lynch and McIntyre in backfield, Lynch motions out left, Edwards to Johnson for 8yds, ball out at 2s, delayed blitz was coming between 2 cuts blocks and Greens cut block was jumped over

 

3-3 Shotgun, Jackson in the backfield, Run by Jackson 15yds, Stupar motions left to make trips left, 7 in the box, counter right, Levitre and Stupar pull, Levitre picks up the DE, Stupar picks up a LB, Green gets to a LB, Wood picks up a DT, Evans had a good downfield block

 

1-10 Shotgun, Lynch and McIntyre in backfield, Run by Lynch for 15yds, 7 in the box, Bell gets beat inside by DT, Lynch cut it back outside of Bell for the big gain

 

1-10 Lynch and McIntyre in backfield, Run by Lynch for -1yd, 7 in the box, Bell gets pushed back and then beat inside, forces Lynch back to the right and outside of Stupars block who shed and made the tackle

 

2-11 Lynch and Jackson in the backfield, Run by Jackson for 2yds, 7 in the box, the DE wasn't fooled by the action to Lynch which made it 6 blockers on 7, S. Johnson didn't get downfield to block the CB who came up into the hole Jackson went into

 

3-9 Shotgun, Jackson in backfield, Jackson motions slot right, Edwards Sacked, 4 man rush, Green gets beat on the outside, Sack at 2.5s

 

FROM BUF 36 ( :16 left in half)

1-10 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, Edwards screen right to Spiller incomplete, deflected at the line ( :12)

 

2-10 Shotgun, Jackson in backfield, Edwards to Johnson 19yds, 4 man rush, Pass thrown at 5.5s, flushed out of the pocket at 3.5s, threw a 'lob pass' that took over a second to land, Johnson went down with 1s left at the MIA 45

Why so much Shotgun ??????

[justnzane]

Why so much Shotgun ??????

 

 

Gailey and Modkins might have gameplanned it that way to give Trent more time, and to utilize CJ and Freddy's quickness and deceptiveness. However, it could have been in anticipation that our line was going to get blown up a lot or to keep their DB's honest deep down the field.

[Offside Number 76]

The whole thing is a fascinating study of dysfunction. Thanks for posting it; it will make for some fun dissection at work during the week.

[timba]

Gailey and Modkins might have gameplanned it that way to give Trent more time, and to utilize CJ and Freddy's quickness and deceptiveness. However, it could have been in anticipation that our line was going to get blown up a lot or to keep their DB's honest deep down the field.

 

After going through the game I think you're right about it being the gameplan. The drawback was that when they stacked the box they had an extra guy who was lined up closer to the LOS than our RB's. That's not good especially on long developing running plays.

[Haven Moses]

Kinda hard to run a game plan when you are going 3 and out all the time.

 

More telling to me was the end of the game. After the TD, I think Trent was 1-7 for 9 yards.

[SwampD]

Were those actually screen plays, or just passes to the RB behind the LOS?

[bowery4]

Shot gun , shot gun , shot my self in the foot gun, shot myself in the foot gun

I really want Trent to work out of the pro set 85=90% of the time.

[timba]

Were those actually screen plays, or just passes to the RB behind the LOS?

 

They were definitely screen plays. Either that or the interior line was totally inept on those particular plays.

[timba]

I plan on going through the second half tonight. I couldn't keep going last night

[bizell]

Sounds like whomever is responsible for the Cornell Green acquisition should be fired on the spot.

 

a common theme in that write-up was "Green beaten"

[timba]

QUARTER 3

FROM MIA 48

1-10 Lynch and McIntyre in the backfield, Edwards to Evans incomplete, Edwards flushed out at 4.5s, throw at 6s on the run, just out of reach of Evans, off the fingertips - Edwards had Johnson and Evans open most of the play

 

2-10 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, Run by Spiller -4 yds, 6 in the box, Draw where Spiller got hit as he got the ball, the DE on Bell just ran past, Bell barely pushed him and the push was towards Spiller

 

3-14 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, Edwards run for 8yds, 4 man rush, Trent rolls out to the right at 2s, blocking was good until the rollout when he removed himself from his protection

 

FROM MIA 49

1-10 Shotgun, Spiller and Jackson backfield, Edwards to Jackson -1yd, Fake pitch to Spiller going left, Jackson goes to the flats on the right, Edwards dumps off over a blitzing CB, the LB who had coverage on Jackson made the tackle

 

2-11 Spiller and McIntyre in backfield, McIntyre motions left outside of Stupar, Edwards deep (~40yds) to Evans incomplete, ball out at 2.5s, 4 man rush no pressure, pass was a little long although Evans arm was held, Evans briefly complained to the ref

 

3-11 Shotgun, Jackson in the backfield, Edwards to Jackson 1yd, ball out at 2s, CB blitz wasn't picked up 3 others rushing, caught about 3yds behind LOS

 

FROM BUF 35

1-10 Lynch and McIntyre in backfield, Edwards to Evans 7ds, 5 man rush, ball out at 2.5s, Meridith (in for Bell) gets rushed upfield then beaten on an inside move

 

2-3 Wildcat, Jackson for the snap, Lynch in the backfield, Jackson run 7yds, 7 in the box, fake pitch to Lynch, the line made a small hole, Evans was supposed to make a block on the safety

 

1-10 Wildcat, Jackson for the snap, Lynch in the backfield, Jackson run 6yds, PENALTY HOLDING McIntyre

 

1-20 Shotgun, Lynch in backfield, Roscoe motions right, Edwards to Nelson incomplete, should have been an interception it was just dropped, 4 man rush, Lynch comes across the formation and cuts a DE (so our 5 lineman block the 3 others), ball was out at 2.5s, the DE was recovering in front of Edwards just as he threw

 

2-20 Shotgun, Lynch in backfield, Edwards to Nelson 31yds, PENALTY HOLDING Levitre

 

2-30 Spiller and McIntyre in the backfield, Spiller motions out right, Edwards throws it away, 4 man rush, pressure at 3s (actually came when Levitre moved to double the DE with Meredith and pushed the DE upfield of Meredith), throw away at 5.5s, Stupar and McIntyre both stayed in to block

 

3-30 Shotgun, Jackson in the backfield, Edwards to Nelson incomplete, originally ruled an interception but overturned by challenge, 4 man rush, ball out at 2s, no pressure, through Nelsons hands on his 4yd crossing route

 

FROM BUF 29

1-10 Spiller and McIntyre in backfield, Spiller run -1yd, Stupar gets beat on the right, the LB runs down the line forcing Spiller left, Safety comes up for the tackle, the hole was there if not for the LB, there was some dancing when he probably could have cut up for a no gain

END OF THIRD

 

Quarter 4

2-11 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, Edwards to Spiller -3yds, ball out at 2s, no pressure, bobbled by Spiller and the defense closed quick

 

3-14 Shotgun, Jackson and McIntyre in backfield, 4 man rush with a 1 man delayed blitz, pressure at 3s, the delayed blitz from the right was poorly picked up by Jackson, the blitz flushed Edwards backwards

 

FROM BUF 20 - NO HUDDLE DRIVE

1-10 Shotgun, empty backfield, Edwards to Nelson 9yds, 4 man rush, ball out at 2s, no pressure

 

2-1 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, Edwards to Evans 16yds, 4 man rush, ball out at 3s, no pressure

 

1-10 Shotgun, empty backfield, Edwards to Johnson 13yds, 4 man rush, ball out at 3s, no pressure

 

1-10 Shotgun, empty backfield, Edwards to Parrish 4yds, 4 man rush, ball out at 2s, no pressure but Green may have gotten away with a hold tackling his guy

 

TIMEOUT MIAMI

2-6 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, PENALTY FALSE START Green

 

2-11 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, Spiller motions right, Edwards run 4yds, 4 man rush, Edwards abandons pocket at 4s, no pressure until he left the pocket

 

3-7 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, Edwards to Evans 9yds, 8 in the box 6 rushed, ball out at 2s, no pressure, good catch by Evans

 

1-10 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, Edwards to Spiller 9yds, 4 man rush, ball out at 3s, only pressure was from Bells DE getting up who was taken down to the ground, Spiller caught the ball at the LOS and made a nice move past the LB

 

2-1 Shotgun, Spiller in backfield, Spiller run -1yd, Hangartner helped double the DT and didn't switch off fast enough to get the LB who ran through untouched, Spiller didn't help by stopping briefly when he got the ball instead of continuing right

 

3-2 Shotgun, Jackson in backfield, Edwards sacked -9yds, both Meredith and Green got pushed back into Edwards at 2s, when he tried to roll out he was dragged down

 

4-11 Shotgun, Jackson in backfield, Edwards to Parrish 31yds TOUCHDOWN, 3 man rush, ball out at 2s, no pressure, Parrish was just ignored by the defense

 

FROM BUF 1

1-10 Shotgun, Jackson in backfield, Edwards to Johnson incomplete, 5 man rush, ball out at 2s, pass was a little behind Johnson, they had a DT stunt and it wasn't picked up by Levitre, he got an arm on him and pushed him but he disrupted the play

 

2-10 Shotgun, empty backfield, Edwards to Evans incomplete, 4man rush, ball out at 3s, it was getting crowded around Edwards (everybody was blocked) but a step to his left and he had space, should have been a pick 6

 

3-10 Shotgun, empty backfield, Edwards to Johnson incomplete, 4 man rush 1 man delayed blitz, ball out at 2s, not being pressured but in another second the CB was coming unblocked on the delay, the pass wasn't even close to Johnson, way wide left

 

FROM BUF 20

1-10 Shotgun, Jackson in backfield, Edwards to Jackson incomplete, 4 man rush, pressure comes at 3s, rolls out right and throws to Jackson at 4s, should have been caught but was going to be tackled in bounds and not for many yards

 

2-10 Shotgun, Jackson in backfield, Edwards pass batted at line, 4 man rush, ball out at 3s, pressure at 2.5s, LB got around Bell and Edwards stepped up to avoid the sack (one hand was on him), Levitre was starting to get backed up, when Edwards went to throw the DT just put up his arm

 

3-10 Shotgun, empty backfield, 4 man rush, Edwards abandons pocket at 3s, Wood was getting beat and got away with a hold, Edwards rolled out around Green so the DE could turn around and chase him, threw the ball backwards over his head out of bounds

 

4-10 PENALTY DELAY OF GAME

 

4-15 Shotgun, Jackson in backfield, Edwards to Nelson 10yds, 3 man rush, ball out at 3s, no pressure, Nelson was between the right hash marker and out of bounds, caught it at 5s but there were two guys next to him when he caught it

[Nasty]

Don't blame it all on the QB and Line. Although they didn't play up to par but the play calling by Gaily sucked also. I thought we were suppose to be a run first team and the first three plays of the game were passes. I would have been more happy if we ran three times and were out instead of pass. The team is young and inexperienced and probably a little jittery, I just wish they would have ran more. Also on a 3rd and 2 inside your own 15 and you run a play out of the shotgun with an empty backfield. Sorry play call. Take your chances and run off guard or something. JMO.

[timba]

Don't blame it all on the QB and Line. Although they didn't play up to par but the play calling by Gaily sucked also. I thought we were suppose to be a run first team and the first three plays of the game were passes. I would have been more happy if we ran three times and were out instead of pass. The team is young and inexperienced and probably a little jittery, I just wish they would have ran more. Also on a 3rd and 2 inside your own 15 and you run a play out of the shotgun with an empty backfield. Sorry play call. Take your chances and run off guard or something. JMO.

 

There were definitely untimely penalties as well. In one drive there was a first down holding penalty on a good run by Freddy. Two plays later another holding penalty negating a 31 yard pass to Nelson. It turned into a 3rd and 30 situation. That kind of stuff just kills momentum.