26TrapDraw Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 (edited) Ok. We know that Tom Terrific gets rattled under pressure. Since New Englands Defense sux monkey nuts there are two ways to approach this pre playoff playoff game. 1) We need to hang points early and often on this suspect pass defense.and 2) SHAWNE MERRIMAN WHERE ARE YOU!?!?! Seriously, mind showing up to the stadium and doing something!?! With a decent pass rush and pressure from the usual cast ( KW,Dareus, and i cant believe i'm sayin it Kelsey) we might just pressure brady into a few costly mistakes. The giants proved in the super bowl if you rattle little Tommy's cage, he might get huffy and red. At least thats my take...your thoughts? Edited September 22, 2011 by LVBillsBackr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan-4-Ever Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 the same way Kelesy doesn't show up, or Mcgee doesn't show up, or the Poz didn't show up. TEAM. and so far the team on D has done pretty good against the run and OK like every othre team against the pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/135386-merriman-injured-his-arm-during-intros-sunday/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Ok. We know that Tom Terrific gets rattled under pressure. Since New Englands Defense sux monkey nuts there are two ways to approach this pre playoff playoff game. 1) We need to hang points early and often on this suspect pass defense.and 2) SHAWNE MERRIMAN WHERE ARE YOU!?!?! Seriously, mind showing up to the stadium and doing something!?! With a decent pass rush and pressure from the usual cast ( KW,Dareus, and i cant believe i'm sayin it Kelsey) we might just pressure brady into a few costly mistakes. The giants proved in the super bowl if you rattle little Tommy's cage, he might get huffy and red. At least thats my take...your thoughts? From what I've seen, in the first two games Merriman was asked to play with a hand on the ground and has been consistently drawing double and sometimes triple teams. This is "showing up". Showing up not.equal.to 5 sacks. He is a big reason we've been seeing Kelsay in the backfield IMO. My thoughts are with the others who point out blitzing plays into Brady's hands. He does the quick-release slant to Welker or Gronkowski and it's dice-o-matic time. Need to pressure AND cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Hansen Forever Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Lights out, appears to be more like "lights on, nobody home". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 This is "showing up". Showing up not.equal.to 5 sacks. He is a big reason we've been seeing Kelsay in the backfield IMO. He draws all the double teams and opens up the rushing lanes for Kelsay. Like a decoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 He draws all the double teams and opens up the rushing lanes for Kelsay. Like a decoy. So you're saying that Merriman is the Lee Evans of our defense? GO BILLS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickedface Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 he does open things up for kelsay i don't get why we aren't seeing tons of pressure from merriman. maybe the pats* will forget about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin' Rob Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 (edited) My first thought when reading the title of this post was 'sure, all of the peeps who have started 700 other threads on topic, where have you been?' Upon reading the post i say 'sure, and this thought has been expressed only 300 times.' It seems to me as it does several others, Merriman has been asked to do something other than pressure the qb. I believe the Bills were happy to let Cassel and Campbell beat us. The latter almost backfired. The game plan against the Pats should be much different since they don't run too often. The secondary is a MAJOR concern for this game...we will see how it goes. Edited September 22, 2011 by RichmondRob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Please see any of the million posts covering that we have been playing a Run Stopping scheme for the past 2 weeks. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homey D. Clown Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Please see any of the million posts covering that we have been playing a Run Stopping scheme for the past 2 weeks. Thanks! Thank you. and if you watch the game to look specifically for him, he has drawn quite a bit of double teams on the outside, and has been effective in that respect, along with only playing 39 of a possible 63 defensive plays, I'd say has has been a factor, not lights out game changing, but I am happy he plays for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHFO Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 He didn't? where has he been and what has he been doing? and the bigger question is who has been wearing #56 out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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