Mark80 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Everyone knows that the NFL has turned into a pass happy, high scoring league. With that being said, it would make sense that most teams are building defenses to stop this type of offense, right? That is, defenses built on speed and pass rushing. As a smaller market team with potential weather issues at the end of the season, would it make sense to build our team differently? What if we tried to model a team off of the early 2000s Bucs and Ravens? Try to build the nastiest defense in the league and then have a ball control running offense. Low turnovers, low mistakes, clock control, field position. If other teams in the league are trying to stop high scoring passing offenses they should be vulnerable to this type of offensive philosophy. Fitz would certainly be a serviceable QB here. We would really only need to beef up the O-Line some and we could really use a lot of our current team (offense) to do it. Go all D in the draft for the next couple years and maybe a couple/few FA acquisitions. Wouldn't this be our best shot at really competing (at least until we find that top 5 in the league franchise QB type)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOBILLS78 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 What if we tried to model a team off of the early 2000s Bucs and Ravens? Try to build the nastiest defense in the league and then have a ball control running offense. Low turnovers, low mistakes, clock control, field position. Sure. You'll need a new coach or three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjmac Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 (edited) Everyone knows that the NFL has turned into a pass happy, high scoring league. With that being said, it would make sense that most teams are building defenses to stop this type of offense, right? That is, defenses built on speed and pass rushing. As a smaller market team with potential weather issues at the end of the season, would it make sense to build our team differently? What if we tried to model a team off of the early 2000s Bucs and Ravens? Try to build the nastiest defense in the league and then have a ball control running offense. Low turnovers, low mistakes, clock control, field position. If other teams in the league are trying to stop high scoring passing offenses they should be vulnerable to this type of offensive philosophy. Fitz would certainly be a serviceable QB here. We would really only need to beef up the O-Line some and we could really use a lot of our current team (offense) to do it. Go all D in the draft for the next couple years and maybe a couple/few FA acquisitions. Wouldn't this be our best shot at really competing (at least until we find that top 5 in the league franchise QB type)? If we were really able to build that kind of offense and defense, we would not need that top 5 in the league franchise QB. Trent Dilfer won a Super Bowl. Edited December 19, 2011 by jjmac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSJayDee Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I think one problem w/ that approach is that it plays to Fitz's weaknesses rather than strength. He's a QB that good at short, quick decision passes, a la West Coast style offense (I saw the term "Wet Toast" coined a few yrs ago to describe our putrid attempt at adopting it). Whereas it's symbiotic to compliment that "3 yards & a cloud of dust" style offense w/ a down field passing attack, something that he has shown to be a definite weakness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sllib olaffub Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I would applaud any attempt made by this franchise to be great at any style of football - and, it would be nice to see a real commitment to a vision, to mold a team that can be successful - and put it together. But, there is a very real window with molding a team, and it isn't only necessitated by a coach/GM having to prove themselves. You have to manage a salary cap - so, you have to identify key players that FIT A TYPE/MOLD and put the team together around them in 3-5 years, because, with a team like ours especially, we lose free agents and we rely on rookies and 2nd year players to replace them. So, two things we haven't done to make that happen: Identify a winning style, and draft for it well; and, bring in F.A.'s at the right time to fuse a championship team for a few years. As it is now - Gailey and Nix have one or two years left to show what they had in mind. After seeing this year, I would love to see a running game in Buffalo as opposed to this mess of a imitation Patriot offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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