PDaDdy Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 In order of priority 1) Health 2) Health 3) Health 4) Defense that doesn't give up 27.1 pts a week 5) Health 6) Starting LT 7) Health 8) Starting #2 WR 9) Health 10)Health Yep....that about covers it. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campy Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 A lot of you guys bring up a lot of very good points. I'm surpirsed that, while some people mentioned diferent aspects of the Defense, that I'm the only person concerned with the Run D. If this team is to go anywhere, they can't keep getting shredded on the ground... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDaDdy Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 (edited) A lot of you guys bring up a lot of very good points. I'm surpirsed that, while some people mentioned diferent aspects of the Defense, that I'm the only person concerned with the Run D. If this team is to go anywhere, they can't keep getting shredded on the ground... GREAT point. The 4-3 scheme, the additional talent and hopefully health SHOULD help the run defense. A little expected help at OLB can't hurt either. Nobody brings up run defense because all anyone cares about anymore is the QB and recently "getting" to the QB on defense. Many have gone all in on the savior messiah concept that your team is absolutely worthless unless you have a mythical creature called an elite QB. Nobody can define or quantify what one is but EVERYONE knows what one looks like. I laugh to no end on that one. This is exactly why the "elite", "franchise" QB argument can never ever ever be resolved. If you can't define it statistically it is ONLY A MATTER OF OPINION. You know what they say about opinions? Just like you know what everybody has one and their all full of you know what. Teams still run the ball and we may see an increase in running sometime in the future. Yes the NFL has made it harder for DBs and they allow some QBs to wear dresses and want to keep them upright, clean and pretty. Football constantly evolves and is cyclical like fashion. As soon as colleges start cranking out enough pass rushers and teams load up on lighter faster guys that go after the QB some genius will remember that running the ball and playing good defense used to win championships. Then you will have teams scrambling to get huge O-line guys that can blow 235 -280lb pass rushers off the line and they will hit you with a 1-2 RB punch from hell. Others will follow and all of a sudden we are back to "running the ball and playing good defense wins championships". Believe me I know that passing is more than just a fad but the pendulum has nearly swung about as far as it can go imo. Unless colleges start producing these undefinable "elite" QB like they were printing their own money teams will realize that there are only an incredibly small handful of them that actually exist. There aren't more than 5 teams that have one and it's certainly not possible for half or even all 32. It might be 2 - 10 years but coaches will get back to running the ball more. It't easier to put together a mauling line and get a few RBs than it is to wait for the chosen one to arrive to lead your team to the promised land. Edited March 30, 2012 by PDaDdy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Direhard Fan Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Chan can run a great offense week after week if he has more than 9 players. Thats why we were so perdictable. Fitz has only had 1 full season as a starter and no camp last year. Wannie sat and watched for a whole year so he knows what we had and what we needed. We have acquired some depth and need more but what team doesn't. So this all means IF------ WE STAY Healthy we should be ok. I expect a great year for the Bills. Feed em beer and pretzels and they will be fine. Hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsWatch Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 My concern is special teams; since the new rules were implemented our special teams have not been difference makers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 the Run D. If this team is to go anywhere, they can't keep getting shredded on the ground... I suspect Dave W has a plan for this. My main concerns are health and WRs and LBs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOKBILLS Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 My biggest concern is Fitz...And there is no close 2nd as far as I'm concerned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 For everyone worried about our backup QB-- Did Thigpen even play a down last season? I don't think so. I remember the guy playing pretty well in KC when he worked for Gailey. I keep hearing he played well for Gailey in KC. When I look up the record, he was 1-10 (not all the QB fault, granted) with <55% completions, 6.2 yds per attempt, and QBR 72. People rag on Fitz as horrid all the time for much better stats. How do you define "pretty well"? Thigpen played briefly in 3 games last season, the win against KC, and losses against MIA and KC. He was 3 of 8 for 19 yds and 1 INT. I, for one, am not worried at all about our offensive strategy. We relied on these slants because that is the talent we were dealing with. I'll give it to you that sometimes Gailey abandoned the run too early, but I'm pretty high on our O strategy. Well, I hope you're right. I guess I kind of see it differently, and I hope I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rstencel Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 A lot of you guys bring up a lot of very good points. I'm surpirsed that, while some people mentioned diferent aspects of the Defense, that I'm the only person concerned with the Run D. If this team is to go anywhere, they can't keep getting shredded on the ground... Switching back to 4-3 should significantly help run defense. We have 2 legitimate DT's that can clog up the middle, and some descent backups too. Yes the ends are rush specialists, but Williams isnt bad against the run either. With 2 dt's that are this distruptive, that frees up the MLB to roam free, and our run defense will be fine as long as Kelvin Sheppard plays respectable against the run, feel that we will be fine this year. With Dareus at DE was easy to wall him off to run inside, and our lb's were easy pickings once Willaims was hurt, but with him on inside, and Williams hopefully healthy again, and playing a much more natural position for him, dont really have too much of worry against the inside run game this year. The other olb spot i do have concerns with, and I am very hopefull they will address this in the draft or we may be weak on the off tackly and pitch run plays. Short passing game, slants, and TE's are my concern on defense. See allot of mid/short passes if we dont get one more olb with pass defense skills. Yes we resigned Scott, but he mainly plays on passing plays as LB, and think we more help on first and run downs for teams using short pass as running game. My biggest concern is Fitz...And there is no close 2nd as far as I'm concerned... Well he didnt really have an offseason to learn the passing game, and has a rep as slow learner of offenses anyway. But other than allot of passing yards he really hasnt shown much as a starter. If he has full offseason to learn the offense and get comfortable with the other players think hell be ok as fill in, but if Fitz goes down wouldnt want him to be starter for more than game or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThurmasThoman Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 Many have gone all in on the savior messiah concept that your team is absolutely worthless unless you have a mythical creature called an elite QB. Nobody can define or quantify what one is but EVERYONE knows what one looks like. I laugh to no end on that one. This is exactly why the "elite", "franchise" QB argument can never ever ever be resolved. If you can't define it statistically it is ONLY A MATTER OF OPINION. You know what they say about opinions? Just like you know what everybody has one and their all full of you know what. Teams still run the ball and we may see an increase in running sometime in the future. giants 32nd running attack in the league last year with a qb that had "m-a-n-n-i-n-g" stitched on the back of his shirt. thats how i would define that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 A lot of you guys bring up a lot of very good points. I'm surpirsed that, while some people mentioned diferent aspects of the Defense, that I'm the only person concerned with the Run D. If this team is to go anywhere, they can't keep getting shredded on the ground... A DL that is getting strong pressure keeps the OL from opening gaps and can often tackle the runner for a loss. If they just keep the OL off the LB it enables better run D from the LB. Great LB and DB without a strong line too often mean tackles after a run of 3-4 yds. 3 downs and that moves the chains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbills315 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 my biggest concerns are players coming back from injures and players getting injured because they destroy us every year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Fong Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 I'd say QB and LT are my biggest worries. As far as you concern that the Bills have become a perennial 10-6 or 11-5 team, I'm actually good with that. After the past decade I'm just hoping the Bills can return to winning more than they lose. Of course a championship would be nice, but I just want a return to the playoffs first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcali Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 - Starting LT - #2 WR - Two of the 3 LB positions with Barnett being the exception - Backup QB - OL depth - The ability of Kyle Williams and Eric Wood to play 16 games in 2012 ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloFan68 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 IMO our biggest needs were DE & OLB however with the changes made so far those have changed. I would now say, 1) LT. 2) depth at OLB. & 3) depth at QB or just QB then Depth at DE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missthe kgun Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Last season the D gave up 4.8 yards per rush. Pass-rushing DEs probably aren't the solution, but hopefully a healthy Kyle Williams will help. Last season we ran a 3-4 without the personnel..and GE was not a good D-Coordinator Go Bills!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bananathumb Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 well, we now seem have the updated version of Bruce Smith, but still lack the updated versions of Bennett, Reed, Lofton and most obviously KELLY. What can you win with Ryan F? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 I keep hearing he played well for Gailey in KC. When I look up the record, he was 1-10 (not all the QB fault, granted) with <55% completions, 6.2 yds per attempt, and QBR 72. People rag on Fitz as horrid all the time for much better stats. How do you define "pretty well"? Thigpen played briefly in 3 games last season, the win against KC, and losses against MIA and KC. He was 3 of 8 for 19 yds and 1 INT. Well, I hope you're right. I guess I kind of see it differently, and I hope I'm wrong. I think you're right, Hopeful, on several points.. I think Fitz is a bright QB but he has his physical limitations. People making the argument that "he didn't have time to learn the offense" disregard the fact that he was running this offense the season before. Gailey evidenced little innovation or genius last year with his play calling. When your circumstances change (injuries), your game plan has to change. His didn't. I don't see him as a very clever OC---or a guy who "fits his plan to the players he has" as some on this board endlessly repeat. Thigpen's performance is what it is. Even Gailey didn't want to put him in games this year, even when Fitz was struggling and hurting, even when we were out of it after losing 7 games in a row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 My biggest concern is the wine selection in the Paul McGuire Club - I like to enjoy a nice glass of red with my... 19 and 0 baby!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdand12 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 i have no serious concerns. I do have a worry though and it's been mentioned already, that Chan does not show flexibility this year. I was aghast(yep it's a word) that we kept throwing and throwing and throwing after it was obvious we should be running slipper and Choice. If he does not use Fred and Cj to their potential i will not happy. Because we will have a defense that can get off the field i see no reason to not flip open up the play book this year. I am worried Chan is not as smart as i want him to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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