Frostbelt City Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 (edited) Cordy Glenn was owned the first play of the game by Orakpo. Buffalos offense went 4 and 5 wide every play for the first quarter (almost half). Fitz didn't look too good - throws were weak and some overthrown. Had one missle to Chandler for about 20-25 yards in stride - catched looked great. We had 2 TDs called back - defensive fumble return by George Wilson and a TD pass to Stevie. Ron Brooks looked really good. Aaron Williams missed the easiest tackle ever. The D-line was incredible for the first 2 defensive series but after got lit. I have no idea what they are doing at St. John Fisher but I hope everything was incredibly vanilla today... Oh and TJ Graham is fast as hell... definitely looks like a bigger Roscoe! Edited August 10, 2012 by Frostbelt City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterpan Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Last year I thought this team fell apart when Gailey abandonded the run. Fitz is average and gets worse when asked to carry the team. Going 4 and 5 wides kinda points in a pass happy direcection even if it is preseason. It is not a good sign of a producing offense IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Last year I thought this team fell apart when Gailey abandonded the run. Fitz is average and gets worse when asked to carry the team. Going 4 and 5 wides kinda points in a pass happy direcection even if it is preseason. It is not a good sign of a producing offense IMO. Maybe they are still afraid to let the RBs take hits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marauderswr80 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 What did the DL do? I didnt see much until the end and they were not even trying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostbelt City Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Oh and Donald Jones was wide open on a few plays. Friggin linebackers were covering Jones and he was open for almost every play. I like Jones in the slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 (edited) Last year I thought this team fell apart when Gailey abandonded the run. Fitz is average and gets worse when asked to carry the team. Going 4 and 5 wides kinda points in a pass happy direcection even if it is preseason. It is not a good sign of a producing offense IMO. The first quarter of the first preseason game isn't a sign of anything - direction of the offense, producing offense, impending apocalypse Guessing: Chan wanted to see how the WR run their timing routes against more contact, and DBs that don't know the playbook. "Look like they need ketsup" seems to be the answer. Edited August 10, 2012 by Hopeful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 (edited) Last year I thought this team fell apart when Gailey abandonded the run. Fitz is average and gets worse when asked to carry the team. Going 4 and 5 wides kinda points in a pass happy direcection even if it is preseason. It is not a good sign of a producing offense IMO. Remember - writing even if it's preseason is like half a step removed from even if it was pick up basketball I didn't like how the team looked. You really have no idea what the goals were tonight. I do not expect 100% passing from our first team. Edited August 10, 2012 by NoSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRebound Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 WR's are the achilles heel of this team. Besides Johnson, no one is a threat to the defense. A bunch of guys who would be 4th and 5th WR's on other teams. Graham looks promising but can't rely on a rookie WR. What is the point of going 5 wide when 4 of the WR's can be singled covered and you can blitz the crap out of Fitz with an empty back-field? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billshank Redemption Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Glenn got owned on the first play but he seemed to get better with every play to me, I actually was pretty confident in what I saw, especially considering that Mike Adams let up 2.5 sacks in 9 plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 WR's are the achilles heel of this team. Besides Johnson, no one is a threat to the defense. A bunch of guys who would be 4th and 5th WR's on other teams. Graham looks promising but can't rely on a rookie WR. What is the point of going 5 wide when 4 of the WR's can be singled covered and you can blitz the crap out of Fitz with an empty back-field? I didn't understand what the purpose was of tonight's offensive gameplan. Going 5-wide & 4-wide and not a single running play? I guess preseason is when you do these things. I'm not that concerned about the offensive playcalling tonight, but the WR corps really needs to step up. David Nelson was missed tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglukes Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 (edited) WR's are the achilles heel of this team. Besides Johnson, no one is a threat to the defense. A bunch of guys who would be 4th and 5th WR's on other teams. Graham looks promising but can't rely on a rookie WR. What is the point of going 5 wide when 4 of the WR's can be singled covered and you can blitz the crap out of Fitz with an empty back-field? It's almost impossible to cover 5 receivers and blitz the crap out of the QB at the same time. The only way to do it is if 2 corners or the 2 safeties blitz and even then it's only a 5 man rush. I know we're all in panic mode already but try and keep the exaggeration down a little. Edited August 10, 2012 by biglukes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missthe kgun Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I am not in panic mode at all??? You guys are funny around here. Go Bills!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Long Beach Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I didn't understand what the purpose was of tonight's offensive gameplan. Going 5-wide & 4-wide and not a single running play? I guess preseason is when you do these things. I'm not that concerned about the offensive playcalling tonight, but the WR corps really needs to step up. David Nelson was missed tonight. Guess they're not worried about our running game. I think they really wanted to see which of the receivers could play well in game situations. Who could handle the bumps & hits from DBs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiebills Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 To be honest i cant wait until the minnesota game cause i want to get that game out of my mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefenseWinzChampionshipz Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I refuse to leave any feedback until I see the game for myself at 4pm on NFL Network... But as a "vanilla" comment, I'm not happy at this point... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syhuang Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Last year I thought this team fell apart when Gailey abandonded the run. Fitz is average and gets worse when asked to carry the team. Going 4 and 5 wides kinda points in a pass happy direcection even if it is preseason. It is not a good sign of a producing offense IMO. Tell that to Ryan Mathews after he got hit in his first run of the first PRESEASON game: https://twitter.com/UTgehlken/statuses/233767137548832768 Ryan Mathews suffered broken clavicle. Out 4 to 6 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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