Rubes Posted September 8, 2015 Author Share Posted September 8, 2015 Man, I want this defense to be lights out. But the Colts have so many weapons, I see this being a real tough one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubes Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 Kind of funny in retrospect. Not funny "ha ha", though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Anyone responding to this thread with a concern that Rex's "system" won't fit our players as well as Schwartz's just hasn't done his research. eball.......if there was a league for prediction makers.........you might be drafting number one overall this spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobobonators Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Kind of funny in retrospect. Not funny "ha ha", though. Haha..not funny at all. I saw my post on there and I definitely expected a decrease in sacks; didn't anticipate such a drastic drop off though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsguy Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Offense will be better, defense will be worse. Regression to the mean. Thanks for digging up this old post. I wish people took more ownership of the things that say and write. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Offense will be better, defense will be worse. Regression to the mean. Winner. Don't overthink the answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QCity Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Anyone responding to this thread with a concern that Rex's "system" won't fit our players as well as Schwartz's just hasn't done his research. I think your research methodology needs an overhaul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Rex is a hack who will force his scheme on our players, some players will immediately become jaded and eventually quit on him if we aren't winning/performing, and we'll end up dismantling this defense. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 eball.......if there was a league for prediction makers.........you might be drafting number one overall this spring That was a bad one, I concede. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 (edited) Like many, I was excited when they brought Rex in as HC, since that meant we'd very likely continue with the trend the last couple of years of outstanding defense, and perhaps even get better. Although the defense will be similar to what we had with Pettine, that defense had some definite weaknesses. Last year's defense with Schwartz was solid, but Rex's system is a bit different, putting more pressure on the DBs, so the results may not be the same. There's a lot of talk from the Bills that they are expecting great things from this defense, and they expect to be #1 overall. On the cusp of the season, I'm interested to hear if people think we'll actually improve compared to last year, or not. Obviously there are many different measures that could be used, but taking all of those measures into account, what is your sense of how the defense will perform this year? Personally, I expect some really good things, but I'm worried about our CBs not holding up in this system. I think the first quarter of the season may be less than stellar for the defense, but with improvement as the year goes on. I'm sure it's the cynic in me, and I don't have a lot of solid evidence to base this on, but I'm not really expecting a top 5 defense this year. I think they could be...but my concern about our DBs in general makes me doubt it. They are going to need to make changes to the roster. If they add the right pieces, they have a shot to improve.... If they just draft a few dbs in the late round and don't do anything about the d line and linebacker situation except let Mario walk, expect bottom 10. Edited January 8, 2016 by over 20 years of fanhood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maury Ballstein Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Way to pat yourself on the back, but you called it. I was slightly concerned about it before the season but thought it would be similar to Pettines defense. I was wrong. No he didn't. He edited that old post. Think he's just messing w you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 eball.......if there was a league for prediction makers.........you might be drafting number one overall this spring Alas and alack that it be so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsguy Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Anyone responding to this thread with a concern that Rex's "system" won't fit our players as well as Schwartz's just hasn't done his research. This one belongs in the TBD Hall of Fame! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I know you guys are having fun piling on and all, but I think what we learned isn't that the players don't necessarily fit Rex's system -- it's that some of them didn't want to. In any event, I'm just as surprised as anyone that the defense turned out the way it did. Carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjjr Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Better with more personnel that fits system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 has to be better #1- former rex player Jason Taylor said Rex's D is the most complicated and difficult to master he ever played in. time will improve this. #2- we had the worst LB"s in the league. nowhere to go but up. #3- Mario checked out along time ago. whoever is there will be better. #4- will probably add a true NT (with dareus & kyle as DE's in the 3-4). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpleman Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Thanks for digging this up, a whole lot of crow to eat here, LOL! I loved the comment about Rex being a genius about defense. Love to hear some specific incidents of on the field brilliant play calls or in game decisions that have showed Rex's "genius" ; outside of lots of bravado and talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 #4- will probably add a true NT (with dareus & kyle as DE's in the 3-4).Kyle Williams at DE? The man is listed at 6'1". I don't think so. Jmo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkington Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Rex is a hack who will force his scheme on our players, some players will immediately become jaded and eventually quit on him if we aren't winning/performing, and we'll end up dismantling this defense. Edited by FireChan, Yesterday, 09:41 PM. I didn't make a prediction in this thread. But if I would have, I would have guessed that Rex's D would be roughly about as good as Schwartz's, so I admit to being fully and completely wrong about my expectations for the defense heading into the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Kyle Williams at DE? The man is listed at 6'1". I don't think so. Jmo. Sheldon Richardson, Muhammed Wilkerson and Leonard Williams are all DT's playing DE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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