Coach55 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 After watching two games now, I am starting to believe that removing Jim Schwartz as defensive coordinator is going to be a major mistake. Overall, I think this team under Ryan is going to be a better team than last year. But signs in the first 2 games is showing that the Bills defense is going to be worse. As much as I am disappointed in the performance of the defense against New England, I am actually more nervous about the Indy game. New England blew us out, yes, and Brady scorched our secondary, however Belichick couldn't have tailored a better gameplan to completely neutralize our D-Line. Credit has to be given. The bigger concern I have relates to week 1. Yes we won and yes we held Indy to under 300 yards of offense. However, Ryan consistently sent 6-7 guys and left our corners in tight man coverage (who performed admirably I must say). Even late in the game, Ryan continued to dial up the blitzes. Yesterday, he tried the same and for the most part Brady was releasing the ball in under 2 seconds, not giving the rush a chance to materialize. This type of consistent blitzing is flashy and fun to watch when it works, but when it doesn't we are going to be massive susceptible to big plays. Last year, Schwartz created a defense that created massive turnovers and a phenomenal pass rush by only rushing 4 and dropping 7 into coverage. When you have 7 guys in coverage, the QBs have to take that additional second to make a decision, thus that is why we had all of the sacks as well as the turnovers. I hope that I am wrong and that Ryan's defense proves superior, but I really think we are going to see a dropoff in interceptions, sacks and an increase of 20+ yard plays against when all is said and done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GunnerBill Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 I loved the 2014 defense and I loved the job Jim Schwartz did with them. I think he is generally underrated on this board. I want to love the 2015 defense too.... but at the moment we are just friends who flirt... and after last night I have not even returned her text. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Cubed Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Oh how quickly people forget. October 12, 2014 Week Six: New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills – Game summary T.Brady 27-37, 361 yards, 4 TDs, 139.6 Qb rating And the Pats didn't punt in the 2nd half of that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 (edited) Didn't Brady throw for 350+, 4 TDs and put up 37 points in his only game against the 2014 defense? p.s. beat me to it, Wayne! Edited September 21, 2015 by KD in CT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 I don't forget - nor do I think that it is beyond the realm of possibility that Brady is just so good he could beat whatever we throw at him.... but I hated the game plan and the scheme yesterday. Hopefully our defense the rest of the way soon has me loving it but man I hated yesterday, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjjr Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Oh how quickly people forget. October 12, 2014 Week Six: New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills – Game summary T.Brady 27-37, 361 yards, 4 TDs, 139.6 Qb rating And the Pats didn't punt in the 2nd half of that game. This game was close at half but the Pats took off after a big play to Tyms for the TD over Gilmore. The D was there all day though. Much better than yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 you guys do realize we just played the 2 best offenses in the AFC right? after that the rest of our schedule is going to be a cake walk in comparison. expect our defense to start putting up some dominating numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Cubed Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 This game was close at half but the Pats took off after a big play to Tyms for the TD over Gilmore. The D was there all day though. Much better than yesterday. Was there all day? They didn't force the Pats to punt at all in the 2nd half. They got figured out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach55 Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 you guys do realize we just played the 2 best offenses in the AFC right? after that the rest of our schedule is going to be a cake walk in comparison. expect our defense to start putting up some dominating numbers I hope you are right. Just a little worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 What difference does it make. Ryan is here and Schwartz is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VirginiaMike Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Way to early to be judging the 2015 defense. They have faced two of the top 3 or 4 QBs in the AFC in weeks one and two. Week 1 they won against Mr Luck, Week 2 they were cut up by Mr Brady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach55 Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 Alright - chalk up another loss to our inept defense. Manuel was no prize, but our lack of pass rush and inability to stop a 3rd down is getting ridiculous. We went from a premier defense under Schwartz to one that is average at best... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloHokie13 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 In general this year our defenders seem to be in a position to make plays pretty often, but we have been plagued with poor tackling. They also seem to be a bit slower, but I believe that is a byproduct of them learning a new system and thinking, which will go down and improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) Schematically we are not creating any pressure on the QB. The defense almost seems to be vanilla at times. No exotic blitz packages like everyone expected or anything like that. We had a lot of sacks under Pettine and even more under Schwartz. This year? Not so much. I think we have a team total of 9 through 6 games. We have a secondary that can hold up imo so we need to cut these guys loose. Not sure what Rex is trying to accomplish here, but guys who weren't as highly touted as Rex have shown better with basically the same players. Edited October 19, 2015 by H2o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland Rocks? Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) From the outside I didn't think the Bills defense that year was all that good. I must be in the minority. I don't know about the stats but they didn't seem to make the plays to win the games they needed to win. KC, and Miami I think were big games for playoff contention and gave up huge 3rd downs and backbreaking TDs. Edited October 19, 2015 by Cleveland Rocks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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