KellyToughII Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 McDermott has his old team coming up, I believe he held back anything fancy, blitzes, exotic looks etc, until this week. And or will have Frasier slowly work them in. McD knew the offense he was facing from the Jets wasn't that good, so he went as vanilla as possible. I feel what we saw is something we havent been able to see in a very long time in Buffalo. They just let players play within the system, but be themselfs. Don't make stupid mistakes, take care of your own assignment, be in the right place and tackle well. It worked. If this is true, then we should be VERY excited about the defense if they can play that solid without a very in dept game plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloHokie13 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Both sides went very vanilla once the game was in hand. We even got a couple doses of run, run incomplete just like the old days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan60 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 McDermott has his old team coming up, I believe he held back anything fancy, blitzes, exotic looks etc, until this week. And or will have Frasier slowly work them in. McD knew the offense he was facing from the Jets wasn't that good, so he went as vanilla as possible. I feel what we saw is something we havent been able to see in a very long time in Buffalo. They just let players play within the system, but be themselfs. Don't make stupid mistakes, take care of your own assignment, be in the right place and tackle well. It worked. If this is true, then we should be VERY excited about the defense if they can play that solid without a very in dept game plan. The really pleasant surprise was the defensive backfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rc2catch Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 The really pleasant surprise was the defensive backfield.I would agree.. I was like Poyer who?? All off-season long. Then yesterday the guy looked like an all pro hustling all over the field making plays. Without a great pass rush I thought the secondary did pretty good. Allowed a ton of dink and dunk passes but eh I didn't expect complete domination. I was impressed with those guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottebillsfan2 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 I hope they change it up every week based on who we are playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 McDermott has his old team coming up, I believe he held back anything fancy, blitzes, exotic looks etc, until this week. And or will have Frasier slowly work them in. McD knew the offense he was facing from the Jets wasn't that good, so he went as vanilla as possible. I feel what we saw is something we havent been able to see in a very long time in Buffalo. They just let players play within the system, but be themselfs. Don't make stupid mistakes, take care of your own assignment, be in the right place and tackle well. It worked. If this is true, then we should be VERY excited about the defense if they can play that solid without a very in dept game plan. So he risked losing a game to not give teams a look at his defense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Arnold Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 So he risked losing a game to not give teams a look at his defense? Yeah I don't buy it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blokestradamus Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Not sure that I'd call zone blitzing, TEX stunts and our own version of the NASCAR package as bland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Not buying that at all. That D is what we're going to get all year. Rush 4, play zone. Very simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Frog Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 I think what you're gonna see at Carolina is less of Dareus until he gets back into shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyToughII Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 I think what you're gonna see at Carolina is less of Dareus until he gets back into shape.you mean actually try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 I think what you're gonna see at Carolina is less of Dareus until he gets back into shape. and that will never happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusher Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 This is just simply guessing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy10 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 It's probably fair to say a rookie head coach didn't empty his entire bag of tricks in his first game. At the very least, gameplanning for $cam Newton is going to be a lot different, so I think it's reasonable to expect a few different looks next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 I tend to agree with the OP. The better coaches in the league draw up different plays depending on the opponent. The lack of adapting to the opponent has been a significant issue with recent Bills coaches. It'll be interesting to see if McDermott is different. You're not going to use yesterday's defense to adequately defend Cam Newton next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 There was no need to do any special game planning for any player on the NYJ offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloHokie13 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 There was no need to do any special game planning for any player on the NYJ offense. They gameplanned to stop the run, and did it quite successfully imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_In_NH Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 My only complaint is lack of pass rush by the front 4. And it is not as much a complaint as it is a surprise...I believe in time they will show their abilities. But can we really complain when they give up 212 yards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 They gameplanned to stop the run, and did it quite successfully imo. Absolutely. They knew McCown and the NYJ receiving corps didn't have the ability to burn them. My only complaint is lack of pass rush by the front 4. And it is not as much a complaint as it is a surprise...I believe in time they will show their abilities. But can we really complain when they give up 212 yards? Lots of three step drops with quick throws to get the ball out of McCowns hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Bills Blue Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 We played disciplined, and either the middle of the field or the flats were open. We knew they wouldn't go deep so we basically just kept everything in front and tried to time pass breakups, and tackle well. We didn't blitz much because we knew the ball would be coming out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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