Why I think the D will be dominant

[John from Riverside]

So I just wanna point out

 

The jags had a dominant D and a QB they had to hide the majority of the year.....

 

They did ok

 

We really dont know how certain players are going to work out....

 

What if Brandon Reilly was a stash player that the bills were high on who comes out and becomes the new 7-11?

 

What if OG Teller (who is a talented player) comes out and just bumps one of these Guards right to the side line

 

Running back stable looks good

 

Here is a what if for you.....what if AJ McCarron actually comes out and shows something (he was stashed behind a entrenched number 1) allowing us to let Josh Allen hold a clip board for a while and work on his fundamentals.

[The Red King]

8 minutes ago, 3rdand12 said:

slow down the run and ya got something

that is no place to hang a hat.

 dumb luck got us there.

 Now i was as super delighted the curse was broken as anyone !
But still a ton of work to be done to steady the ship

 

And here I thought hard work, tough defensive play and making just enough plays got us to nine wins.  Silly me, the playoff fairy decended from above and waved her wand, turning a 2-14 team into a playoff team.  Always vexes me how people handwave away the Bills hard work and effort last season, attributing everything to pure luck.  Buffalo put themselves in a position to take advantage.  That wasn't luck.  That was Baltimore making a mistake that showed they were not a playoff team.  The same kind of boneheaded plays the Bills have made in past seasons.

 

That D was good enough for nine wins, and this D looks to be better, so I stand by my prior statement.

[3rdand12]

5 minutes ago, The Red King said:

 

And here I thought hard work, tough defensive play and making just enough plays got us to nine wins.  Silly me, the playoff fairy decended from above and waved her wand, turning a 2-14 team into a playoff team.  Always vexes me how people handwave away the Bills hard work and effort last season, attributing everything to pure luck.  Buffalo put themselves in a position to take advantage.  That wasn't luck.  That was Baltimore making a mistake that showed they were not a playoff team.  The same kind of boneheaded plays the Bills have made in past seasons.

 

That D was good enough for nine wins, and this D looks to be better, so I stand by my prior statement.

It was some some very darned good defensive play. Some days we had offense so confused and the Boys were licking chops to go to the ball instead of defending the RAC. Draned good  fun Red !

 and i do Hope for more of it this year. 

 and you should stand by it.

 

Go Bills

22 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:

So I just wanna point out

 

The jags had a dominant D and a QB they had to hide the majority of the year.....

 

They did ok

 

We really dont know how certain players are going to work out....

 

What if Brandon Reilly was a stash player that the bills were high on who comes out and becomes the new 7-11?

 

What if OG Teller (who is a talented player) comes out and just bumps one of these Guards right to the side line

 

Running back stable looks good

 

Here is a what if for you.....what if AJ McCarron actually comes out and shows something (he was stashed behind a entrenched number 1) allowing us to let Josh Allen hold a clip board for a while and work on his fundamentals.

all the above are quite possible.
i have a secret

 I think AJM was the guy all along and gave Bills a chance to do the right thing drafting a project. Peterman can back him up a couple games if injury occurs. sme type of QB really.

 But i am surely a homer Fan. But i do not mind it one iota

 

[GreggTX]

I hope you're right, but I fear that you are greatly overestimating the talent on our defense.

[TigerJ]

I expect the defense to be excellent this year, but a few questions will need to be answered for it to happen.  They include, but are not limited to:  Can Trent Murphy come back fromo injury and be as effective as before his injury, without the benefit of PEDs?  Will Vontae Davis be able to effectively make the switch from being a primarily man cover CB to primarily a zone cover CB?  Being only a 20 year old, can Tremaine Edmunds be relied upon to make defensive calls in addition to handlling his own responsibilities without a lot of rookie errors?  Can Jerry Hughes get to the QB more with stronger play on the interior?  Can the Bills get stronger play on the interior with Meatball being another year older? 

[White Linen]

14 minutes ago, GreggTX said:

I hope you're right, but I fear that you are greatly overestimating the talent on our defense.

 

Except it's been proven that scheme can give birth to excellent players.

[Lfod]

I agree with op. I think the D will be dominant. The last game the Defense held the Jaguars to 10 points. That is job well done and on to the next game right?

 

I'm fully on board with McDermott in the sense of Defense. I have no doubt we will see some special things as far as defense and next season. I hope it doesn't all go to waste again. 

[Your Brown Eye]

So why is Julian Stanford your sleeper?

[IgotBILLStopay]

I agree the Defense is going to be a strength this year - but for dominance, we need a good pass rush - with Star not being a great pass rusher, it is going to be on Hughes, Lawson and Murphy - which has potential on paper - but is not going to give any OL nightmares ex-ante.

[Richard Noggin]

7 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

Maybe he meant the will be "dominate".

I see this particular misuse of the verb as an adjective. All the time. 

[BruceVilanch]

9 hours ago, Jay_Fixit said:

So, uh, what would you say you do here?

I already told you, I deal with the customers so the engineers don't have to, I have PEOPLE SKILLS!

[Drunken Pygmy Goat]

13 hours ago, The Red King said:

 

And here I thought hard work, tough defensive play and making just enough plays got us to nine wins.  Silly me, the playoff fairy decended from above and waved her wand, turning a 2-14 team into a playoff team.  Always vexes me how people handwave away the Bills hard work and effort last season, attributing everything to pure luck.  Buffalo put themselves in a position to take advantage.  That wasn't luck.  That was Baltimore making a mistake that showed they were not a playoff team.  The same kind of boneheaded plays the Bills have made in past seasons.

 

That D was good enough for nine wins, and this D looks to be better, so I stand by my prior statement.

 

This has been beaten to death...

 

Sure, the Bills did enough to make the playoffs...just enough. But they got lucky as well. The Ravens/Bengals game is the obvious one, but also at the end of the Cotls game. The refs blew a call, that gave the Bills life. If they get that call right, the Bills are 8-8 at best and miss the playoffs. 

 

When people point to the luck factor, it's not as if they're completely dismissing the idea that the Bills did their part. But you can say the same about the "the Bills did their part" crowd. You cannot completely dismiss the fact that the Bills got really lucky. But that's the NFL for you. 

Edited July 26, 2018 by Drunken Pygmy Goat

[nucci]

15 hours ago, Jay_Fixit said:

So, uh, what would you say you do here?

I take care of the goddamn customers!!

[Maynard]

I think the D will be very good, but the point was already made that it largely depends on our O.  What have you seen from Stanford that makes you think he will ball out? 

[hemma]

Julian Stanford #'s from his Pro day.  Never heard of the guy, but he must be quite an athlete.  Let's hope he puts it all together.   Dates: 03/20/12 Height: 6012 Weight: 228 40 Yrd Dash: 4.51 20 Yrd Dash: 2.62 10 Yrd Dash: 1.44

225 Lb. Bench Reps: 27 Vertical Jump: 42 1/2 Broad Jump: 10'08" 20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.02 3-Cone Drill: 6.59

[TigerJ]

I think Stanford came from a small school.  Often, when that happens, it takes the player more time to develop.  Because they enter the league deeper on the depth chart, they often have to wait a while for the opportunity to show what they can do.  Sometimes you have a gem and you don't know it.  Sometimes you just have an athletic kid who's never going to amount to anything.  Hopefully, Buffalo will find they have the former.

[Tatonka68]

17 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

Dominant? They could be very good, but dominant sounds like wishful thinking based on the overall talent level with LB still a question mark. 

Edmunds is a question mark?????? Please.

[Drunken Pygmy Goat]

8 minutes ago, Tatonka68 said:

Edmunds is a question mark?????? Please.

 

He is a question mark, particularly as a rookie. The thread relates to this year. His skills and size are obvious, but he's very young and raw, and will be tasked with "quarterbacking" the defense. That's no easy task. 

 

What adding him (and the other new additions in defense) should do is allow McD to more adequately run his defense, and be more varied in his play calls, especially blitzes. But to say that he is not a question mark, without ever playing a down in the NFL, is wishful thinking. There's likely going to be some growing pains along the way, and he'll probably be doing a lot more thinking, rather than reacting early on in his career. 

Edited July 26, 2018 by Drunken Pygmy Goat

[The Red King]

2 hours ago, Drunken Pygmy Goat said:

 

This has been beaten to death...

 

Sure, the Bills did enough to make the playoffs...just enough. But they got lucky as well. The Ravens/Bengals game is the obvious one, but also at the end of the Cotls game. The refs blew a call, that gave the Bills life. If they get that call right, the Bills are 8-8 at best and miss the playoffs. 

 

When people point to the luck factor, it's not as if they're completely dismissing the idea that the Bills did their part. But you can say the same about the "the Bills did their part" crowd. You cannot completely dismiss the fact that the Bills got really lucky. But that's the NFL for you. 

 

Actually, I have no issue with that.  But when people point to the luck factor, most do so in a way that does throw out the effort, saying it was just luck, or that the Bills were lucky to get there.  Every team needs a few lucky breaks here and there.  Would NE have made the Super Bowl if they didn't have home field?  Home field provided by a win against Pittsburgh that was no less lucky then the Bengals win.  Yet people aren't talking about how NE was lucky to get home field.

 

I get it.  It's Buffalo.  There is high resistance to giving this team credit.  Given its play during the drought it's easy to assume the worst about this team and given the length of the drought it's easier to attribute making the playoffs to luck rather then actual ability.  But that isn't fair to last season's squad.  They did overachieve, yes.  And I'll admit, they got some breaks.  But there is a difference between saying the Bills got a bit of luck, and saying the Bills only made the playoffs due to luck.

[Tatonka68]

27 minutes ago, Drunken Pygmy Goat said:

 

He is a question mark, particularly as a rookie. The thread relates to this year. His skills and size are obvious, but he's very young and raw, and will be tasked with "quarterbacking" the defense. That's no easy task. 

 

What adding him (and the other new additions in defense) should do is allow McD to more adequately run his defense, and be more varied in his play calls, especially blitzes. But to say that he is not a question mark, without ever playing a down in the NFL, is wishful thinking. There's likely going to be some growing pains along the way, and he'll probably be doing a lot more thinking, rather than reacting early on in his career. 

Edmunds + ?????  > Preston Brown.