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3 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

 

 

Don't recall Trent Murphy being cut by many teams, pretty sure he was a free agent from the Redskins. Also Hughes didn't play for Minneapolis, was acquired in a trade from the colts.

 

And lepers looking for a carcass?!?! What's Dinger talking about?? Lepers aren't vultures, they are the carcass.

 

Bally may know Xs n Os but is iffy on his history.

 

 

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2 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:

 

Don't recall Trent Murphy being cut by many teams, pretty sure he was a free agent from the Redskins. Also Hughes didn't play for Minneapolis, was acquired in a trade from the colts.

 

And lepers looking for a carcass?!?! What's Dinger talking about?? Lepers aren't vultures, they are the carcass.

 

Bally may know Xs n Os but is iffy on his history.

 

 

 

Who cares?!? He was pumped about the Bills kicking ass!

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13 hours ago, BobChalmers said:

It was there last week too - couldn't understand people griping about Trent Murphy after last week (yet another bad McBeane FA, blah blah blah) - Murphy was terrific last week too.

trent murphy is going to get better by the week and with nate orchard and lorax behind him, we finally have some nastiness on both ends of the line. i love it. as much as i absolutely hate the idea that success can be had by rushing just 4, it may actually be possible now.

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I've been saying it since week one. Star has been really good. He's either eating a double or he's destroying his guy 1 on 1. It won't show on the stat sheet but he has been a good addition. 

 

As a whole they seem to be disguising the looks in the front 7 pre snap more than they did early on. Couple this with the fact that Jerry Hughes has decided to play like a madman and boom, pass rush. 

 

The best part about it all is that thus far it hasn't hurt the run D.

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4 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:

 

Don't recall Trent Murphy being cut by many teams, pretty sure he was a free agent from the Redskins. Also Hughes didn't play for Minneapolis, was acquired in a trade from the colts.

 

And lepers looking for a carcass?!?! What's Dinger talking about?? Lepers aren't vultures, they are the carcass.

 

Bally may know Xs n Os but is iffy on his history.

 

 

Leopards, not lepers.

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9 minutes ago, 4_kidd_4 said:

 

Fought through several blatant holds that weren’t called as well.

 

Came close to getting a tipped pass or INT about 20 yards down field too on a Cousins overthrow...I was like "Was that Hughes back there??". 

 

Was almost waiting for him to start complaining post game about why he couldn't get sacks cause he was always dropping back into pass coverage...??

 

 

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Lorax rushing from DT in the wide 9 looks seemed to work well. He and Kyle were doing a great job of compressing the pocket while Hughes was going to work. 

 

Gotta give the secondary credit too, they had good coverage a lot of the day. Corner depth is a concern, but they played well yesterday. 

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A lot might have to do with the fact that Leslie Frazier was the Vikings defensive coordinator in 2007 to the Vikes head coach before leaving in 2013. Teams tend to keep the same playbooks and just change some play calls and signals, nomenclature. 

 

If this was the case it might be a big reason both the Buffalo Bills offense and defense knew what to expect each play. I'm not trying to take anything away from those Bills coaches and players but it just might be the reason why a 16 point underdog blew out a team favored to go to the SB this year "in" their stadium.

 

Frazier did get the game ball with McD still calling the defensive plays. 

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11 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:

 

Don't recall Trent Murphy being cut by many teams, pretty sure he was a free agent from the Redskins. Also Hughes didn't play for Minneapolis, was acquired in a trade from the colts.

 

And lepers looking for a carcass?!?! What's Dinger talking about?? Lepers aren't vultures, they are the carcass.

 

Bally may know Xs n Os but is iffy on his history.

 

 

Leopards. He said Leopards.

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Chris Brown was on with Murph and Tasker and he mentioned something about the players were asked  by the coaches last week which 4 players could generate the best past rush.  They responded Murphy, Hughes, Lorenzo Alexander and Kyle Williams.  The coaches listened and made the change to have Lorax rush the passer.   We all saw what he did as a pass rusher when Rex used him there. 

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Just now, jkeerie said:

Chris Brown was on with Murph and Tasker and he mentioned something about the players were asked  by the coaches last week which 4 players could generate the best past rush.  They responded Murphy, Hughes, Lorenzo Alexander and Kyle Williams.  The coaches listened and made the change to have Lorax rush the passer.   We all saw what he did as a pass rusher when Rex used him there. 

 

He did the same in 2017 especially late in the season and he was a wrecking ball in the playoff game against the Jags. 

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I mentioned before Sunday's game in the 'Shaq Lawson' to a poster who suggested that Harrison Phillips was making no more of an impact than Lawson, that Phillips offers the Bills' an actual 4-man rush when he steps in for Star Lotulelei; the coaches scaled back Star Lotulelei's involvement, especially, in the pass rush.

 

I worried that the coaches would try to force-feed us Lotulelei because of his contract, instead of addressing his obvious weakness as a pass rusher.  

 

Reducing Lotulelei's snap count says a lot about this new regime: shows that they are about winning and are willing to cut bait with whatever that isn't working. 

 

Trent Murphy, believe it or not, showed flashes in place of Shaq Lawson, as a pass rushing difference maker in Week 1 against Baltimore, but too many people were too busy clowning him and saying he didn't show up due to his preseason-long injury situation that limited his presence.

 

Lorenzo Alexander's rushing of the passer from the DT position from week 2 carried over and again proved effective. 

 

They brought pressure with Tremaine Edmunds and Matt Milano. Pretty much through everything that they could at Kirk Cousins by way of the front seven.

 

Another player that I think has made a subtle difference, that may begin to get some shine, is Robert Thomas. He's pretty quick and demands attention from a second blocker from time to time.

 

The front seven played with intensity from start to finish, but I think the move away from Star Lotulelei was a huge deal. 

 

No injuries and keep bringing it!

 

 

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45 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

 

He did the same in 2017 especially late in the season and he was a wrecking ball in the playoff game against the Jags. 

It seems the bigger the game, the bigger he plays.  Remember him in the Pro bowl a couple of years ago?  In fact I think all the Bills represented well in that game.

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13 hours ago, 4_kidd_4 said:

 

Fought through several blatant holds that weren’t called as well.

They never are. He is always held.

 he is that good.

thats why he gets so pissed.

someone grabbed him at one point after he got d*cked with.
I still laugh at folks who want to trade him each season, and then the ones who say we would be lucky to get a 4th.

 dudes a beast reigned in by officiating. always has been as a Bill

 Beast I tell you !

 Great game all around though on Defense

1 hour ago, BuffaloBill said:

 

 

Maybe Murphy suddenly got healthy...

Bellichickian perhaps.

 i thought it might be the case. such bad optics for Beaneses

Murphy can play football it seems .. : )

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