3rdand12 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, billsfan_34 said: The Vikes game may prove to be a nasty lil outlier later in the season and this is why i checked up on the Vikes Rams game thursday. Cousins put up a ton of yards using quick release patterns. Bills need a nice job of covering just long enough to allow D line to get that pressure. its a balancing act. Methinks last week was the beginning of a trend of a young but better team overall then i expected. If Offense can stay steady enough during some rough patches ? we might be building something here to last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 22 minutes ago, Bruce_Stools said: I read an article a few days ago about how during the first 6 quarters of the season, the Bills were on track to demolish a record for worst defense ever. And then the article went on to say that we were statistically best or 2nd best in almost every category. I honestly forgot just how good, but when I leave work I’ll try to post what I can find I remembered the same thing and dug this up that I read the other day, think this was it: http://www.espn.com/blog/buffalo-bills/post/_/id/32272/bills-pull-defensive-u-turn-but-dont-point-to-vontae-davis-exit 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 This is about as solid as saying we're undefeated before the season begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Stools Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 10 minutes ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said: I remembered the same thing and dug this up that I read the other day, think this was it: http://www.espn.com/blog/buffalo-bills/post/_/id/32272/bills-pull-defensive-u-turn-but-dont-point-to-vontae-davis-exit That is the article! Thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billykay Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Has anyone noticed that most of the Bills' best game on defense have been away game. Last year at Carolina, at Atlanta, at KC, & at Jax. And of course this year at Minnesota. Wonder what is going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 2 hours ago, cba fan said: too early as the sample size is way too small. One good game like Vikes game and you shoot up the charts. Shoot up so far that the eye test you have seen so far in season is disturbing and confusing as to what the hell is really the truth. Very encouraging though and we all hope it continues. Exactly. It's still not clear if we are a bottom 3 team in the league. We well might be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 they are definitely on the right track. lets hope it continues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnycage46 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 58 minutes ago, Fadingpain said: Exactly. It's still not clear if we are a bottom 3 team in the league. We well might be. Or a top 3...cause too early to tell. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 2 hours ago, 3rdand12 said: and this is why i checked up on the Vikes Rams game thursday. Cousins put up a ton of yards using quick release patterns. Bills need a nice job of covering just long enough to allow D line to get that pressure. its a balancing act. Methinks last week was the beginning of a trend of a young but better team overall then i expected. If Offense can stay steady enough during some rough patches ? we might be building something here to last. Boy I sure hope your right my friend. If we can begin to turn the corner going into a “rich” offseason I will be totally ecstatic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDH Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Bill Murray said: The BIG question for this D is can they stop the run? It was their Achilles heal last year and last week the Vikings didn’t even attempt to run (due to RB injuries and our fast start). As great as we looked last week, don’t forget what NO did to us last year — we couldn’t have looked worse that day. If we play a power power running team and hold them under 4yds a carry en route to winning, I will start to get very excited. The Bills held Baltimore the less than 4 yards per carry. The Ravens avg. 3.4 ypc on the day. Of course, that was lost in the abosute atrocity of the rest of the day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Exactly! Don't Look Now. Wait until later in the season to formulate an opinion on how good the defense is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 24th in points allowed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said: 24th in points allowed. Pretty impressive, given a 47-3 start in week one. That is Super Fugly! I will dwell on more recent history to help me sleep at night. If things go seriously south tomorrow, I’ll find new ways to cope. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihilarian Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Two blowouts against the Bills, one blowout for the Bills. A long season ahead too. We will see down the road if they are good or not and right now not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 6 minutes ago, Nihilarian said: Two blowouts against the Bills, one blowout for the Bills. A long season ahead too. We will see down the road if they are good or not and right now not so much. Six bad quarters, six good quarters. LOOOOONG way to go, for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 7 minutes ago, Augie said: Six bad quarters, six good quarters. LOOOOONG way to go, for sure. I was just about to post this. 6 good, 6 bad. Seems like we've kinda been blessed with a "reboot" of the season.. Tomorrow will tell the tale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite Poster Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 (edited) We got spanked week 1/2. Nothing about that is the best or sneaky. 7 hours ago, BringBackOrton said: 9th in yards. 8th in yards per play. 14th in takeaways. 11th in passing NY/A allowed. 8th in YPC allowed. 8th in yards per drive. 10th in plays per drive. 9th in time per drive. There are some really horrifying stats too. 24th in points allowed. But when you consider we are 29th in starting position, and we had the Peterman game, and Chargers debacle, I think the arrow is pointing up. The stat that determines if you win or not is the one I care about. Edited September 30, 2018 by Elite Poster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackOrton Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 4 minutes ago, Elite Poster said: We got spanked week 1/2. Nothing about that is the best or sneaky. The stat that determines if you win or not is the one I care about. And that's a stat can be easily altered by turnovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yav Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Things are looking better and as long as Shaq isn’t on the field they will continue in the right direction. That dude is horrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinnearlysghost88 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 21 hours ago, BringBackOrton said: Is the middle of the pack having most of your stats in the top 10? Go look at their rank. He gave you all of the shiny stats. They’re 15th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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