YoloinOhio Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 18 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7975 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Obviously. They just executed a bit better and didn’t have that huge blown play for a TD. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, Scott7975 said: Obviously. They just executed a bit better and didn’t have that huge blown play for a TD. The Titans had their own blown plays for a TD. A big difference for the Titans was Derrick Henry and the ability to just grind the ball down the Ravens throats. The other difference was that when the Ravens tried to pull that Blitz 0 stuff, Tannehill promptly burned them deep. Now there are other strategies, which the Bills didn’t employ. But being able to burn them deep was a big big help. Can you imagine the meltdown, though, if Allen passed for less than 100 yds in 2 successive playoff games? 16 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Maybe This will cause SM to realize that scoring point in every quarter is a good thing, and going prevent on D with two quarters left in the game doesn’t work against better teams, what do you all think? Think he will change his spots? Go Bills!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) That’s exactly what my friend and I were talking about as we watched the game last night. That is exactly how you beat Lamar. Make him play QB. There is the blueprint on stoping him. Now it’s going to be up to Lamar to evolve his game and be able to throw to the outside. And also throw better balls in general. Some of his throws looked like punts. I am skeptical he can do it, or why wouldn’t he of by now? Edited January 12, 2020 by atlbillsfan1975 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7975 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: The Titans had their own blown plays for a TD. A big difference for the Titans was Derrick Henry and the ability to just grind the ball down the Ravens throats. The other difference was that when the Ravens tried to pull that Blitz 0 stuff, Tannehill promptly burned them deep. Now there are other strategies, which the Bills didn’t employ. But being able to burn them deep was a big big help. Can you imagine the meltdown, though, if Allen passed for less than 100 yds in 2 successive playoff games? I agree they executed on offense better. I almost wrote it but deleted it because this thread was about defense. The titans had blown plays on defense yes but in garbage time. Different defense in garbage time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 8 minutes ago, Scott7975 said: I agree they executed on offense better. I almost wrote it but deleted it because this thread was about defense. The titans had blown plays on defense yes but in garbage time. Different defense in garbage time. Are you saying a team with a 16 point lead is playing garbage time? ? A point is that part of what helped the Titans on Defense was their offenses’ ability to rack up a lead. And part of what helped the Titans on Offense was their defense’s ability to get turnovers. Yes, the Titans gave up some big blown plays when the Ravens still had a chance to win the game. But the Titans D also got turnovers, and then the O got points off of them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhill Mike Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 I find it cool that the team that ousted the #1 seed used McDermott's defensive strategy to win. I'm looking forward to Beane fixing the offense but I'm equally excited to see what toys Coach will get for our defense. Titans are dancing right now but it's a good time to be a Bills fan... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 9 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: The Titans had their own blown plays for a TD. A big difference for the Titans was Derrick Henry and the ability to just grind the ball down the Ravens throats. The other difference was that when the Ravens tried to pull that Blitz 0 stuff, Tannehill promptly burned them deep. Now there are other strategies, which the Bills didn’t employ. But being able to burn them deep was a big big help. Can you imagine the meltdown, though, if Allen passed for less than 100 yds in 2 successive playoff games? Not just less than 100 yards; he’s a combined 15/29 for 150ish yards in the playoffs. Can’t win in the playoffs throwing for less than 100 YPG and having a completion percentage of 50. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7975 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Just now, Hapless Bills Fan said: Are you saying a team with a 16 point lead is playing garbage time? ? If the team knows what the hell its doing... yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyBills Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 I was on a podcast before this game and said this exact statement , that Tenn has a similar defense and Buf laid the blueprint , predicted Lamar would be super ineffective. Wasn't hard to see. He's a 1 read QB that uses play action as a crutch , is terrible at going through progressions and reading a defense , ppl just get enamored with the jukes and stuff but that's not sustainable for any QB. Whether through injury or great defense , a QB will never be able to win a SB relying on his legs for the majority of his success. Even his pass numbers are all a result of the run game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerome007 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 It was crazy how easy the Titans made it seem. Lamar had little pressure all night as Titans focused on the run, played zone, defended the tight ends and gave up outside throws. Ravens still had yards but no rhythm. If you give time like this to another QB you'll get burned. Ravens O beat themselves too, throwing so much and having play selections more like a "normal offense" instead of their usual run heavy packages. In a weird way, Lamar has shown he is for real. In that he was "forced to play QB" and was very average.... yet with always the threat of a big play. He might not have MVP type seasons from now on but he can play in t he NFL, not be a one year wonder like other running QBs. It made me real comfortable about Josh and what the Bills can do in the coming years with a few key players added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackOrton Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 18 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: The Titans had their own blown plays for a TD. A big difference for the Titans was Derrick Henry and the ability to just grind the ball down the Ravens throats. The other difference was that when the Ravens tried to pull that Blitz 0 stuff, Tannehill promptly burned them deep. Now there are other strategies, which the Bills didn’t employ. But being able to burn them deep was a big big help. Can you imagine the meltdown, though, if Allen passed for less than 100 yds in 2 successive playoff games? Yeah this board would definitely melt down if Allen beat the Pats and the Ravens in the playoffs. Just not in the way you’re implying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 That Tennessee defense has been pretty good all year and the offense has been quickly dangerous. Buffalo won 14-7, but even under Mariota TEN had 4 missed field goals and 2 TD’s called back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Whatever, but old school beat new wave this game. 88 yard passing, wow. Ground and pound lives! And that was a tough Ravens D that got steamrolled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhill Mike Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 minute ago, Mango said: That Tennessee defense has been pretty good all year and the offense has been quickly dangerous. Buffalo won 14-7, but even under Mariota TEN had 4 missed field goals and 2 TD’s called back. No doubt... we stole that game. The Titans have put together a very good ball team... Mariota had been holding them back much more than I realized. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackOrton Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, Green Lightning said: Whatever, but old school beat new wave this game. 88 yard passing, wow. Ground and pound lives! And that was a tough Ravens D that got steamrolled. The Ravens defense was a mirage against the run. Faced the least attempts in the NFL but was 21st in YPA allowed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLEN1QB Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) If they would have had our OC they would have had the same result as us. The Titans are who we thought we were. Edited January 12, 2020 by ALLEN1QB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rochesterfan Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 28 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: The Titans had their own blown plays for a TD. A big difference for the Titans was Derrick Henry and the ability to just grind the ball down the Ravens throats. The other difference was that when the Ravens tried to pull that Blitz 0 stuff, Tannehill promptly burned them deep. Now there are other strategies, which the Bills didn’t employ. But being able to burn them deep was a big big help. Can you imagine the meltdown, though, if Allen passed for less than 100 yds in 2 successive playoff games? Henry was huge, but to me the biggest difference is the Tennessee WRs made the plays and the Bills WRs didn’t. That TD catch was amazing and was significantly more difficult that the Duke Williams or the Brown catches both of which would have given the Bills big scores at a crucial time to put the game away. The catches by the WRs early - allowed the Henry runs at the end. If Brown pulls in that toe tapper and the Bills score a TD there - they get up 14-0 and if other things play out they are up 20-0. If Duke catches that ball - especially being held, but we see it many weeks, the Bills win the game. Josh made some mistakes, but much like last year - the catch radius and the playmaking by the Bills WRs is sorely lacking. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seoulofstone Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Simple truth here is that nobody played a better defensive game against the Ravens in the regular season than the Bills. This should be a source of pride, but still plenty of Bills fans want to use this as a criticism of McDermott. That's a bit sad IMO. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, BringBackOrton said: The Ravens defense was a mirage against the run. Faced the least attempts in the NFL but was 21st in YPA allowed. Ying and yang. They're built to stop the pass and got exposed on the run. The old pendulum swing. When everyone goes light, go heavy. Hard to do it all. Then again not everyone has Derek Henry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBennett Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Titans had a better running game, QB and WR's, and OC...that said we beat the Titans so I see that as a positive...the Bills are RIGHT THERE if they can improve slightly in WR,RB,OL QB takes more steps,etc,etc... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
34-78-83 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 You had to think going into that game that our tape would be used as the main ingredient to the strategy to take out the Ravens. Ten also prefers zone schemes so it was a perfect fit. This is a really good reflection of our defensive staff and personnel to boot. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCbillsfan Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Scott7975 said: Obviously. They just executed a bit better and didn’t have that huge blown play for a TD. Also, Bills gave up a sack fumble at their own 25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Stonada Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Both Titans touchdown catches were great, great plays... plays that make the difference between winning and losing playoff games. It's scary/inspiring how little it all comes down to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill963 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 45 minutes ago, BringBackOrton said: Yeah this board would definitely melt down if Allen beat the Pats and the Ravens in the playoffs. Just not in the way you’re implying. I think he’s right. There would be a group of posters obsessed solely w that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackOrton Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Just now, BuffaloBill963 said: I think he’s right. There would be a group of posters obsessed solely w that I think you are both giving a small handful of trolls far too much credence. It would hardly be a “board meltdown.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRA3196 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 53 minutes ago, thebandit27 said: Not just less than 100 yards; he’s a combined 15/29 for 150ish yards in the playoffs. Can’t win in the playoffs throwing for less than 100 YPG and having a completion percentage of 50. ? Ryan Tannehill would disagree, but he has a monster at RB that is shredding defenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said: As soon as I saw how the Titan's DEs were playing the pass rush--not selling out to get the sack, but to contain Lamar in the pocket, I knew they had studied the Bills game film. Also having a LB spying on him once he came off his initial reads. Despite his 100-plus rushing yards, he never got free for a killer scramble when defensive discipline broke down. Not every team will be able to execute that, but many will now try. It will be interesting to see if Jackson can improve his sideline throwing accuracy and become more of a "full field" passing threat going forward... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill963 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, BringBackOrton said: I think you are both giving a small handful of trolls far too much credence. It would hardly be a “board meltdown.” Yeah that’s true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penfield45 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 difference was in our game we forced Allen to throw for 39 times...into that wind. Daboll has constantly put Allen in horrible positions all season and fans wonder why our offense is so bad. our failure to run the ball effectively this season cost us a division title and possibly playing in the AFC championship game. We threw a top 3 defense down the drain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweats Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 That's exactly what you want to hear.........they played the Ravens the same way that we played them, only they did it right and actually won the game. Aye Carumba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorin' Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Green Lightning said: Ying and yang. They're built to stop the pass and got exposed on the run. The old pendulum swing. When everyone goes light, go heavy. Hard to do it all. Then again not everyone has Derek Henry. This is exactly right, DE's are the size of LB's now, and LB's are the size that used to be considered "tweeners." Defenses are setup to optimize speed to defend against passing attacks. There's no wonder why Baltimore had the most rushing yards ever in NFL history, and why San Fran's power running game is so successful. Here's to the Bills getting another solid RB and reducing Josh's # of passes per game next year. Edited January 12, 2020 by Motorin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Penfield45 said: difference was in our game we forced Allen to throw for 39 times...into that wind. Daboll has constantly put Allen in horrible positions all season and fans wonder why our offense is so bad. our failure to run the ball effectively this season cost us a division title and possibly playing in the AFC championship game. We threw a top 3 defense down the drain Main difference is that titans got out to early 14-0 lead. Bills never lead in that Ravens game 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptide Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 McDermott = trend setter lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyMannn Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: A big difference for the Titans was Derrick Henry He's a beast and a free agent and we got cap room and …………. Henry is one RB I'd throw money at I don't care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Smith Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Now we need to draft a Najee Harris to pair up with Singletary and do what the Titans did. Run baby run! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkyMannn Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, Clyde Smith said: Now we need to draft a Najee Harris to pair up with Singletary and do what the Titans did. Run baby run! Yeah that could work too. Although ever since Dareus I'm leery pf Alabama guys LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Allan in MD Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Jackson produced 500 yards of offense but got shut down? The turnovers were deadly - and I'm not Joshin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 minute ago, Formerly Allan in MD said: Jackson produced 500 yards of offense but got shut down? The turnovers were deadly - and I'm not Joshin'. Turnovers, and the fact that they weren’t able to score TDs or convert on 4th and short situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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