hondo in seattle Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I know the Bills scored 27 points, Josh threw for over 300 yards, and the Bills won. Yet the every yard and every point seemed to be a struggle. What did Indy do to slow down our offense? Will we see more of the same next week? I'm like a lot of fans - my eyes tend to follow the ball. I never took the time to analyze or understand Indy's defensive game plan. Whatever it was, it worked fairly well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I noticed that Rivers seemed to have a LOT more time in the pocket than Allen did. Our offensive line has to step it up next week. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills6969 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 They have a great front 7 with guys like Buckner, Leonard and Houston. They put pressure on Josh all day. 15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Their D played alright and definitely had playoff-level intensity but it would have been a laugher if ours had played even decently. We still put up 400 yards despite allowing them to possess the ball a long time. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I am not sure they "did" anything really. They simply executed at a very high level. They are a good team with good players that is very well coached. Sometimes simply executing well beats doing a lot of things. Bills defense operated with a similar philosophy for much of last year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWATeam Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Same formula that gave us trouble early in the year. Zone coverage and bringing pressure. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ga boy Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 It seems that this is the best pass rush we've faced this year. However, so do Fins, and we handled them. What's up with dat?? Some mastermind D genius please enlighten us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7975 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 They had a good pass rush but IMO Daboll tried to get too mastermind. Do what brought you here. 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffaloboyinATL Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Big Turk said: I am not sure they "did" anything really. They simply executed at a very high level. They are a good team with good players that is very well coached. Sometimes simply executing well beats doing a lot of things. Bills defense operated with a similar philosophy for much of last year. This. Make no mistake, the Colts are good and they all wanted this a bit extra for Rivers. They executed at a high level in all 3 phases. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klos63 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said: I know the Bills scored 27 points, Josh threw for over 300 yards, and the Bills won. Yet the every yard and every point seemed to be a struggle. What did Indy do to slow down our offense? Will we see more of the same next week? I'm like a lot of fans - my eyes tend to follow the ball. I never took the time to analyze or understand Indy's defensive game plan. Whatever it was, it worked fairly well. Hard to say, but they have fast linebackers and it seems like on those dump passes and short ones to Beasley that the secondary were right on them. No extra yards after the catch on a lot of plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyBeets Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) They probably have the best defensive line/front 7 in the NFL. Edited January 9, 2021 by TonyBeets 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 As difficult as their defense made it for us, we did put up 27 points and if not for one blown up crazy play we probably would have put up 30-34. I think we have to face the reality that we probably are not going to put up 50+ points every game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaMilBill Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Honestly, our offense didn’t get as many possessions because the Colts seemed to control the ball all game. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetermansRedemption Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Daboll tried to force the run is what it seems like from the uninformed eye. When the Bills were passing they were doing it well. That’s been their game all year. No idea why we would try to get away from it. 8 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubes Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Strong D line, strong linebackers, excellent tackling and execution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streetkings01 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Indy gave us their best on defense and we still scored 27.......gotta feel good about this team! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Boy Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I think Diggs and Beasely were not at their peak today and that had something to do with it. Gabe Davis came up HUGE for us though. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bills Fan Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Just now, Buffalo Boy said: I think Diggs and Beasely were not at their peak today and that had something to do with it. Gabe Davis came up HUGE for us though. I think Beasely is playing injured. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prissythecat Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, SageAgainstTheMachine said: Their D played alright and definitely had playoff-level intensity but it would have been a laugher if ours had played even decently. We still put up 400 yards despite allowing them to possess the ball a long time. The Colts had 472 total yards while we had 397. TOP was 34:17 Colts and 25:43 Bills. Colts also had some misses . Rivers missed over threw that open receiver in end zone and the missed field goal by the dude with the glasses. Could have easily been a Colts win as well. So hopefully the coaching staff takes a good look at film and plans better for next week. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 They just waited for us to run three times in a row. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Process Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) They didn't do anything... Josh could have put up 400 on them if we wanted too. He looked great. But Daboll refused to let him cook, or get in any sort of rhythm. Edited January 10, 2021 by Process 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st&ten Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 They have strong lines on both sides of the ball. I'm surprised that they didn't win their division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generic_Bills_Fan Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, VaMilBill said: Honestly, our offense didn’t get as many possessions because the Colts seemed to control the ball all game. Offense played well considering we had terrible field position most of the game...only drive that really sticks out to me was the 2nd and 1 where we called 2 straight runs and couldn't pick it up 13 minutes ago, RiotAct said: I noticed that Rivers seemed to have a LOT more time in the pocket than Allen did. Our offensive line has to step it up next week. The Colts offensive line played out of their minds...ours played pretty well in the passing game...they are a better team in the trenches than us and we knew that going in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptide Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Some of what they did was take away the middle of the feild, at least from what I could tell. Our starting feild position was pretty terrible the first half too. Really gotta put this game on the defense Imo. They gave up way too many big plays and quick scoring drives. Though they definitely had their moments too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobbRiddicksTDLeap Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, Process said: They didn't do anything... Josh could have put up 400 on them if we wanted too. He played great. But Daboll refused to let him cook, or get in any sort of rhythm. This is true. There seemed to be too much sizzle, not enough steak. One thing that Indy did was get pressure from their front 4, and they played a lot of zone. Allen picked them apart, but it wasn’t easy. I was waiting for an interception, the way they were running coverage. There was nothing over the middle for large stretches of the game. That’s Daboll’s bread an butter. Some screen plays, or misdirections. Not having McKenzie for whatever reason, was a big part of that. This is where Allen’s arm strength takes over. He can zing those darts 30 yards down the sideline. Literally he can make EVERY throw. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Steptide said: Some of what they did was take away the middle of the feild, at least from what I could tell. Our starting feild position was pretty terrible the first half too. Really gotta put this game on the defense Imo. They gave up way too many big plays and quick scoring drives. Though they definitely had their moments too i think that is why we reverted to JA runs so much. I think the LBs dropped back into a zone and just clogged the middle of the field. I believe the runs were meant to force the LBs up more. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 13 minutes ago, PetermansRedemption said: Daboll tried to force the run is what it seems like from the uninformed eye. When the Bills were passing they were doing it well. That’s been their game all year. No idea why we would try to get away from it. yep. Plus quite a few of the designed QB runs were U-G-L-Y, they ain’t got no alibi. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Jabber Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) With Frank Reich being a former Bills player, I’m sure he follows the Bills closely. Frank admitted he’s a Bills fan when the Colts aren’t playing the Bills. With that being said, he coached a great game against the Bills. The Colts have a great O-line that kept Rivers clean. Rivers does a good job like Roethlisberger as he got rid of the ball quick. It was a tough game, but the Bills won. In a way, I’m kind of glad that they struggled against the Colts, that way they get things cleaned up for the next game. Even though it sucked losing on a Hail Mary against the Cardinals, the Bills learned from it and Hyde played the Hail Mary from Rivers perfectly as he high pointed the ball and knocked it down. Go Bills!! Edited January 9, 2021 by Jerry Jabber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvbillsfan Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Defensively the colts did nothing We tried to be something we aren’t. The run pass ratio should at least be 30/70. Throw the ball. Get the lead then try to run the ball. I haven’t seen us run on second and short all year. But we decided to this game? Why 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 Moss and Singletary combined for a mere 42 yards. And Allen's 324 yards of passing didn't come easy. He was pressured. WRs were covered. Passes were contested. Every yard was well-earned. The Bills offense has a lot of talent - we've averaged 38.2 points per game since the bye. Yet Indy held us to 27. Any win is a good win. I just hope that other teams can't replicate the relative success of the Colts D. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Cubed Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 They played zone. That’s it, that’s what it was. They dared the Bills to run, with how high the safeties played. The Bills should have switched to the dink and dunk. I’m not sure why that wasn’t the adjustment. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Their lines/front 7 were better than ours. Much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streetkings01 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 15 minutes ago, BUFFALOBART said: Indy might've won the game, if not for a missed field goal, failed 2 point conversion, and 4th down play. The Bills showed a lot of guts, overcoming being pushed around, for too long, in the contest. Allen carried the team... It’s the playoffs. We should’ve blown the Texans out last year, but lost. All that matters is getting to the next round regardless of how it happens. I’ve watched the Patriots win a ton of games in the playoffs they should’ve lost over the past 19 years. All that matters is winning the next game! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutDog Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I attribute it to field position. Totally changed the entire first half, what plays were called, etc. Plus all the other solid answers above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magox Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Their front 4 was getting decent pressure and they disguised their blitzes well. They were getting good pressure when they did blitz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, wvbillsfan said: Defensively the colts did nothing We tried to be something we aren’t. The run pass ratio should at least be 30/70. Throw the ball. Get the lead then try to run the ball. I haven’t seen us run on second and short all year. But we decided to this game? Why I was a little surprised by Daboll's game plan. The best way to beat a strong running team - especially when you have a questionable run defense - is to build an early lead and force the other team to pass. Of course, you need the requisite firepower to make this work. We do. I thought Daboll would be aggressive and have us passing on nearly every play. 8 minutes ago, streetkings01 said: It’s the playoffs. We should’ve blown the Texans out last year, but lost. All that matters is getting to the next round regardless of how it happens. I’ve watched the Patriots win a ton of games in the playoffs they should’ve lost over the past 19 years. All that matters is winning the next game! This is true. But the NFL is a copycat league. I'm just wondering if Indy figured out something that other teams will emulate. Edited January 9, 2021 by hondo in seattle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctk232 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) 40 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said: I know the Bills scored 27 points, Josh threw for over 300 yards, and the Bills won. Yet the every yard and every point seemed to be a struggle. What did Indy do to slow down our offense? Will we see more of the same next week? I'm like a lot of fans - my eyes tend to follow the ball. I never took the time to analyze or understand Indy's defensive game plan. Whatever it was, it worked fairly well. Honestly, the Colts did what they've done the entire season. We all of a sudden abandoned the E-P offense for a ground and pound approach against one of the best DL's and LB in the game. Everyone on here saying this would be a blowout got a bit of crow to eat, especially considering wildcard games are almost always a defensive slug. But frankly there's no reason for us to have abandoned our passing game plan the way we did in the first half. We resurrected the QB draw a la first few weeks of the season for whatever reason, but my only logic is that Daboll must be trying to sabotage his HC interviews...Smoke unfortunately didn't help the case, but there was no reason we shouldn't have fed Diggs and Bease (even Davis) as the primary approach against a weaker secondary. Where was the McKenzie motion package today, too? Objectively, all I can say is once we had the lead we definitely leaned into the run - likely in attempt to milk clock and prevent the Colts from relying too heavily on Taylor themselves. Joke on us being that our secondary did nothing to stop those blitz pass drives from Rivers in the second half. I feel like a lot of this "wtaf happened" came from us overestimating our reg season performance and underestimating the Colts reg season performance - particularly the latter. This was an incredible year for the AFC, and every team that made the playoffs is/was a stout football team and/or well-coached. This was never going to be the one-sided contest some of us thought, and we certainly did ourselves no favors with playcalling on either side of the ball. Despite the missed calls, I'm glad the refs kept the flags pocketed for the most part, as there were plenty of missed calls on both sides, the final fumble notwithstanding - that's just egregious on NY's part. Fwiw, my armchair expectation for next week is we get back to our roots and see a more settled team next week. We needed to be brought to earth and solidified in the strategies that got us here in the first place. Winning in the playoffs is ugly af, and Josh said it best where it's win or go home, and for better or worse we effin' won. What matters more now is how this team preps and comes out for next week. Nothing is for granted and everything is earned. There's no sense in this "wtf" attitude about today - the Buffalo Bills won, and the team we saw all season needs to find itself for next week, whoever the opponent. Everyone's hurt, everyone's hungry, and no one is cashing anything in - whoever is the most complete, has the most teeth left in the 4th, and is willing to give them up will make the biggest differences moving forward. Edited January 9, 2021 by ctk232 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not at the table Karlos Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 24 minutes ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said: Offense played well considering we had terrible field position most of the game...only drive that really sticks out to me was the 2nd and 1 where we called 2 straight runs and couldn't pick it up The Colts offensive line played out of their minds...ours played pretty well in the passing game...they are a better team in the trenches than us and we knew that going in They got away with a ton of holding. Sucks that they’re allowing defenders to be tackled and blatantly held. There was a third down where our blitz beat their line and at least three OL held the defenders, rivers had time to get ball out and make a first down because of it 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giuseppe Tognarelli Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 We're talking about what they did on D, and yet: 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProcessTruster Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 35 minutes ago, Buffalo Bills Fan said: I think Beasely is playing injured. ya think? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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