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There's not much to discuss. The d has been doing this for years. This year, it hasn't been as noticeable because the offense has been good enough to overcome the deficiencies of the defense. This didn't happen in the KC or Titans game, and it almost bit them today. They need some major league coaching to go further in the playoffs. 

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5 minutes ago, PaoloBillsFanFromItaly said:

 

Oliver played well as I could see.

Edmunds had some good moments, but also very bad ones

Oliver did a pretty good job at stalemating Nelson and standing his ground against combination blocks. Forced their backs to find a different hole on more than a few occasions. 

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40 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

They kept blitzing unsuccessfully on 3rd down. The couple of times they did stop them was 4 man rush and coverage behind it. 

 

If you blitz a guy as experienced as Rivers and don't get home he will find the open guy.

Yep. That second half drive Colts TD drive drove me nuts. They just wouldn’t stop blitzing someone on third down and long, and Rivers is good enough to find the TE sitting down in the zone. It left Tre’ hanging out to dry.

 

Rivers is good at that, and Frazier should have known better.

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