Ramza86 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 We play base nickel...this should be easy. I dont get it. I think for about half of the year ive been screaming...please cover the freaking tight end. Yesterday I was boiling watching it unfold again. Anyone have any ideas? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Because they are big and strong, I suppose. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan130 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Better learn how to cover them this week, or mark andrews is going to eat them alive 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 7 minutes ago, Ramza86 said: We play base nickel...this should be easy. I dont get it. I think for about half of the year ive been screaming...please cover the freaking tight end. Yesterday I was boiling watching it unfold again. Anyone have any ideas? I posted this in the post-game thread, but will paste it here because it supports your point: Notable tidbit from Indy Star— didn’t realize we did so poorly against TE’s: Buffalo’s defense gave up 993 yards to tight ends this season, the second-most in the NFL, and Indianapolis got back into Saturday’s game by exploiting the Bills’ weakness. Jack Doyle exploded for seven catches, 70 yards and a touchdown; Mo Alie-Cox made four grabs for 32 yards; and Trey Burton picked up 34 yards on three grabs, piling up a total of 14 catches for 136 yards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Part matchups, part mental errors. No easy fix and it will be interesting who draws that assignment with the Ravens tight end heavy scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cale Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Easy. We don't have a decent tight end to cover in practice. Dawson Knox is not it. Our best TE is on IR. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 It hasn't kept us from winning 14 games so far this year. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Junction Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 We play nickel instead of big nickel. None of our LBers have really stepped up against TEs this season. All of our DBs are 6’ or under. This defense has been inconsistent with passing off TEs from on defender to another. The pass rush has given TEs time to settle into zones or get down the seam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRebound Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 There’s a reason the Bills were all over the guy Patriots took before us in the 2nd round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapeBreton Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, BuffaloRebound said: There’s a reason the Bills were all over the guy Patriots took before us in the 2nd round. Kyle Dugger? You're saying we need a huge safety to cover these TE's and Hyde/Poyer aren't the answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Bills Blue Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 20 minutes ago, Ramza86 said: We play base nickel...this should be easy. I dont get it. I think for about half of the year ive been screaming...please cover the freaking tight end. Yesterday I was boiling watching it unfold again. Anyone have any ideas? Lots of zone. There are soft spots in zones. In cover 2 its between the safeties, in cover 3 and cover 4 its usually nearer to the hash marks. This is usually where TEs run their routes. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, BuffaloRebound said: There’s a reason the Bills were all over the guy Patriots took before us in the 2nd round. Well, to be fair that "guy" has been pretty underwhelming in NE thus far. IIRC, he didn't see much of the field as the season went on. I think it's a scheme weakness. Edited January 11, 2021 by Lothar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Duffy Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Well this game on Saturday I'm sure this will be a priority along with stopping the run. I think the Bills D will have their hands full this weekend. Hopefully the offense can play well enough to counter it and enough to pull out a win. However, I think I would rather play the Ravens than the Titans if having to choose between the 2. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Bills Blue Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, BuffaloRebound said: There’s a reason the Bills were all over the guy Patriots took before us in the 2nd round. I'd like a big nickel safety too - but the idea there is that you can keep him out there in 11 personnel and feel like you are OK in coverage and OK against the run. Not usually matching up with a TE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMuffin Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) That's what worries me about the Ravens. I think that the Bills can win but would not be surprised if they lost because of the damage that tight ends have been doing to us. Edited January 11, 2021 by McMuffin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleedbuffaloblue Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 I think if you look back over the past ten years or so you will find similar stats. This has been a problem for years. Don’t ask me to explain it as I have no answers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRebound Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Milano played some safety in college. Andrews and Kelce next week if we win are gonna kill us. Kind of late to. W making a change, but maybe get Klein in the field more at the expense of Taron Johnson and move Milano to the big nickel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILBillsfan Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 26 minutes ago, Ramza86 said: We play base nickel...this should be easy. I dont get it. I think for about half of the year ive been screaming...please cover the freaking tight end. Yesterday I was boiling watching it unfold again. Anyone have any ideas? Absolutely has been a weakness all year for the Bills and of course Jackson loves to feast on the middle of the field where the TE tends to roam. Go back to last year on that busted coverage on the TE vs the Ravens. Have to take the middle of the field away and make him beat you outside. Be really interesting to see the scheme they come up vs the Ravens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, Patrick_Duffy said: Well this game on Saturday I'm sure this will be a priority along with stopping the run. I think the Bills D will have their hands full this weekend. Hopefully the offense can play well enough to counter it and enough to pull out a win. However, I think I would rather play the Ravens than the Titans if having to choose between the 2. perfectly used SBTB meme. by the way, I have this on a t-shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBobs Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 26 minutes ago, Ramza86 said: We play base nickel...this should be easy. I dont get it. I think for about half of the year ive been screaming...please cover the freaking tight end. Yesterday I was boiling watching it unfold again. Anyone have any ideas? This season we've struggled with bigger receivers (Parker, Metcalfe), tight ends, and slot receivers (Crowder, Kupp). On the tight end front though we've played all the best this season: Gesicki, Waller, Kelcie, the Colts stable. I think the Milano injury, lack of pass rush from our front four probably are top contributors, and lack of size among our corners are probably top contributors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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