NewEra Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) I just took a look at our snap count vs the ravens last year. Edmunds and Milano had their expected 100%. Lorenzo played 68%, but it doesn’t say how many snaps at LB and how many as a DL. This season, Taron Johnson has been playing 80-100% of the snaps with a few scattered games from 55-79%. Last year, vs the ravens he played 38% of the snaps. that’s said, they what do you guys think we do tomorrow? What % does Taron play on Saturday? What % does Aj Klein play? Klein has been the odd man out since milanos return. But could he be the wildcard vs the ravens? Do we play more 3 LBs sets than nickel? Is Klein too slow? Personally, I’d like to see Klein get some run and put his hat on some ravens. He was my (and many others’) whipping boy to start the season, but he’s made me smile a bunch when Milano missed time. Yes: I realize we’ll play some of both, but at what %? 38% from Taron last year was close to his lowest of the season, minus a game where he was injured. Edited January 14, 2021 by NewEra 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 More base D (3 LBs) in an effort to stop the run. I'd be surprised to see anything different. If you're going to lose to the Ravens' offense you must make them beat you in the air. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, eball said: More base D (3 LBs) in an effort to stop the run. I'd be surprised to see anything different. If you're going to lose to the Ravens' offense you must make them beat you in the air. I agree. My only thought with playing Taron Johnson a bit more is that he may give us more speed sideline to sideline on any outside read-option runs— and he is actually pretty good against the run for a DB. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Let’s be honest there’s a reason why Lamar Jackson doesn’t throw the ball and it isn’t because it’s a totally run orientated offense it’s because he’s not a good passer We need to shut down their run including Lamar or contain it at least and force Lamar Jackson to be a quarterback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsfanatixs Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Last week vs Colts I heard the announcer say Bill's were running a lot of nickle. I didnt pay much attention because we were getting hammered 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 8 minutes ago, NewEra said: I just took a look at our snap count vs the ravens last year. Edmunds and Milano had their expected 100%. Lorenzo played 68%, but it doesn’t say how many snaps at LB and how many as a DL. This season, Taron Johnson has been playing 80-100% of the snaps with a few scattered games from 55-79%. Last year, vs the ravens he played 38% of the snaps. that’s said, they what do you guys think we do tomorrow? What % does Taron play on Saturday? What % does Aj Klein play? Klein has been the odd man out since milanos return. But could he be the wildcard vs the ravens? Do we play more 3 LBs sets than nickel? Is Klein too slow? Personally, I’d like to see Klein get some run and put his hat on some ravens. He was my (and many others’) whipping boy to start the season, but he’s made me smile a bunch when Milano missed time. Yes: I realize we’ll play some of both, but at what %? 38% from Taron last year was close to his lowest of the season, minus a game where he was injured. Yeah, it's going to be interesting. I wondered why they didn't play more Klein last week. After a rough start, I really liked how he was playing and I thought he played and tackled very well. I think it will partly depend upon how they handle DE. When do we learn who our practice squad call-ups were? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 1 minute ago, Billsfanatixs said: Last week vs Colts I heard the announcer say Bill's were running a lot of nickle. I didnt pay much attention because we were getting hammered Bill's what? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: I agree. My only thought with playing Taron Johnson a bit more is that he may give us more speed sideline to sideline on any outside read-option runs— and he is actually pretty good against the run for a DB. Yeah, that’s why I was thinking he might get some decent run. He can be an asset vs the run.....but is he too small to hold up vs the blocks? Edited January 14, 2021 by NewEra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 1 minute ago, John from Riverside said: Let’s be honest there’s a reason why Lamar Jackson doesn’t throw the ball and it isn’t because it’s a totally run orientated offense it’s because he’s not a good passer We need to shut down their run including Lamar or contain it at least and force Lamar Jackson to be a quarterback 64% completion, 184 ypg, and 26 TD to 9 INT says he's not a bad passer, either. He's just not a prolific passer, and he doesn't make all the throws (yet). What he does do, he does well if he has enough time and he has been slowly adding to his passing vocabulary. That said I agree with you that "contain their running game" is key, not because Lamar is a bad passer but because the run game is the core of the Ravens offensive identity (that, and passes over the middle to the TE). It will be interesting to see how the Bills play this. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4BillsintheBurgh Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 I can't remember which game it was, but we came out in a 4-3 that didn't last long, maybe one series. Assuming the coaches didn't like what they saw. I said it the pregame thread, I know it won't happen but would love to see a version of the 5-2. Let the DE's take the outside shoulder and jam the te's, especially andrews. Edmunds, Milano and poyer handle the te's and watch for Lamar running. Might get Oliver into some one on one matchups and just gum up the running lanes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, Billsfanatixs said: Last week vs Colts I heard the announcer say Bill's were running a lot of nickle. I didnt pay much attention because we were getting hammered .....and that was an early afternoon game. What time the festivities start Saturday? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Grundy Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 11 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said: I agree. My only thought with playing Taron Johnson a bit more is that he may give us more speed sideline to sideline on any outside read-option runs— and he is actually pretty good against the run for a DB. Less Taron more Marlowe/Neal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloMatt Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Lamar threw three TDs last year. I also would like to see Klein. North to south LB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hebert19 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Yes. With Lee active in am ideal world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 New England stopped them really well and played nickel a lot or even dime to match up with his speed outside. Can be done either way, the most important thing is to be disciplined. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 I'd like to see a 3 LB set with Edmunds as a spy. Let Milano and Klein blitz periodically. Have to worry about their entire running game not just what Jackson can do 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
947 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Klein is the best tackler among the LBs. I like him for stuffing the Ravens' RB, but he's not gonna run down Jackson on the outside. I'd start the game in Base-D with 3 LBs & adjust to nickel if it's not working. Even if we go Nickel, I'd like to see Klein take some of Milano's snaps on running downs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorin' Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Klien was wrecking ***** and making plays this year. Would have loved to see him get more opportunities last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big C Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 We ran 3 LBs last time 'round. Taron has been getting more snaps though and has generally been solid in run support so it'll be interesting to see how we play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorin' Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 32 minutes ago, 4BillsintheBurgh said: I can't remember which game it was, but we came out in a 4-3 that didn't last long, maybe one series. Assuming the coaches didn't like what they saw. I said it the pregame thread, I know it won't happen but would love to see a version of the 5-2. Let the DE's take the outside shoulder and jam the te's, especially andrews. Edmunds, Milano and poyer handle the te's and watch for Lamar running. Might get Oliver into some one on one matchups and just gum up the running lanes. Or the 3-4 they played with the outside DE playing OLB on the line on one side and Edmunds playing OLB on the line on the other. Keep Milano and Klein as the 2 MLB's and bring one of the S's into the box in a Cover 1 formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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