All-22 Grades for Bills/Panthers (The Athletic)

[HappyDays]

 

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1. Harrison Phillips rewards Bills’ trust

For the first time this season, defensive tackle Harrison Phillips started a game ahead of Star Lotulelei, which was a slight surprise in itself. With Phillips getting 44 snaps to Lotulelei’s 22... the film showed that Phillips delivered his best game of the season against the Panthers.

 

The Panthers routinely tried to get two blockers on Phillips in their run-heavy approach, and Phillips did an outstanding job of holding his ground all game long to gunk up the middle of the line. He also knifed through some double teams to plug the running lane, either by redirecting the runner to other teammates or making the tackle himself.

 

Over the last four games, Phillips has had the second-highest grade (3.25 GPA) of any defender on the roster, trailing only strong safety Jordan Poyer (3.42).

 

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2. Greg Rousseau rebounds, Boogie Basham shines in one phase

 

In a difficult matchup against right tackle Taylor Moton, rookie Greg Rousseau had the bounce-back performance the Bills needed after a recent lull in pass-rushing production.

 

In all, Rousseau had four pressures and was a sound run defender. There were still a handful of pass-rushing reps in which the Panthers washed Rousseau out for over three seconds, which lowered his grade a bit. However, getting pressure on the opponent is an important step forward in his progression, given that he had only one pressure in the four previous games combined.

 

With A.J. Epenesa inactive, the Bills got another look at rookie defensive end Boogie Basham. In only his sixth active game this season, Basham continued to show that he’s a plus as a run defender. Basham is a bigger-bodied defensive end who sustains against blocks well while making smart reads against running quarterbacks. The pass-rushing piece is still a work in progress, and they’ll need to work with him extensively in the offseason and training camp to improve it before his second season. However, he’s a better run defender than Epenesa.

 

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3. Tremaine Edmunds a blitzing powerhouse

 

While Matt Milano received a lot of praise for the Bills’ defensive efforts Sunday, his teammate, Tremaine Edmunds, was the more impactful linebacker. As a run defender, Edmunds worked off blocks to get in position to make multiple spots. On some other snaps, he also shifted his blocker into a position to reroute the runner into other teammates. But above all, Edmunds was an absolute terror to the Panthers when the Bills sent him on blitzes.

 

The Bills sent Edmunds on eight pass-rushing opportunities, and he provided a pressure on five of them for a ridiculous pressure rate of 62.5 percent.

 

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4. Dane Jackson may become a future target

 

While Wallace allowed some early receptions underneath and had a tackling issue or two, he didn’t give any warning signs. On the other side, Jackson struggled in a couple of situations that opponents may want to imitate.

 

It wasn’t the first time we’ve seen Jackson almost get burned playing a hunch based on a quarterback’s eyes. It happened against Jacksonville earlier this season, and the Jaguars nearly exploited it for a deep touchdown. Teams will see plays like these on film and do their best to put the cornerback in the same situation.

 

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5. Brian Burns dominates Spencer Brown

 

Even without all of his penalties, Brown was constantly on his back foot in the matchup with Burns, falling prey to spin moves, speed rushes to the outside and outside-in moves. Brown ended up on the ground far too often in trying to make up for an initial loss against his blocking assignment. When you mix in the five penalties — three holding calls, one false start and one taunting penalty — it turned into his worst performance of the year, and his season-long grade dropped into the bottom five on the roster.

 

Top 5 grades:

1) Phillips (A-)

2) Johnson (A-)

3) Davis (A-)

4) Edmunds (B+)

5) Hyde (B+)

 

Bottom 5 grades (worst to 5th worst):

1) Brown (D-)

2) Sweeney (C)

3) Milano (C+)

4) Jackson (C+)

5) Boettger (C+)

[Buffalo Bills Fan]

So glad Harrison Philips doing well.  Might be stepping around the corner.

[BearNorth]

Wondering if the receivers had been Diggs/Davis/McKenzie all year would the Bills be in a different place?

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

Another week, another All Pro performance by Jerry Hughes per Joe B. Dude is still going strong at 34.

 

FYI, Joe B. loves him some Jerry, only a B this week, usually at least a B+.

 

Amazing, what a couple tackles a week can get you.

 

 

Edited December 23, 2021 by D. L. Hot-Flamethrower

[34-78-83]

A look at some of the good sound play in this last game by your favorite punching bag

[nedboy7]

Love seeing some real analysis of Edmunds playing solid.  Making a mockery of the posters that bashed him last game.  LOL.

[BuffaloBillyG]

1 minute ago, nedboy7 said:

Love seeing some real analysis of Edmunds playing solid.  Making a mockery of the posters that bashed him last game.  LOL.

In fairness Joe B isn't a "real analyist" of anything. He's never worked in or done any kind of that worked. He really doesn't make known what his criteria is, how or why he grades.

 

In short he watches the All-22 and has an opinion. Not any different than what happens on these boards. Only he writes an article for clicks and content.

[Simon]

31 minutes ago, No Place To Hyde said:

In fairness Joe B isn't a "real analyist" of anything. He's never worked in or done any kind of that worked. He really doesn't make known what his criteria is, how or why he grades.

 

In short he watches the All-22 and has an opinion. Not any different than what happens on these boards. Only he writes an article for clicks and content.

 

I won't argue with any of this, but he seems to be pretty close to on track with what I'm seeing.

In the game balls thread my two mentions were Groot and Harry Phillips and that is who he had #1 and #2. 

Although maybe the S.O.B is just copying me. 

[hemma]

Happy days -> Thanks for posting this every week.

I’m glad Phillips is starting to get noticed.  He has been making steady improvement and is a real hard worker on the field.  

Guy never gives up on a play.

[Rew]

58 minutes ago, No Place To Hyde said:

In fairness Joe B isn't a "real analyist" of anything. He's never worked in or done any kind of that worked. He really doesn't make known what his criteria is, how or why he grades.

 

In short he watches the All-22 and has an opinion. Not any different than what happens on these boards. Only he writes an article for clicks and content.

Agree that it is just an opinion, but at least he actually watches the plays and has some basis.  Many of the opinions you find online (specifically a board like this) are off the cuff judgements that view a player out of context on a limited number of plays.

 

A great example of how a fan could mis analyze a play is the run example in the video that highlights Milano and Edmunds complementing each other.  In real time I felt like it was another play where Edmunds was credited for another late tackle just chasing the play.  After reviewing the camera angles provided here you can see that on that play Edmunds exhibited textbook gap integrity (he rightly skipped the chance to shoot the gap here) and showed outstanding hustle getting to the play after he forced it outside.  Regardless of an individual's prior football expertise, an attempt at an unbiased all 22 analysis is far better than I can do in real time and it's much appreciated when people post it here.

[The Firebaugh Kid]

1 hour ago, BearNorth said:

Wondering if the receivers had been Diggs/Davis/McKenzie all year would the Bills be in a different place?

I'm excited as hell to see 19 play more. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

1 hour ago, No Place To Hyde said:

In fairness Joe B isn't a "real analyist" of anything. He's never worked in or done any kind of that worked. He really doesn't make known what his criteria is, how or why he grades.

 

In short he watches the All-22 and has an opinion. Not any different than what happens on these boards. Only he writes an article for clicks and content.

Agreed.
 

he is more wrong than right. 
 

if people want the real deal, they should watch and listen to Cover One. 

[ganesh]

1 hour ago, BearNorth said:

Wondering if the receivers had been Diggs/Davis/McKenzie all year would the Bills be in a different place?

No.  Sanders played very well in the 1st half of the season before disappearing.

Beasley has been always that Safety valve on 3rd downs for Josh and he has delivered consistently.  

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

16 minutes ago, Rew said:

Agree that it is just an opinion, but at least he actually watches the plays and has some basis.  Many of the opinions you find online (specifically a board like this) are off the cuff judgements that view a player out of context on a limited number of plays.

 

A great example of how a fan could mis analyze a play is the run example in the video that highlights Milano and Edmunds complementing each other.  In real time I felt like it was another play where Edmunds was credited for another late tackle just chasing the play.  After reviewing the camera angles provided here you can see that on that play Edmunds exhibited textbook gap integrity (he rightly skipped the chance to shoot the gap here) and showed outstanding hustle getting to the play after he forced it outside.  Regardless of an individual's prior football expertise, an attempt at an unbiased all 22 analysis is far better than I can do in real time and it's much appreciated when people post it here.

 

It takes him three days to publish his results and grades.  Many posters here already have grades on the players before the game is even finished.  I supposed they'd try and tell you it's because they are so much smarter.

[hemma]

What did he give to Cody Ford?

[34-78-83]

1 hour ago, No Place To Hyde said:

In fairness Joe B isn't a "real analyist" of anything. He's never worked in or done any kind of that worked. He really doesn't make known what his criteria is, how or why he grades.

 

In short he watches the All-22 and has an opinion. Not any different than what happens on these boards. Only he writes an article for clicks and content.

He wasn’t responding to the Joe B rating info, he was responding literally to the all 22 analysis video link I posted

[HappyDays]

24 minutes ago, hemma said:

What did he give to Cody Ford?

 

B, 12th overall.

[GoBills808]

 

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

Just go 55 99 91 50 on the Dline and stop the constant rotation. Leave these guys on the field for more chances to make plays

[34-78-83]

Apparently somehow this was missed when posted above ... err something