Biggest Weakness?

[Awwufelloff]

What is this teams biggest weakness this year?

 

CB depth/talent?

Offensive Line?

Coaching?

 

If our season doesn't go as planned what will be the culprit? 

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

Coaching, IMO, is the limiting factor on this team. If they stay out of the weeds, they're pretty unstopppable

 

[Awwufelloff]

Just now, Joe in Winslow said:

Coaching, IMO, is the limiting factor on this team. If they stay out of the weeds, they're pretty unstopppable

 

Do you think having a new offensive coach even if he was already with the team will have a big impact on this season? I know most here had issues with Daboll but I thought he was pretty good. 

[Greg S]

Right now going into the season I would say CB. Losing Tre hurts and when he finally comes back then how long will it take for him to be playing at the level he is capable of. Might not be until the 2nd half of the season at the earliest.

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

6 minutes ago, Awwufelloff said:

Do you think having a new offensive coach even if he was already with the team will have a big impact on this season? I know most here had issues with Daboll but I thought he was pretty good. 

 

I think Allen made Daboll, not the inverse.

[LabattBlue]

OL both starters and depth.  For a team that has their franchise QB for the next 10 years or more, McD and BB don’t seem to have a lot of interest in “protecting” their investment. 

[Royale with Cheese]

Our biggest weakness is the QB talent in the AFC.  We are a complete team without a glaring need.

People like Mahomes, Burrow, Herbert etc....can just go off and be unstoppable regardless of what defense is on the field.  That's what scares me...but Allen scares other teams too.

 

Every single top 5 defense last year in scoring all had games in which they couldn't stop anything.  

[Bob in Mich]

If we give Josh time in the pocket and keep him upright, we have an excellent chance of winning that game.  

 

So, my biggest concern is the ability of the offensive line to hold up and weather an injury or two.

[Fan in San Diego]

4 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

Our biggest weakness is the QB talent in the AFC.  We are a complete team without a glaring need.

People like Mahomes, Burrow, Herbert etc....can just go off and be unstoppable regardless of what defense is on the field.  That's what scares me...but Allen scares other teams too.

 

Every single top 5 defense last year in scoring all had games in which they couldn't stop anything.  

I think our biggest weakness is stopping the run. How many times on 3rd and whatever do we get gashed for 15 plus yards.

 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

Just now, Fan in San Diego said:

I think our biggest weakness is stopping the run. How many times on 3rd and whatever do we get gashed for 15 plus yards.

 

Don't you think Beane addressed this ?  I'm as big an Edmunds critic as anyone, and his run defense is awful. But the DL run defense on paper looks better.

[Jauronimo]

Leselie Frazier.  Its great that we blow out chumps and hang shutouts on marginal QBs but I don't trust this defense to get stops or make big plays against good offenses in critical situations.

[teef]

i think herpes is the only thing that can bring this to a screeching halt.  

[Don Otreply]

3 minutes ago, Awwufelloff said:

Do you think having a new offensive coach even if he was already with the team will have a big impact on this season? I know most here had issues with Daboll but I thought he was pretty good. 

Daboll is a good OC, when things are going well, but does have his failings, ie; being pass centric to the point of his own teams detriment, he never seemed to understand / incorporate a functioning counter attack via the run game, when his pass game stuttered, he relied on to many cutie play calls or fell into the run, run, run, punt kinda stuff, I’m thinking that Dorsey will be smarter about that sort of thing, and in this case more successful. As to what the culprit for failure could be this upcoming season, so many things could cause it, from a couple bad Ref calls, to an in opportune fumble or interception, injury, or a bad coaching call, its hard to know a head of time. But don’t worry so much about it, we are going to win the last game of the season, so we’re cool that way.

 

 

[frostbitmic]

CB - If Tre' is ready to go to start the season we'll be fine. If he's not we'll be starting Jackson who's young and improved from year 1 to year 2, hopefully he takes another step in year 3. We'll likely also start Elam, who I think will be really good, but rookies will make rookie mistakes, and we'll have Taron Johnson in the slot who is very good.

 

We also have the benefit of a very good pair of starters at Safety.

 

Again it all depends on Tre'.

[GunnerBill]

20 minutes ago, Awwufelloff said:

What is this teams biggest weakness this year?

 

CB depth/talent?

Offensive Line?

Coaching?

 

If our season doesn't go as planned what will be the culprit? 

 

I still think it is offensive line. I think it was last year and my worry is it will be again. I have no concerns about corner. It is Oline, coaching, receiver depth in that order for me.

[Fan in San Diego]

2 minutes ago, Ethan in Portland said:

Don't you think Beane addressed this ?  I'm as big an Edmunds critic as anyone, and his run defense is awful. But the DL run defense on paper looks better.

Who did they bring in to address this? Star was good but missed so many games. As much as I dislike Suh, he would be an upgrade.

[Royale with Cheese]

2 minutes ago, Fan in San Diego said:

I think our biggest weakness is stopping the run. How many times on 3rd and whatever do we get gashed for 15 plus yards.

 

 

I think it was referring to the current team in which we beefed up the DL.  

 

We had the #1 3rd down defense in the NFL last year.  We were #15 overall in rushing defense and 16th in ypc....right in the middle of the pack but I think we improved with our offseason additions.

 

Our run defense looked worse than it was just because a few games, we got gashed but overall in the 17 game season...were statistically average.  

[LeGOATski]

2 minutes ago, Fan in San Diego said:

Who did they bring in to address this? Star was good but missed so many games. As much as I dislike Suh, he would be an upgrade.

Are you saying you think the Bills have Settled... for lesser talent?

Edited May 19, 2022 by LeGOATski

[Ethan in Cleveland]

Post-draft I would say the biggest weakness is the O-line.  There is plenty of optimism but also a fair amount of question marks on the OL.  I think the run blocking will be ok but I'm still worried about the pass blocking with the group we have.

Dorsey is an unknown but I am not too worried.  I hope we get rid of Gilliam and play more two TE sets with Dorsey calling the plays.  

2 minutes ago, Fan in San Diego said:

Who did they bring in to address this? Star was good but missed so many games. As much as I dislike Suh, he would be an upgrade.

Settle, Jones, and Lawson

[Royale with Cheese]

3 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

I still think it is offensive line. I think it was last year and my worry is it will be again. I have no concerns about corner. It is Oline, coaching, receiver depth in that order for me.

 

Now that you brought this up, the OL probably would be it if I had to choose one.  Brown is still an unknown and Bates...hoping he wasn't just a flash in a pan.

But I trust Kromer as well.

[Buffalo Boy]

The “ Buffalo Curse”!!!!!

    We are as good as any team in the league and arguably better than 28-29 of them.

    Piss poor luck is the only thing that stops us.

[Nextmanup]

McDermott is the weakest link in this chain.

Has been for some time.

 

 

[Fan in San Diego]

22 minutes ago, Ethan in Portland said:

Post-draft I would say the biggest weakness is the O-line.  There is plenty of optimism but also a fair amount of question marks on the OL.  I think the run blocking will be ok but I'm still worried about the pass blocking with the group we have.

Dorsey is an unknown but I am not too worried.  I hope we get rid of Gilliam and play more two TE sets with Dorsey calling the plays.  

Settle, Jones, and Lawson

Yes they added some beef, I hope it's enough.

[H2o]

Biggest weakness? Deshaun Watson's affinity for prostate massages? 

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

4 minutes ago, H2o said:

Biggest weakness? Deshaun Watson's affinity for prostate massages? 

 

Imagery neither asked for or wanted

 

[BillsVet]

Comes down to the HC who, both on and off-field, leads the organization.  2022 will be a confirmation or rejection of his vision for a championship football team.  

 

As in, is the emphasis this off-season and previously on defense going to provide the margin to win against better AFC offenses in KC and CIN both regular and hopefully post-season?

 

Is the likely emphasis on running the ball and taking it out of Josh's hands a net gain or loss for the offense?  Are his choices for offensive assistants up to the task?

 

Can he flex up his defense to confuse opponents, or run the same coverage schemes he has for a few years now?

 

 

 

 

[DallasBillsFan1]

Biggest weakness could be McD and Frazier ... based on that ***** D play call at 13 seconds.  Critical game time decisons are ... well ... critical.  Do we have the right guy in charge to make the right decison?

 

[Fan in San Diego]

5 minutes ago, DallasBillsFan1 said:

Biggest weakness could be McD and Frazier ... based on that ***** D play call at 13 seconds.  Critical game time decisons are ... well ... critical.  Do we have the right guy in charge to make the right decison?

 

Prevent defense should be abolished. It only prevents you from winning. 

[Patrick Duffy]

1 hour ago, Joe in Winslow said:

 

I think Allen made Daboll, not the inverse.

 

Absolutely agree and pretty obvious imo. Can't see anyone arguing with that for the most part. Had some good plays here and there from Daboll, but I would guess many of those plays don't succeed without Allen.

 

That being said.....I will go with run stopping as biggest weakness, or at least it was. Although I do believe that will improve this upcoming season with the addition of new meats on the DL. Least I hope anyways

Edited May 19, 2022 by Sheneneh Jenkins

[Greg S]

1 minute ago, Sheneneh Jenkins said:

 

Absolutely agree and pretty obvious imo. Can't see anyone arguing with that for the most part. Had some good plays here and there from Daboll, but I would guess many of those plays don't succeed without Allen.

 

We will have our answer this year. Something tell me Jones won't be able to make those same plays for Daboll that Allen did.

[Simon Says]

1 hour ago, Awwufelloff said:

Do you think having a new offensive coach even if he was already with the team will have a big impact on this season? I know most here had issues with Daboll but I thought he was pretty good. 

Dont forget the return of Kromer and the promotion of a special teams assistant 

[H2o]

In all seriousness, there are two that are in a dead heat. The OL until proven otherwise and the Secondary. I hope Saffold is over the injuries and has a great year for us. Dawkins seemed to have a rough go last year as well after his bout with Covid. I liked what I saw from Bates in limited action, but I hope he builds off of that. Hopefully Kromer has these guys whipped into shape and playing some good football this year. I know there are varying opinions of Levi Wallace, but I was never a big fan. He was decent, but was usually the guy that gave up the big plays or key first downs in his time here. He was the one who got roasted on the slant by Hill for the 65 yard TD. All you saw was Levi diving face first while swiping at his feet and being left in the dust. To me, that summed up his time here. If Tre is not pre-injury Tre then we could be in some trouble. Elam is a rookie, Jackson was decent but not great, and after them two it's a bunch of J.A.G.'s on the outside. 

[Patrick Duffy]

Just now, Greg S said:

 

We will have our answer this year. Something tell me Jones won't be able to make those same plays for Daboll that Allen did.

Lol, well not exactly going out on a limb here. But I know what you mean, for sure he will have to adjust because there's only 1 QB that can make similar plays like Allen and that's P.M

[Simon Says]

1 hour ago, Awwufelloff said:

Do you think having a new offensive coach even if he was already with the team will have a big impact on this season? I know most here had issues with Daboll but I thought he was pretty good. 

Dont forget the return of Kromer and the promotion of a special teams assistant.

Player-wise if possible, I would add a starting guard because of Saffold's age and Bates's lack of experience. And is Mancz a better backup center than Bates?

[Mattymafia]

1 hour ago, Awwufelloff said:

Do you think having a new offensive coach even if he was already with the team will have a big impact on this season? I know most here had issues with Daboll but I thought he was pretty good. 

I was good with Daboll leaving when in the wind game he called 1 designed qb run with the one of best running qb in football. On top of that, they left Mckenzie out that game and drew up zero motion or jet sweeps. That was an asinine game plan. 

[PromoTheRobot]

field goal holder.

[Logic]

Offensive line.

 

They’re banking on Kromer improving the unit overall, Brown improving as a pass blocker, Bates being as good at RG as he was at LG, and everyone staying healthy. If any of those things — or more than one of those things — don’t happen, the offense is in trouble.

 

What can they do about it at this point in the offseason? Sign a couple viable guards for depth. I’d love it if they brought back Daryl Williams and brought in Ereck Flowers.

[Greg S]

1 minute ago, Logic said:

Offensive line.

 

They’re banking on Kromer improving the unit overall, Brown improving as a pass blocker, Bates being as good at RG as he was at LG, and everyone staying healthy. If any of those things — or more than one of those things — don’t happen, the offense is in trouble.

 

What can they do about it at this point in the offseason? Sign a couple viable guards for depth. I’d love it if they brought back Daryl Williams and brought in Ereck Flowers.

 

Even if the Bills win the Super Bowl this season I would think Beane will make OL a priority at next year's draft. 

[GunnerBill]

2 minutes ago, Logic said:

Offensive line.

 

They’re banking on Kromer improving the unit overall, Brown improving as a pass blocker, Bates being as good at RG as he was at LG, and everyone staying healthy. If any of those things — or more than one of those things — don’t happen, the offense is in trouble.

 

What can they do about it at this point in the offseason? Sign a couple viable guards for depth. I’d love it if they brought back Daryl Williams and brought in Ereck Flowers.

 

I agree with all of this except Ereck Flowers 🤢

[Patrick Duffy]

Just now, Logic said:

Offensive line.

 

They’re banking on Kromer improving the unit overall, Brown improving as a pass blocker, Bates being as good at RG as he was at LG, and everyone staying healthy. If any of those things — or more than one of those things — don’t happen, the offense is in trouble.

 

What can they do about it at this point in the offseason? Sign a couple viable guards for depth. I’d love it if they brought back Daryl Williams and brought in Ereck Flowers.

 

I didn't choose OL as the "biggest weakness" due to the improvement we saw last 5-6 games. Also, speaking for myself, I do have confidence in Kromer's abilities, but I'm not exactly "banking" on it. I do think at the very least the OL will continue from where they left off those last games. 

 

Anyway, for that reason I went with stopping the run as "biggest weakness"...at least for now until we see otherwise how newly added players on DL perform