Does there need to be a rethinking of the basic D?

[oldmanfan]

I am not the sort to panic over a couple preseason games but I have noticed that, in both games so far, the quick pass has been pretty successful.  It nullified the rush for the most part, and sitting in zone allowed WRs to get open in a regular basis.  So I’m wondering if this might force a switch from a zone dominant scheme more to a man concept.  Many here are much better scholars of strategy than me so please weigh in.

[BananaB]

What we seen last night is a lot of what we see in the playoffs against Chiefs. Difference is Allen is moving the ball chewing up time and putting points on the board. D system is soft.

[Xwnyer]

Tired of the soft zone tampa 2 scheme.  Playing 10 yards off receivers, safeties 20 yards deep and heading away from LOS at snap lots of open area just over the LBs

[dorquemada]

Somehow, despite all the draft capital spend on the DL, we don’t have the horses to put pressure on the QB.  I’m not sure what can be done schematically to compensate for personnel.  We’re told that McD is a defensive genius, and if you don’t believe it just ask him, so we have to assume the scheme is optimized for the players and we have a season of the opponents converting 3rd and long over and over.

[MPL]

Last night’s d-line consisted of 3 rookies and 1 2nd-year players — all of which are backups or players considered to be projects — against a Bears starting offense that had something to prove in Ben Johnson’s first home preseason game. These are the first game reps these guys have played against nfl starters. Of course there was no effective pass rush. Dane Jackson was your CB1 on the night against DJ Moore. Let’s all relax. Last night showed nothing. 

[Avisan]

40 minutes ago, dorquemada said:

We’re told that McD is a defensive genius, and if you don’t believe it just ask him

When has McDermott ever said he is a defensive genius?

[zow2]

1 hour ago, Xwnyer said:

Tired of the soft zone tampa 2 scheme.  Playing 10 yards off receivers, safeties 20 yards deep and heading away from LOS at snap lots of open area just over the LBs

 

The system is designed to make opponents go 10-12 plays to get it down and score.  And somewhere in there, the thinking is we get a fumble, INT, sack, etc..to stop the drive.  The Bills D does a pretty good job on first and second down but they've been horrible on 3rd downs (as we all know).  That has to change,

[SoonerBillsFan]

1 hour ago, oldmanfan said:

I am not the sort to panic over a couple preseason games but I have noticed that, in both games so far, the quick pass has been pretty successful.  It nullified the rush for the most part, and sitting in zone allowed WRs to get open in a regular basis.  So I’m wondering if this might force a switch from a zone dominant scheme more to a man concept.  Many here are much better scholars of strategy than me so please weigh in.

We were told by McDermott he needed to make a chnge,yet here we are. 

[todd]

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[twist_to_open]

1 hour ago, dorquemada said:

Somehow, despite all the draft capital spend on the DL, we don’t have the horses to put pressure on the QB.  I’m not sure what can be done schematically to compensate for personnel.  We’re told that McD is a defensive genius, and if you don’t believe it just ask him, so we have to assume the scheme is optimized for the players and we have a season of the opponents converting 3rd and long over and over.

Our DL never had a chance because opposing QBs get the ball out very quickly, usually to a receiver without a defender within 5 yards of him.

[SoCal Deek]

1 minute ago, todd said:

 P R E S E A S O N

Everybody knows that but were the Bills defenders actually told to drop back ten yards and just stand there? Is that really what the coaches said to them? You have to admit that it looked very odd.