How was Dorian Strong?

[Lost]

I was glad to see the Bills actually getting a fair amount of pressure last night at times.  It wasn't one of the better performances by our LB group.  Our safeties got torched, took bad angles and just got flat out abused last night.   Even Benford got picked on a few times.   In the midst of all that I wasn't really watching how the rookie DB was doing.  What are your thoughts on his performance?

[bmur66]

We didn't hear his name much except for one P.I. call which I thought wasn't a great call. He did his 1/11th.

[oldmanfan]

I think he lost Flowers on the crossing pattern when he scored.

[Brandon]

5 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

I think he lost Flowers on the crossing pattern when he scored.

 

Was that the one where they sent Cole Bishop on a blitz from deep in the defensive backfield?  If so,  Bishop caused the separation.  He ran between the CB in coverage and the WR after the snap,  which created the separation.  

[BananaB]

Other than the one play you hardly noticed he was on the field. That’s a good thing when you give up a forty burger. 

1 minute ago, Brandon said:

 

Was that the one where they sent Cole Bishop on a blitz from deep in the defensive backfield?  If so,  Bishop caused the separation.  He ran between the CB in coverage and the WR after the snap,  which created the separation.  

No

[stlbills13]

I noticed one or two times he was a willing tackler unlike some others. But in general they didn't really test him because they didn't need to. 

[henry jones]

He was strong!!  Didn't look any more lost out there than the other 10

[SoonerBillsFan]

Not bad.

[benderbender]

He had the grapes to actually try and tackle Henry. He gets points for that alone.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

I was really impressed with him (and Benford). It seemed like the coverage was solid.
 

As someone else posted, he did give up a crosser to flowers, but that was due to some miscommunication, it seems. Very encouraging start. 

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

1 minute ago, benderbender said:

He had the grapes to actually try and tackle Henry. He gets points for that alone.

How bout big Ed Oliver slamming Henry to the ground like a rag doll. That was not something I expected 

[JerseyBills]

53 minutes ago, bmur66 said:

We didn't hear his name much except for one P.I. call which I thought wasn't a great call. He did his 1/11th.

Exactly what I was going to say

[Iverwig]

I will say he was good because we didn’t hear his name called a lot or see him in the vicinity of caught passes. Benford gave up some receptions last night. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Iverwig

[blacklabel]

Seemed like he did pretty well. A good first game. Wouldn't that be something if he hits and takes the CB2 job? Then both starting corners would be sixth round picks while the three first round CBs are injured, injured, and one plays for Dallas. 

 

Obviously they want Hairston to be the guy for that jorb but it Strong can hold it down until Max or Tre get back then that's nice...and I like things that are nice. 

[DrDawkinstein]

He did as well as could be hoped for from a 6th round rookie, in a juiced up season opener, against a Super Bowl favorite with a high-voltage offense.

 

Wasnt perfect, but nothing to be ashamed of either.

[Warriorspikes51]

he looks the part IMO.   Might turn out to be solid quickly 

[Matt in KC]

For a 6th round rookie in his very first game... against the Ravens?  I think think he had a solid outing for a starter and a fantastic one in that context. We should all be thrilled at the value and contributions!

Edited 2 hours ago by Matt in KC

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

52 minutes ago, Brandon said:

 

Was that the one where they sent Cole Bishop on a blitz from deep in the defensive backfield?  If so,  Bishop caused the separation.  He ran between the CB in coverage and the WR after the snap,  which created the separation.  

They hiked the ball immediately with no snap count on that play lol that was pretty crafty…I’m assuming he was supposed to creep down closer to the line pre snap

 

really don’t know how guys that get paid millions of dollars to commentate missed that one.  Not a full excuse for the defense but the play definitely wasn’t drawn up quite that way which makes it sting a little less 

Edited 2 hours ago by Generic_Bills_Fan

[TFBillsfan]

Pretty quiet night for the rookie which is a good thing. IMO, the PI call was pretty ticky tacky. The crosser to Flowers was his worst play though.  I wouldn’t be surprised if he starts against the Jets.

[SectionC3]

14 minutes ago, benderbender said:

He had the grapes to actually try and tackle Henry. He gets points for that alone.

Saved a TD.