So how did Matt Milano do?

[PoundingDog]

There is a lot of hope that Milano will be a force now that he's healthy full offseason. I didn't see much of him last night. His trademark is quick diagnose of a play and getting there first before the play happens. The Ravens did a lot of mis-directions and unfortunately, Milano washed out of the plays with majority of the Bills defenders. 

[HOUSE]

3 minutes ago, PoundingDog said:

There is a lot of hope that Milano will be a force now that he's healthy full offseason. I didn't see much of him last night. His trademark is quick diagnose of a play and getting there first before the play happens. The Ravens did a lot of mis-directions and unfortunately, Milano washed out of the plays with majority of the Bills defenders. 

I think he was effective. Hey first game back and it was the RAVENS

The entire defense will look much better in the weeks ahead. 

[RoyBatty is alive]

Eh not impressed, he does know his responsibilities but no big play ability i saw..

[oldmanfan]

Our front 7 in general had a lot of problems the first 45 minutes.  Give credit to their O line.

[PoundingDog]

Just saw this -

 

[The Wiz]

8 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

Our front 7 in general had a lot of problems the first 45 minutes.  Give credit to their O line.

Yea their OLine was getting to the 2nd level and pancaking the hell out of everyone.

[pigpen65]

Just watch the highlights. Milano and Bernard were both horrible.

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

16 minutes ago, PoundingDog said:

Just saw this -

 

Sounds right…LBers seemed to have a really bad night…probably was Bernard’s worst game.  I really didn’t even think Cole bishop was as bad as people say he just got memorably trucked on a Henry run that no safety would’ve stopped…Rapp seemed consistently lost though

 

bishop definitely got got on that quick silent instant snap play which was also pretty memorable…can’t say I’ve ever seen a team do that before  so I guess good thing we got it week 1 rather than playoffs 😂

Edited 5 hours ago by Generic_Bills_Fan

[TheyCallMeAndy]

When your LBers are 220, and your DL is completely dominated, it's going to be a rough night. 
 

They played poorly on top of that scenario, minus Williams. He seemed like he wanted to hit Henry. 

[Simon]

35 minutes ago, PoundingDog said:

There is a lot of hope that Milano will be a force now that he's healthy full offseason. I didn't see much of him last night. His trademark is quick diagnose of a play and getting there first before the play happens. The Ravens did a lot of mis-directions and unfortunately, Milano washed out of the plays with majority of the Bills defenders. 

 

I thought the entire LB corps was hesitant and just plain awful, along with both safeties.

Although Bishop seemed to get more comfortable and aggressive later in the game.

[Big Turk]

I think we won't know how good this D is until the midpoint of the season or maybe even a little later...lot of young/new players that need to understand their role on each play and to do their 1/11th. More than any other team, the Bills rely on players playing with sound technique and being where they are supposed to be to have team success on D. Far too often, players weren't in the right place or trying to do other people's jobs yesterday. Plus 2 big pieces in Hoecht and Ogunjobi will be out for 6 weeks and would expect some serious improvement once they are inserted.

[paulmm3]

Milano and Bernard were both horrible last night. Milano had one nice stop I recall but seemed out of place too much. Bernard seems almost like the exact opposite of Tremaine Edmunds for me. Edmunds is probably the single lowest IQ player I have ever seen but a physical monster. Bernard I think does a decent job with a microphone in his helmet and at reading plays, but he is physically inferior and gets manhandled by opponents.

[Big Turk]

Just now, Simon said:

 

I thought the entire LB corps was hesitant and just plan awful, along with both safeties.

Although Bishop seemed to get more comfortable and aggressive later in the game.

 

That blitz from no man's land allowing that long Flowers completion was so bad...I have to assume that was on him and not by design...should have been creeping up slowly and on a dead sprint by the time the ball is snapped instead of standing there and then taking off towards the LOS post snap. 

[Simon]

1 minute ago, Big Turk said:

 

That blitz from no man's land allowing that long Flowers completion was so bad...I have to assume that was on him and not by design...should have been creeping up slowly and on a dead sprint by the time the ball is snapped instead of standing there and then taking off towards the LOS post snap. 

 

The Ravens ran a quick snap on that play and caught the Bills off guard; none of the D was in position when the play started before they expected it.

[Brand J]

3 minutes ago, paulmm3 said:

Milano and Bernard were both horrible last night. Milano had one nice stop I recall but seemed out of place too much. Bernard seems almost like the exact opposite of Tremaine Edmunds for me. Edmunds is probably the single lowest IQ player I have ever seen but a physical monster. Bernard I think does a decent job with a microphone in his helmet and at reading plays, but he is physically inferior and gets manhandled by opponents.

Edmunds is a physical monster when it comes to size and athleticism, but he never played that way. I’ll never forget when he had a full head of steam on a blitz, right up the middle, and got completely stonewalled by a flat-footed Patriot RB. I had never seen that before.

[SoonerBillsFan]

35 minutes ago, HOUSE said:

I think he was effective. Hey first game back and it was the RAVENS

The entire defense will look much better in the weeks ahead. 

You are too positive... something is wrong...

[Bills!Win!]

I was at the game. One thing I noticed is that Milano lined up on the LOS a lot last night and was swallowed up by big linemen. I think they might have been game planning around him. They also seems to run opposite of him all night 

[Beck Water]

41 minutes ago, PoundingDog said:

Just saw this -

 

 

Why do we bother with PFF grades?  C'Mon man.

[Dillenger4]

We won. Week 2 - JETS. Let's goooooooooooo

[Beck Water]

22 minutes ago, paulmm3 said:

Milano and Bernard were both horrible last night. Milano had one nice stop I recall but seemed out of place too much. Bernard seems almost like the exact opposite of Tremaine Edmunds for me. Edmunds is probably the single lowest IQ player I have ever seen but a physical monster. Bernard I think does a decent job with a microphone in his helmet and at reading plays, but he is physically inferior and gets manhandled by opponents.

 

The Bills LB, by design and like a lot of LB in the NFL now a days, are "tweeners" designed to be strong in pass coverage.  That makes it axiomatic that if an offense is able to man handle our DL and get to the 2nd level, they're going to struggle.

 

It's my problem with PFF grades.  They look for plays - plays made or not made.  But football is the ultimate team game, the ultimate chess match.  They don't assess what is the effect on the LB of the DL getting their asses handed to them, or losing contain on the run.  Spoiler: it's bad