Defense Will be Back Loaded......

[jethro_tull]

The defense should be back loaded down the stretch with the return of the PED suspended FA Studs Hoecht and Ogunjobi- as well as our no. 1 pick speed demon corner Hairston comes off IR.  Should be catching their collective and respective "strides" after the week 8 return from the bye.  

All three could realistically become fresh and healthy starters by mid season- never happened that I am aware of. 

Should be very interesting......

 

[SCBills]

Not expecting a ton from Ogunjobi.   Hoping Walker & Sanders have enough reps down to relegate him to reserve/inactive or DT5 if needed on Gameday. 
 

Hoecht is legit.  Really good player who makes the DE rotation a real strength if we can keep Bosa healthy. 
 

Hairston is a wild card, but they’ve got to find a way to get him on the field and get the reps needed to be a factor for the playoffs.  Having his speed opposite Benford is huge for this Defense and what they’ll want to be able to do with pressure packages. 

[BigAl2526]

43 minutes ago, SCBills said:

Not expecting a ton from Ogunjobi.   Hoping Walker & Sanders have enough reps down to relegate him to reserve/inactive or DT5 if needed on Gameday. 
 

Hoecht is legit.  Really good player who makes the DE rotation a real strength if we can keep Bosa healthy. 
 

Hairston is a wild card, but they’ve got to find a way to get him on the field and get the reps needed to be a factor for the playoffs.  Having his speed opposite Benford is huge for this Defense and what they’ll want to be able to do with pressure packages. 

Agreed.  Ogunjobi may have a struggle just to make the 53 man roster.   At the very least, Buffalo is going to be very deep at cornerback and defensive end, assuming everybody can stay healthy.

[Logic]

If Ed Oliver's game 1 (and Beane saying it was the best camp of his career) are an indication of a career year for him, and Bosa and our linebackers can stay healthy...

Then I like the defense's chances of being good this year. I don't think the Ravens game is a realistic indication of the defense's quality this year.

Playing as many youngsters as they are and being in a transitional phase, there were always going to be some early growing pains, especially against an offense as dynamic as the Ravens'.

Our safety play needs to rise to "average", but beyond that...I think the Bills D will be just fine, particularly with the returns of Hoecht and Hairson. 
 

[CEN-CAL17]

Been saying it for months!!!! Out safeties are not good. They are slow, can’t tackle very well…. And mostly they are not ball hawks. There will be little PBUs, and Ints will be shocking.  Bills safety tandem honestly, rank probably near bottom 5 in the league.

[Draconator]

Just now, CEN-CAL17 said:

Been saying it for months!!!! Out safeties are not good. They are slow, can’t tackle very well…. And mostly they are not ball hawks. There will be little PBUs, and Ints will be shocking.  Bills safety tandem honestly, rank probably near bottom 5 in the league.

But what about the rest of the defense? 

[SoonerBillsFan]

1 hour ago, jethro_tull said:

The defense should be back loaded down the stretch with the return of the PED suspended FA Studs Hoecht and Ogunjobi- as well as our no. 1 pick speed demon corner Hairston comes off IR.  Should be catching their collective and respective "strides" after the week 8 return from the bye.  

All three could realistically become fresh and healthy starters by mid season- never happened that I am aware of. 

Should be very interesting......

 

I just pray we are at, or very near, 100% going into the playoffs

[CEN-CAL17]

23 minutes ago, Draconator said:

But what about the rest of the defense? 

Honestly… there’s no speed on the edge. Bills don’t have a lot of speed on defense as it is. Daquan Jones is overrated. Bosa ain’t Bosa of 2018. Ed Oliver is a stud. 
 

they will once again have a middle of the road defense and you’ll see there will be multiple games where it will be up to the offense to win it.

 

They will be better at years end, more of the bend don’t break style. But this defense isn’t anything special. I see the DLine having the ability to collapse the pocket which will affect some younger QBs, but the Pro Bowl style QBs will give us trouble. Hence, the Offense will need to pull is through.

[Tulsabillsfanz]

29 minutes ago, CEN-CAL17 said:

Been saying it for months!!!! Out safeties are not good. They are slow, can’t tackle very well…. And mostly they are not ball hawks. There will be little PBUs, and Ints will be shocking.  Bills safety tandem honestly, rank probably near bottom 5 in the league.

I’m hoping Hancock ends up being a surprise at Safety for us. I agree we need an upgrade. 

[CEN-CAL17]

1 minute ago, Tulsabillsfanz said:

I’m hoping Hancock ends up being a surprise at Safety for us. I agree we need an upgrade. 

Yes. I mean I want to see more of Bishop, but you know what you’re getting with Rapp.

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

Yes and also the three rookie lineman by December won't exactly be rookies.  I think need to put this game in perspective that they probably just played one of the top 3 teams in the league excluding themselves on both sides of the ball.  Lets see how they look the next two weeks before giving up on them.

 

I also think too the Ravens are better in early season that in playoffs as by then both Henry and Jackson are a bit beat up and worn down.

 

Funny too how many things in the media talked about how this game likely means if they meet in the playoffs, the game will be in Buffalo.  But yet last year, the Ravens beat the Bills in the regular season, but the playoff game still ended up in Buffalo.   

[Johnnycage46]

1 hour ago, jethro_tull said:

The defense should be back loaded down the stretch with the return of the PED suspended FA Studs Hoecht and Ogunjobi- as well as our no. 1 pick speed demon corner Hairston comes off IR.  Should be catching their collective and respective "strides" after the week 8 return from the bye.  

All three could realistically become fresh and healthy starters by mid season- never happened that I am aware of. 

Should be very interesting......

 

 

That's my hope as well. With the players returning from suspension and injury, and the younger guys getting more reps, I'm hoping we play our best D in the playoffs. One of these years it has to happen!

[NewEra]

1 hour ago, jethro_tull said:

The defense should be back loaded down the stretch with the return of the PED suspended FA Studs Hoecht and Ogunjobi- as well as our no. 1 pick speed demon corner Hairston comes off IR.  Should be catching their collective and respective "strides" after the week 8 return from the bye.  

All three could realistically become fresh and healthy starters by mid season- never happened that I am aware of. 

Should be very interesting......

 

I agree that our defense will improve as the year goes on with the return of a handful of guys. The key will be keeping the current group healthy. Especially Benford

[BuffaloBillsGospel2014]

58 minutes ago, BigAl2526 said:

Agreed.  Ogunjobi may have a struggle just to make the 53 man roster.   At the very least, Buffalo is going to be very deep at cornerback and defensive end, assuming everybody can stay healthy.

He should be able to beat out DaQuan Jones, what a waste of a roster space he is.