What's the Bills team identity?!?

[Sweats]

Honest question.......

 

What is our team identity?

 

I mean, we're not a run first or pass first team. We're not a down your throat running team. We're not a finesse passing team. We're not field stretchers.........and on D, we're not aggressive, we're not "in your face", we're not tough, etc.

"Taking what the defense gives us" is not an identity, it's a system.

 

I have tried to figure out an identity to describe this team and how it plays and i have no clue.

[Warriorspikes51]

It should be founded on the OL's ability to take over games on the ground, 3TE sets & combined with play action and scheming players open 

the defense doesn't have an identity 

[Neo]

Josh Allen and great culture.

[zow2]

The masses romanticize running the football.  It's important, you do need a running game especially when you're ahead.  But you have to hit some passes along the way.  Running so much that you're killing clock and constantly getting into 3rd and 4th downs is hazardous for the game.  It keeps the score close deep into the second half.  Kansas City buried the Raiders yesterday with short and medium throws with good RAC yardage.  Philly came out running some and then capped it with a nice 37-yard TD to AJ Brown.  That's prefect execution.

[GoBills808]

But for a brief period in 2023 it's to be conservative on both sides of the ball

[Returntoglory]

Soft. 

[Bob in STL]

36 minutes ago, Sweats said:

Honest question.......

 

What is our team identity?

 

I mean, we're not a run first or pass first team. We're not a down your throat running team. We're not a finesse passing team. We're not field stretchers.........and on D, we're not aggressive, we're not "in your face", we're not tough, etc.

"Taking what the defense gives us" is not an identity, it's a system.

 

I have tried to figure out an identity to describe this team and how it plays and i have no clue.

Good.  The plan is working then.  

[frostbitmic]

Would heavily penalized be a team identity ?

[BuffaloBillies]

Was/should be:

 

Blue-collar Buffalo standing out under grey skies in a winter storm taking the punishment like a champ. No matter what happens or what you do to us, we're gonna keep coming at you as a unified brotherhood, for our city.

 

What it feels like now:

 

Don't worry, Josh will bail us out. If not, at least he has his commercials.

[Steptide]

Run, run, pass 

[Robert Paulson]

13 minutes ago, Returntoglory said:

Soft. 

came here to say this

[Kirby Jackson]

We are a bit confused. We are a run heavy team that plays with a lot of TEs. It used to be a 6th OL but now it’s Hawes. We want to run, limit mistakes and control the clock. It’s just a super weird approach and way of building a team around, arguably, the most physically gifted QB in history. 🤣🤣 This offense would have been the PERFECT offense when you had Tyrod under center.

[Governor]

To the other teams? Did you see the Falcons RB flatten Rapp near the goal-line just for fun? Pseudo bully is what I’d call it.

Edited 1 hour ago by Governor

[Pete]

 Vanilla offense that no one fears.  A defense no one respects.

[Returntoglory]

12 minutes ago, Robert Paulson said:

came here to say this

Oh. I beat you too it?

[947]

Bills identity: Josh Allen & The Bend but also Break Defense

[BuffaloRebound]

Win the turnover battle, control the clock on offense with a lot of low risk plays, and hope the defense makes a couple stops while not letting offenses throw over the top.  

Win a weak division, win a home playoff game against a weak wild card team, then lose in the 2nd round unless we’re playing lamar.  

[Mikie2times]

Play fundamentally sound. Don't make mistakes, force your opponent to earn everything. With that approach, it leads to fairly conservative play on both sides of the ball. But really, in todays NFL, if you aren't dictating the terms, you're behind the eight ball. 

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

On defense? Bend and Break. Offense? The R2P2 offense (run, run, pass, punt)

[GoBills808]

46 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

We are a bit confused. We are a run heavy team that plays with a lot of TEs. It used to be a 6th OL but now it’s Hawes. We want to run, limit mistakes and control the clock. It’s just a super weird approach and way of building a team around, arguably, the most physically gifted QB in history. 🤣🤣 This offense would have been the PERFECT offense when you had Tyrod under center.

Building your team w the intent of limiting possessions when you have a QB who accumulates TDs at the best rate in league history 

 

It's just such a limp approach