story going around-Bills run D this year is worst in the NFL since 1934 (Cincinnati Reds)

[dave mcbride]

The Bills are giving up 5.8 yards per carry. 

 

Multiple people have reported that this is the worst in the NFL since 1934, when the short-lived Cincinnati Reds gave up 6.4 ypc in an 0-8 season. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/red/1934.htm 

 

Cowherd reported this, as did Florio yesterday in his preview (with Simms) of the Bill Panthers game. 

 

Anyway, even though I realize we're only six games in and regression to the mean is a real thing, this is pretty effing bad!

 

 

[Buffalo Boy]

6 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

The Bills are giving up 5.8 yards per carry. 

 

Multiple people have reported that this is the worst in the NFL since 1934, when the short-lived Cincinnati Reds gave up 6.4 ypc in an 0-8 season. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/red/1934.htm 

 

Cowherd reported this, as did Florio yesterday in his preview (with Simms) of the Bill Panthers game. 

 

Anyway, even though I realize we're only six games in and regression to the mean is a real thing, this is pretty effing bad!

 

 

Well, yeah🤷‍♂️

Now cue the Cowherd and Wright haters, McD apologists.

[RyanC883]

Carolina is likely planning to try and run it all over us.  Hopefully we start with a heavy box and the DBs can hold up on their own.  

[Roundybout]

This is what happens when you start Daquan Jones. 
 

Beane is still obsessed with a light and fast defense that a lot of teams ran around 2020-2021. The league has an adjusted but he really hasn’t, though Deone Walker looks like a slam dunk pick. 

[PonyBoy]

Marv Levy was 9!! 😀

 

[Sweats]

The word is out........we can't stop the run, our D is soft, can't get pressure on the QB, WR's hunker down in the soft spots, etc. 

 

Our D is getting progressively worse from year to year, but hey, better keep our HC Defensive guru around to fix it and we better keep wasting our resources in draft picks and cast-offs. It's been 9 years and counting, like what in the good name of **** is he waiting for?!?

 

13 seconds should have been the end of it..........that's all i have to say about that

[Goin Breakdown]

All while McD is still watching tape I'm sure. 

[Peace Frog]

7 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:

Carolina is likely planning to try and run it all over us.  Hopefully we start with a heavy box and the DBs can hold up on their own.  

 

"Well, you can hope in one hand and crap in the other, and see which one fills up first, kid."

[The Frankish Reich]

Not saying we're a good run defense, but we're 6 games in a a couple really long breakaway runs will do that ...

[dave mcbride]

Just now, The Frankish Reich said:

Not saying we're a good run defense, but we're 6 games in a a couple really long breakaway runs will do that ...

True. But this is a defense that gives up short stuff to stop the 70 yard plays. It's not working. 

[SCBills]

Every fan sees why we can’t stop the run without throwing numbers at it. 
 

We draft undersized, penetrating DT’s.  Thats the trade off.  
 

We draft undersized, sideline to sideline linebackers.  That’s the trade off.

 

Our run defense is bad by design.  Always has been.  Everyone saw this coming a mile away.

 

Now it’s further exposed due to injuries and not having prime Hyde/Poyer to mask defensive deficiencies on the back end.

 

And why do we have so many injuries every year on Defense?   Well, undersized players typically don’t hold up as well over the course of the season when getting pummeled by bigger, stronger players. 
 

None of this is surprising.   Just like the WR issues ever since Diggs/Brown/Beasley.  It’s cognizant team building failures and it’s by design. Somehow the only people who don’t see this reside at One Bills Drive. 
 

Team is built to rush the passer and hunt off a lead.  But we can’t do that when games are close because the opponent has 9-10-11 play drives consuming 6-7-8 minutes, shortening the game for an Offense that has zero quick strike ability due to its constant lack of WR talent. 

So now we’re a run heavy team, milking the clock… playing other teams who want to run at us and milk the clock.  
 

Our defensive philosophy makes zero sense given this reality. 
 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by SCBills

[SectionC3]

And instead of trying to score more points to get teams away from throttling us with the run, we slow games down even more with our plodding offense.  It’s maddening.  I’ve been banging this drum for awhile.  Play with faster pace and run more friggin plays.  

[Buffalo Boy]

Let’s not overlook their rookie receiver T Mac and even Legette, who had a couple nice catches last game, including the final nail in the Jets coffin

[BuffaloBillyG]

So the glass half full would be that there's nowhere to go but up!

[Ethan in Cleveland]

Want to stop the run?

 

Score early and often. 

 

Protect your run defense by making them one dimensional. 

 

I get the philosophy of eating clock on offense, but it has not worked in the last few games.

 

Let your superstar QB put up 28 points in the first half. That will stop teams from running the ball. 

[billsfan714]

42 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Want to stop the run?

 

Score early and often. 

 

Protect your run defense by making them one dimensional. 

 

I get the philosophy of eating clock on offense, but it has not worked in the last few games.

 

Let your superstar QB put up 28 points in the first half. That will stop teams from running the ball. 

Just score 28 a half, its that easy!!!!   Defense/schmefense.  This after we watched the Eagles shutdown the Chiefs in the last superbowl.

Edited 38 minutes ago by billsfan714

[Don Otreply]

This defense has never been good at stopping the run, are there exceptions to prove the rule? When isn’t there…, 

 

The defensive scheme since day one of this regime has been one of soft coverages, and a mediocre D-line, stocked with retreads, and under sized draft picks, ( Walker, the exception to prove the rule) 

 

To say frustrating is a massive understatement,

 

Always hoping for the best,  

 

GO BILLS!!!

 

 

Edited 21 minutes ago by Don Otreply

[Chaos]

54 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Want to stop the run?

 

Score early and often. 

 

Protect your run defense by making them one dimensional. 

 

I get the philosophy of eating clock on offense, but it has not worked in the last few games.

 

Let your superstar QB put up 28 points in the first half. That will stop teams from running the ball. 

More important than anything is to deflect all blame possible from the defense. The slow pace on offense is simply for that reason.  

[dcinmuncie]

1 hour ago, Goin Breakdown said:

All while McD is still watching tape I'm sure. 

clapping, actually 

[transient]

NONSENSE. Everyone knows the Bills don't have a run defense.