Magox Posted February 9 Posted February 9 5 hours ago, MrEpsYtown said: What's is clear is that pressure on the QB wins championships. Bend but don't break archaic schemes, don't and rarely have. The best move the Bills have made in a very long time was getting rid of McDermott and his scheme. It's all about pressure, exotic blitzes and being able to get to the QB rushing 4 when it's needed. You can't win a chess match when you sit in cover 2. Pressure and good coverage go hand in hand. There were at least 2-3 sacks where Maye couldn’t find anyone and mindlessly kept stepping into the pocket until he ran into a defensive tackle. Look at Seattles coverage unit, the best in the NFL 1 Quote
reddogblitz Posted February 9 Posted February 9 4 hours ago, Mod_Squad_Reject said: Hope the Bills took a few notes, Hawks ability to pressure Maye dictated that entire game! I think we're aware of this. Pretty much what we did to him in the 2nd half of the 2nd game. I hope with our new coaching staff we can get aggressive from the start instead of getting run over in the 1st half before getting it together in the 2nd 1/2. Goes for both offense and defense. Quote
twoandfourteen Posted February 9 Posted February 9 5 hours ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said: Always has, always will. THATS why a loud minority of us wanted the coach gone for years. It’s truly that simple. The WR train is doing its job in exposing the people that don’t understand football. Fix the DEFENSE We’re just going to forget that Seattle had one of the best two WRs in the league this season, huh? For the defense to win a championship, the team has to get there first. An elite WR certainly makes that part much easier. Quote
blacklabel Posted February 9 Posted February 9 5 hours ago, MrEpsYtown said: What's is clear is that pressure on the QB wins championships. Bend but don't break archaic schemes, don't and rarely have. The best move the Bills have made in a very long time was getting rid of McDermott and his scheme. It's all about pressure, exotic blitzes and being able to get to the QB rushing 4 when it's needed. You can't win a chess match when you sit in cover 2. I mean, it's not as if McDermott never dialed up blitzes or tried different looks. It's just that those kind of calls seemed to disappear in big moments. I can't forgive the dude for not sending the house on 3rd and 11 against Bo frickin' Nix. Kid coulda made a sandwich with all the time he had in the pocket on that play. So even when he'd call a play in an effort not to get burned, he's still getting burned. That's where I'm like well you may as well go down swinging. Instead he showed like he was gonna send the house then everyone backed off and wouldn't ya know it, the standard 4-man rush didn't get home. 1 2 1 Quote
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted February 9 Posted February 9 (edited) 24 minutes ago, twoandfourteen said: We’re just going to forget that Seattle had one of the best two WRs in the league this season, huh? For the defense to win a championship, the team has to get there first. An elite WR certainly makes that part much easier. How many elite WRs made it late in the playoffs? Other than JSN? Any? I guess we can get into some subjective opinions here but which of the top end WRs got their teams anywhere this year? Other than the exact example you gave? Also he did almost nothing against SF or in the Super Bowl. Very easily taken away when necessary puka ll give you that. I’m not saying I don’t want good WRs it’s just not my priority Edited February 9 by Brianmoorman4jesus Quote
Sweats Posted February 9 Author Posted February 9 30 minutes ago, twoandfourteen said: We’re just going to forget that Seattle had one of the best two WRs in the league this season, huh? For the defense to win a championship, the team has to get there first. An elite WR certainly makes that part much easier. Those two WR's were completely neutralized in the SB, so.......... Quote
colin Posted February 9 Posted February 9 another point from j white on a podcast -- if we switch the order of the superbowl and the nfc chip game, the story now becomes you need a great O. 1 Quote
Buffalo716 Posted February 9 Posted February 9 Seattle had three all pros on their defense this year The difference is the bills don't have those kind of dogs right now It's the Jimmy's and the Joe's.. it's a good defense it is not close to being elite 1 Quote
Sweats Posted February 10 Author Posted February 10 2 hours ago, Buffalo716 said: Seattle had three all pros on their defense this year The difference is the bills don't have those kind of dogs right now It's the Jimmy's and the Joe's.. it's a good defense it is not close to being elite I think even with a good D and the proper schemes, it can still be formidable. It's when the D starts getting predictable is when the trouble starts IMO. Quote
DCofNC Posted February 10 Posted February 10 Looks more like not paying a QB 50M+ a year wins championships.. just saying Quote
quincy Posted February 10 Posted February 10 20 hours ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said: Football is so crazy…one play changes so much haha I think one really bad throw by Darnold allowed for Gonzalez to go from getting some blame to being elite in the game.. looked like jsn beat him pretty bad in a situation where that absolutely cannot happen just before halftime with no timeouts and Darnold threw the ball wayyy behind where it needed to be which gave Gonzalez a shot at a pass breakup Gonzalez is a really good player, as you're saying Darnold with the throw allowed him to recover from an initial mistake on that particular play, props for recovering! Darnold has some luck for sure in the SB, at least 3 or 4 throws could have been picks in ultra tight windows during the first half when the game was close. His contributions were not turning the ball over and scoring one passing touchdown - a true "game manager" type performance. Maye just seemed to go into a shell and McDaniels seemingly could not scheme anything up to get the O flowing in earnest. The Pats D never broke but still managed to give up 22 points, for them everything went well from September to January and they ran into the Dark Side D in February. Quote
MrEpsYtown Posted February 10 Posted February 10 16 hours ago, blacklabel said: I mean, it's not as if McDermott never dialed up blitzes or tried different looks. It's just that those kind of calls seemed to disappear in big moments. I can't forgive the dude for not sending the house on 3rd and 11 against Bo frickin' Nix. Kid coulda made a sandwich with all the time he had in the pocket on that play. So even when he'd call a play in an effort not to get burned, he's still getting burned. That's where I'm like well you may as well go down swinging. Instead he showed like he was gonna send the house then everyone backed off and wouldn't ya know it, the standard 4-man rush didn't get home. Yeah, he just lacked feel for the game and was so afraid to take risks. Whenever he dialed something up, we usually got burned. Quote
SoCal Deek Posted February 10 Posted February 10 (edited) 11 minutes ago, quincy said: Gonzalez is a really good player, as you're saying Darnold with the throw allowed him to recover from an initial mistake on that particular play, props for recovering! Darnold has some luck for sure in the SB, at least 3 or 4 throws could have been picks in ultra tight windows during the first half when the game was close. His contributions were not turning the ball over and scoring one passing touchdown - a true "game manager" type performance. Maye just seemed to go into a shell and McDaniels seemingly could not scheme anything up to get the O flowing in earnest. The Pats D never broke but still managed to give up 22 points, for them everything went well from September to January and they ran into the Dark Side D in February. Couldn’t agree more and I’d add that the real problem was that NE couldn’t move the ball at all. I mean, zero! I think they had 50 yards of offense in the entire first half! You do that and your defense is simply going to wear down. Seattle and Darnold didn’t have to do much more than kick field goals. Edited February 10 by SoCal Deek 1 Quote
DrDawkinstein Posted February 10 Posted February 10 Good Defensive Coaching helps D win championships... Not sure we ever saw such reports from our players. 2 1 Quote
RoscoeParrish Posted February 10 Posted February 10 5 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said: Good Defensive Coaching helps D win championships... Not sure we ever saw such reports from our players. We did, just after the Chiefs regular season game. I think it was Hairston. But that kinda shows a difference in mentality imo, even for a young guy who wasn’t here for any Chiefs playoff losses. 2 Quote
quincy Posted February 10 Posted February 10 14 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said: Couldn’t agree more and I’d add that the real problem was that NE couldn’t move the ball at all. I mean, zero! I think they had 50 yards of offense in the entire first half! You do that and your defense is simply going to wear down. Seattle and Darnold didn’t have to do much more than kick field goals. It is really surprising that Vrabel and McDaniels could not inspire anything all night outside of two great individual catches by Hollins - every highlight play by the Pats otherwise were pass breakups apart from the Milton Williams sack which was also a huge effort and skill play. NE just seemed so flat, the meekest 3 and out to start the 3rd quarter when you are only down 9 and had the benefit of having 30 minutes to think of something - your LT and LG are under siege and they get no help?! It will be interesting to see how both teams fare next year, Darnold will have yet another OC and I am sure McDaniels will be under extra scrutiny after that SB dud. 1 Quote
DrDawkinstein Posted February 10 Posted February 10 18 minutes ago, RoscoeParrish said: We did, just after the Chiefs regular season game. I think it was Hairston. But that kinda shows a difference in mentality imo, even for a young guy who wasn’t here for any Chiefs playoff losses. Indeed. The Chiefs Regular Season games were our Super Bowls. Quote
SCBills Posted February 10 Posted February 10 16 hours ago, Sweats said: Those two WR's were completely neutralized in the SB, so.......... They also needed to beat the Rams in a high scoring game (multiple times) to get there. Seattle is an outlier because they had a borderline elite Offense AND Defense. The way to beat them this year was always going to have to be an equally balanced team (Rams) or a freak going off (Allen) while Darnold has a turn back into a pumpkin type of game. If we made it instead of NE, I’d be willing to bet the Super Bowl looks more like the Seahawks/Rams games. Quote
Sweats Posted February 10 Author Posted February 10 44 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said: Couldn’t agree more and I’d add that the real problem was that NE couldn’t move the ball at all. I mean, zero! I think they had 50 yards of offense in the entire first half! You do that and your defense is simply going to wear down. Seattle and Darnold didn’t have to do much more than kick field goals. NE had more punts (8) than completed passes (7).........that tells the story right there. 1 Quote
Don Otreply Posted February 10 Posted February 10 Actually the the better team wins championships, Quote
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