nick in* england Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 So listening to the past couple of games has been frustrating - but I just had a thought that we may be being held back on O by our Defence. They are so good that they constantly keep us in games with a shot to win. Now seeing this opportunity - the O play calling goes conservative to preserve the field position battle and to play the odds by never going for the big play. We have lost twice by 3 points. If we went down by more would we see the O improve by taking shots at bigger plays???? Either way - this conservative, high completion, low risk O does not fill me (nor apparantly the O) with confidence - hence, we are losing games cos the O blows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffalOhio Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 Our offense is defenseless against the blitz, and until that changes, there will be no big plays, no wins, no nothing. Moulds is right. We should max protect and let the receivers try to make plays. That's the only way we'll block the blitz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarthur31 Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 I don't mind the conservative West Coast offense approach but even those systems used a vertical passing game once in a while. Sadly, I don't think our "offensive" line permits such play calling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obie_wan Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 I don't mind the conservative West Coast offense approach but even those systems used a vertical passing game once in a while. Sadly, I don't think our "offensive" line permits such play calling. 39540[/snapback] Don't agree about the OL. QBs can throw the ball 20 yards downfield with a 3 step drop, which would negzate the pass rush. It's just that ours can't, because he has to wait until he sees the WR has 5 yards of separation - which isn't too often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 One can play conservatively, as long as one is not predictable. And IMO, if you play conservatively, you'de best have the TE be a major part of your offense. There has been quite a run of high-pick TE's in the past few years (Shockley, Graham, Winslow, Witten, Clark, Watson etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 Our offense is defenseless against the blitz, and until that changes, there will be no big plays, no wins, no nothing. Moulds is right. We should max protect and let the receivers try to make plays. That's the only way we'll block the blitz. 39466[/snapback] Exactly. Until the OL and the RBs can stop the blitz there will be no big plays.....Our WRs are not getting out of the LoS quick enough and then to make it worse they are dropping catches.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 We look conservative because we can't do anything other than throw a 3-yard out or run up the middle. The Bills are the UB Bulls of the NFL. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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