Bills#23Iowa Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 All the focus has been on our secondary. How is our D going to do against the run? I am a little concern. I can see Chris Johnson and Lendell "no more patron" White running all over us on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 All the focus has been on our secondary. How is our D going to do against the run? I am a little concern. I can see Chris Johnson and Lendell "no more patron" White running all over us on Sunday. I think that concerns many of us. We have watched year in and year out a porous run D. But I remain somewhat optimistic as long as McCargo shows something. If not it might be a long season of watching teams pound the rock down our throat. Our LB's are too small to come into a solid run support scheme for an entire game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 If the Titans run for 300 yards Sunday it means nothing. GO BILLS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Trooth Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 That's a good question. The last two preseasons, offenses routinely gouged the Bills with 11-18 play drives... yeah, consistently. That carried over into the regular season. The Bills defense has a threshold of about 63 plays... any more than that, bad things happen. So, if it happens on Sun. night.... you can count on it carrying over into the season. And, if that happens, you can count on another top 15 pick in the draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobruhhh Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 ITS THE 1ST PRESEASON GAME. OF FIVE. I DONT THINK WE WILL SEE MUCH OF THE STARTING D OR LENDELL/JOHNSON RUNNING "ALL OVER IT". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcali Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 All the focus has been on our secondary. How is our D going to do against the run? I am a little concern. I can see Chris Johnson and Lendell "no more patron" White running all over us on Sunday. i think our run d --at least last yrs --was decent...its the rush of course thats the ???... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fingon Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 That's a good question. The last two preseasons, offenses routinely gouged the Bills with 11-18 play drives... yeah, consistently. That carried over into the regular season. The Bills defense has a threshold of about 63 plays... any more than that, bad things happen. So, if it happens on Sun. night.... you can count on it carrying over into the season. And, if that happens, you can count on another top 15 pick in the draft. Lie more in your posts, would ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Stopping the run, can we? Know after the first few games of the season, will we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Lie more in your posts, would ya? I am not so sure it is a lie. I didnt see a great run D on the field last year. And I certainly didnt see it in the pre season. Yeah, maybe we didnt allow alot of points, but when the opposing team has the ball more than we do its hard to win in this league. So when they cram it down our throats to the 20, then settle for three, sprinkle in a few TDs and our O produces squat couped with crap coaching that equates to more losses than wins. Sorry for the venting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazed and Amuzed Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 ITS THE 1ST PRESEASON GAME. OF FIVE. I DONT THINK WE WILL SEE MUCH OF THE STARTING D OR LENDELL/JOHNSON RUNNING "ALL OVER IT". WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT US? Know after the first few games of the season, will we? Is that you Yoda Dean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fingon Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 I am not so sure it is a lie. I didnt see a great run D on the field last year. And I certainly didnt see it in the pre season. Yeah, maybe we didnt allow alot of points, but when the opposing team has the ball more than we do its hard to win in this league. So when they cram it down our throats to the 20, then settle for three, sprinkle in a few TDs and our O produces squat couped with crap coaching that equates to more losses than wins. Sorry for the venting! Our run defense was very good for the first 6 or so games. To say that it carried over from the preseason is completely false. Also, our defense was very good on 3rd down and did not allow very many 1st downs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Is that you Yoda Dean? True, it might seem. But better looking, I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Our run defense was very good for the first 6 or so games. To say that it carried over from the preseason is completely false. Also, our defense was very good on 3rd down and did not allow very many 1st downs. I didnt really dispute the carry over into the season from pre season. I just stated they didnt look good in the pre and for the overall season our run D stunk. 6 games of being good and 10 of bad gets ya ...um....7-9. Our D is too small and as the season grinds on the small bodies break down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason268152 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I didnt really dispute the carry over into the season from pre season. I just stated they didnt look good in the pre and for the overall season our run D stunk. 6 games of being good and 10 of bad gets ya ...um....7-9. Our D is too small and as the season grinds on the small bodies break down. I think the run defense is going to let us down this year. I keep have nightmares of Jones, Maroney and Brown running over ellison! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I think the run defense is going to let us down this year. I keep have nightmares of Jones, Maroney and Brown running over ellison! I second that! Ellison has no business playing LB in the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills_fan Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I second that! Ellison has no business playing LB in the NFL. Thats not really fair, Ellison is pretty decent in coverage. He is a good situational player forced into a full time role due to our lack of LB depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Thats not really fair, Ellison is pretty decent in coverage. He is a good situational player forced into a full time role due to our lack of LB depth. Very decent situational player and backup. Not crazy about him starting, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Thats not really fair, Ellison is pretty decent in coverage. He is a good situational player forced into a full time role due to our lack of LB depth. On a 7-9 team. How many teams would want ellison on their 53 man roster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 On a 7-9 team. How many teams would want ellison on their 53 man roster? Over half of them, I guarantee you of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills#23Iowa Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 I just can't wait til the season starts, but all theses little unanswered questions are killing me. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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