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It's the crap Tampa 2 scheme. Night turned into day because it wasn't being used. Frazier's Tampa 2 is an outdated defense, even if you use it as your fundamental base defense. There's so much space that's open with your CBs and your MLB deep in their zones. I know our CBs don't excel at man defense but how about they not back off 10 yards. That worked in the 90s when quarterbacks weren't as accurate or quick and the WCO wasn't as prolific. Any NFL caliber QB is going to massacre a Tampa 2 today. The ends should just be rushing the passer. See quarterback, get quarterback. That's what made Jim Schwartz's defense so prolific in sacks. Mario Williams and Jerry Hughes had one job only. Frazier has the ends monitoring a zone and it's not working. Until the oppossing team proves otherwise, they should be sending Hughes every down and not have him worry about a zone to protect.

He won't be All-Madden come October and the Chiefs will grind to a halt. Just like Fitzmagic, once the defense has enough "tape" to pour over, things go downhill.

If the head coach taking over the defensive play calls at half time isn't a flashing red light the coordinators and unit coaches are a big issue, I'm not sure what is. IMO, the team has been outschemed and outcoached the first two games by a considerable margin. A lack of talent doesn't get you into such a massive hole so quickly by halftime.

Private lot owners will crack down even harder and faster once they find out their signs don't indemnify them 100% from "duty of care" and things like "reasonable care." Nobody wants to be the first lot owner to find out how the jury feels about that.

They have to fill the air time somehow.

No. Corey Coleman is another example of a great athlete who's a lousy football player. The Patriots too soon discover Coleman can run really fast but has absolutely no idea on what's happening on the football field.

My hot take on why few teams run no-huddle as a game-long strategy? The teams don't have enough players with the requisite football IQ to do it. Hell, we can't even get the players on the team to execute the plays they've been studying for months.

One of the few benefits to living in Pennsylvania is that the potential for wild nature mayhem is largely confined to snow. Few tornadoes, direct hit hurricanes, mud slides, California-style apocalypic wildfires, earthquakes, etc. The worst Mother Nature has thrown at us this year is Bangladeshian-level downpours and lanternflies.

I think it's 60-40 coaches. I'm sure every player wishes to impose their will on the man opposite them but the preseason games and the All-22 playbacks suggest the offensive linemen have no idea where they are suppossed to be, especially if the defense throws a wrinkle into the play like the Ravens did often on Sunday. The defensive front four are thinking and therefore, hesitating = slow, no rush. The Bills don't play "man" anything. They zone block on offense, play zone on defense and that means knowing areas of responsibility versus just beating your opponent in 1:1 competition. I'm sure Ducasse and Mills are very strong men but they aren't understanding the scheme and I put that on the coaching. Ducasse's scouting report raved about his strength, knocked him for his understanding of blocking technique and scheme. While I think McDermott has shown to be at least an average coach, I think his unit coaches are bad teachers and his loyalty to keeping them around, results notwithstanding, will be his demise - not a poor record. Unit coaches must be good teachers. If I were Beane, that'd be priority #1 - let's get rid of Castillo, find another zone blocking coach and find at least 1-2 serviceable linemen who have worked with it.

Again, many of these plays suggest that the offensive line has no idea where it's suppossed to be or doing, especially if the defense throws a wrinkle. Add a quarterback equally mystified and you have panic and penalties. Coaching, coaching and more coaching. McDermott should fire Juan Castillo immediately. It's just not working.

In regards to MVP Trains, I wasn't singling you out specifically, just a general opine on the the national media lovefest for Mahomes and Fitz after one game. Remember how the Bills always started out strong in September during the drought and then seemingly hit a concrete wall around the fourth game? It's because teams now had game film to analyze for weeks. At that point tendancies, habits and sticking to a script become liabilities. Before long, Mahomes will go to the well one too many times on a predictable route and Fitz's habits will again result in the most ill-timed INTs.

Teams surprise until Week 4 when every team has plenty of "tape" to dissect. That's why I'm not on the Mahomes is Favre! and Fitzpatrick for MVP! fan trains. Biggest surprise IMO: The inability of the Steelers to put away the Browns despite given numerous chances. Biggest Non-Surprise: The Packers are the worst team in the NFL if Aaron Rodgers isn't playing. That entire franchise is one injury from NFL armageddon because the entire game plan and budget *is* Aaron Rodgers.

NFL teams aren't ready for opening day? Nonsense. Teams like the Bucs, Bears, Browns, Ravens, Panthers, Patriots etc. came to play yesterday. They looked pretty prepared to me. The Patriots are always ready to play a game. That's partly what makes them so dominant. That team (coaches and players) shows up every Sunday.

I think it's too simplistic to lay 100% of yesterday's debacle at the feet of the players. I think the coaching is the far bigger problem - especially the unit coaches.

He won't panic but he better be angry about what happened yesterday because that was neither a well-coached nor well-prepared Bills team yesterday.

As a fan who has interest in, and pays particular interest to, the financial operations of the Bills as a business, I'd enjoy knowing where you saw that stated. I'm not aware any such mandate was given.

Unfortunately for McDermott, I think he's got quite a few coaches and players content to do just enough to collect a paycheck.

I too wonder how Coach McDermott responds. Your coaches and players were woefully unprepared to play today.

No President should have to put up with that type of in-house treachery.

OP's argument is a bit simplistic IMO. Darby is specifically excellent in a Jim Schwartz man coverage scheme. Darby struggles in a zone scheme. EJ Gaines struggles in a man scheme but excells in a zone scheme. The Bills were matching talent to plan. Square pegs to square holes. (FWIW, there were plenty of BIlls players who were All-Pro in the Jim Schwartz defense. You could argue that the Bills biggest loss was Jim Schwartz, not Ronald Darby.)

B+ PROS: Team remains in Buffalo and they have invested real money into the business. Team is well run financially. Put the right people in place to end the playoff drought. Isn't caving to NFL demands for a new stadium. Team appears to have a direction. Supports the players. (No rush to judgement on McCoy's issues, Zay Jones, Incognito) CONS: On the job training as an NFL owner was probably responsible for both Marrone and Ryan debacles, setting Whaley up for failure (not trusting him to do the job) and keeping Brandon around for too long (trusting him too much).

The media loves their Harbaughs. Same goes for brothers Gruden.

There isn't a single person employed by the Bills from highest paid player to custodian that was hired with the business goal of securing the #1 pick in the draft. Besides, the Bills as a business, can't afford the 1-15 season.

This being the Bills and since they just invested a Top Ten draft pick in a quarterback, Nate Peterman will play like the second coming of Joe Montana this year. He will probably even beat the Patriots. Twice. We can then spend the entire season and 2019 offseason handwringing over what to do.

They need to do something besides rehash the same SOA plot devices - otherwise it'll die on the vine. My hot take is that the main character is a CIA agent. (as a continuation of the CIA plot line from SOA.)