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50% stops is decent here

Being out talented?

Bills are doing well on first down. Just keep that up and keep forcing the lions into low % downs. All you can do

Buffalo gets the call 2nd half

Another good first down play. Again bills are playing good on D.

Sun God. Too good

I’ll take the blown play but here comes to r 4th down attempt

That play call on fourth was equal parts incredible and terrifying

They did last drive as well. Goff was about to get hammered when he threw that TD and they were only semi effective on first down. Pretty good defense last drive tbh

That damn blocked punt

Incredible that the Bills have 3 RBs that are better than most teams have even one of

Holt ***** Joe Brady

And why lions aren’t blitzing on first down

Think the bills will have to score on well over 50% of their drives so that’s a big hold

Can’t do much about that. Great play by Goff

Bills had that screen covered to even if he caught it

Run blitz I think

Not to mention the speed and agility of Gibbs

Really fun chess match honestly. Lions have so much speed and power and a great schemer/play called. Bills being opportunistic on first down is all you can ask for. They can tighten but Lions will still have success. And really they’ve pretty much played the Lions O well this drive Lions will get their points but so far it’s been perfect.

I’m going to put the Lions at an O/U of 50, based on if they can stop the Buffalo run game and force more passes and thus more possessions. This is just not a good match up. Even healthy this was a bad matchup now we’re getting to comical range

That last paragraph means the scheme simply doesn’t matter

He’s one of the most respected defensive minds in the game. Think a lot of you are off base attacking the scheme.

If he played man the Rams would have scored 60+

Talent level it's not all that close. From my amateur GM eyes, I want to move on from Ras and get a corner that can actually play man, get a safety that's significantly more athletic than Hamlin, and an upgrade to the aging Daquon Jones who's routinely getting washed now at 1T, and a legit pass rusher opposite Groot that's going to get the TE and RB attention. Running the ball is all about moving people, and I don't really blame Ed for this because he's the 3T and not neccesarily supposed to avoid getting washed on power run plays, but he's got to get a 1T next to him that can hold up and not be moved. Some of this you can resolve in the draft, some in FA. Some of it in house like Cole.

Once the line got washed out in the first quarter run game the defense was hamstrung as it create a chain reaction that led to them being basically unstoppable on offense. If you can't stop the run on first down you're not even gonna get to 3rd down to put out a pass rush. The run + play action stuff led to Puka and Kupp with favorable coverages. 2nd half? That's really where the the Bills getting trounced in Pass rush and then Puka + Kupp saying ***** y'all DBs I'm just making plays came in. In the 2nd half the Rams converted the following: Drive 1 3rd and 10 (Puka for 17) 3rd and 6 (Puka DPI and got 7 anyways) 3rd and 3 (Goal to go) Drive 2 3rd and 6 (Puka for 24) 3rd and 3 (Kupp for 17 and TD) Drive 3 3 and out Drive 4 3rd and 9 (Puka DPI) 4th and 5 (Tutu for 11) 3rd and 5 (Puka Screen TD) Like they only had 2 favorable 3rd downs! That's a combo of poor pass rush and elite QB to WR play We just don't have the talent. This is something that;s been apparent for this defense since week 1. It takes scheme and the offense getting a lead to overcome, and once the Rams jumped on the Bills the lack of talent was exposed. Scheme can only take you so far.