Bleeding Bills Blue

Why not just - hold every receiver so they can't get downfield and run the clock out. They'll get 5 yards and an untimed hail mary.

Still think Miami is the team that loses to the jets. Just makes too much sense. Denver needs to run the ball, and get back to basics. Stop turning it over, and start getting after it on defense. I know they suffered some injuries etc, but that team lacks any identity. They're currently the team that has the QB who dances funny. Eat something! It wasn't even a playoff game, there's still more football to be played.

Right - if buffalo/miami is for the division it could be a good choice. Rams/Cardinals could be another. If both those divisions are locked up? Could honestly be Wash/Philly if the giants fade with dallas.

I feel like if buffalo plays miami for the division week 17 - buffalo will win. I'm still thinking the jets beat them in NY. Somehow football just has those stories that just kinda work out. Miami's rolling. Adam gase comes in and just screws it all up for miami one last time.

Reminds me of the 2018 bears vs. the 2019 bears. They were still a good defense in 2019, they just didn't score 6 TDs and lead the nfl in takeaways. They were 1-5 in 2019 in games where they didnt record a takeaway. The 2018 bears could run the ball a bit better than they have the last 2 years which also helps. But turnovers aren't a sustainable winning model. At the end of the day though - you want an offense that.. in a tie game, or down 3 or whatever - you feel like you can score and win. Those are the teams that win playoff games.

I've found his single cut runs on outside zone to be more effective - when they block it remotely well and they aren't getting hit 4 yards behind the LOS.

Unless singletary does it to a defensive tackle... Arent you allowed to block in the back within the tackle box?

I'd probably have edmunds spy murray. Especially in a situation where the vacated area would be the middle of the field when they have no timeouts.

You can't lunge for him. That was probably coached and drilled down all week. Disciplined rush lanes, rush depth. Just stay in front of him and others will follow. If he just takes the angle there murray's eyes aren't down field, he's probably throwing it away to guarantee the hail mary.

Need to get better at blocking. Several runs for negative yards in that one, and a couple where they should've lost yards but got back to the LOS. To me? They kept lining up 7 guys on the LOS and running cover 0 and cover 1. Their run blitzes from the outside were working and our line couldn't figure out who was doing what. So the run blitzes worked, they'd bring a guy off the edge and nobody would block him. The outside zone plays were losing on the backside - we have linemen up field but their defense is already tackling our back behind the LOS. The whole 3rd quarter we kept running into that look and it legit never worked. Maybe a burner speed back helps there? But honestly just - tossing it out into the boundary might have worked better to getting our guys out there faster and muddy up that LOS a bit better.

Oh yeah - they were doing double a pressure and moving guys around. His first INT was a bad decision, 2nd was probably a bad throw (held the ball a bit too). Hit on some screens, missed on others.

It takes away the cutback lane if he were to head to his left.

Stop running it into loaded boxes. They had tons of guys on the LOS all day long, and they kept running under center runs all game. It doesn't keep them honest on play action, and it probably resulted in like 7 runs that lost yards.

Well thats a read-option... he played the back. If he plays the QB then he hands it off.

Have to agree... Hughes play on the wilson INT the week before is the example of this. Just stay with him and force him to worry about you, and not have his eyes down field.

12 seconds and no timeouts though - make them throw an out (murrays out routes were pretty off the entire afternoon), or scramble out of bounds. Then set up for your actual hail mary with probably davis or diggs out there.

Exactly why i bring pressure. It's not the hail mary play, and if you can bring down murray in bounds they run out of time. So he likely scrambles out of bounds and then its the hail mary play.

Which a lot has to do with a cover 3 call there.

They don't have a particularly strong oline or run game to lean on either. Every game for them will end up being tight. They will lose a game or two that they shouldn't. And I think buffalo will beat them. Rookie qb will struggle with a pressure defense every time too. I think Miami is fairly similar to buffalo probably in the good not great tier. But the rookie qb and bottom tier offense is going to hold them back.

Poor throw. Why not loft that up towards the sideline?

I think part of it is - kingsbury will scheme up a short passing game if you let him. So you have to play more aggressive than a traditional quarters/cover 3 McD defense. They've had some success with the zone blitz last week, as well as playing around with some 46 bear concepts. Murray hasn't been a particularly efficient 3rd down passer, but his legs definitely can hurt you. I'd probably rather have him passing short of the sticks than running around causing problems. So my guess would be pressure looks on early downs to try and stop the run, and try get into 3rd and long type situations. On those situations - sit on the routes at the sticks and spy murray. Doing all this will result in a couple big plays - likely screens or 50/50 balls to hopkins. But it helps prevent teams just running it down our throats as they have all season.

One was the last play of the rams game where they threw the ball all over the place. The forced fumble from the jets game on herndon + the INT darnold threw up to milano. 2nd Jets game jackson had the nice play on the darnold deep corner route, and the deflected one that bounced right to hughes at the end of the game. Kelce fumbled before half in the KC game. Jefferson sack fumble on carr after the norman punch. So only 1 really falls in the doesn't really matter/count column.

If they improved on early downs and kept teams in 3rd and long they'd go a long way to getting off the field more. Their 3rd down defense is bad... but they also have way too many 3rd and shorts this year.

Agreed. Free first on a sack. Then a huge hold gets missed on the next play. Refs like the titans tonight

and 2 1sts and another 2nd.