Well Dave, I think you’ve missed the mark on the DL analysis. The Bills’ game plan was to sell out to stop the run. They held Taylor to well under 100 yards after he had like 240 last week. You know as well as the rest of us that by doing that they weren’t going to generate pressure. What they were telling Indy was, “I dare you to beat us over the top.” Indeed, they hit a few, primarily to Pittman, but it was their TEs that hurt us.
The postgame analysis should be, “did the defensive game plan work?” I am not ready to answer that yet, other than to say we won. My thoughts are that it was worth it because in the end our O scored more than theydid. But like the KC game, the Bills do not look comfortable when they get away from their standard game plans. Both on offense and defense, they have not “looked” comfortable or particularly good in these specialty schemes.
Moving forward, I would prefer both Frazier and Daboll stick to the schemes that got us here and play our game. I am perfectly fine living and dying with what we do well. Overall, I think we can score enough points to overcome our weaknesses as-is. As they say, dance with who brung ya. If it means shootouts, I am okay with that, too. I hope they will not “out-smart” themselves with custom game plans that play away from our strengths.
As some have already said, yesterday we played their game, not ours. Beginning next week, we must play our game and win or lose with that. With a full offseason, we can install alternate schemes and get comfortable running them then.