silvermike Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Kelsay-Dareus-Williams-Carrington Moats-Barnett-Batten I don't know if that leaves us any worse off than we are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Beard Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Scheme and game plan can cover up for personnel issues occasionally. But 6 games into the season, that's getting harder to do now that teams have all that film on Buffalo's defense. The issue, regardless of who's running the defense, is a lack of personnel. Buffalo has no one who can regularly get to or pressure the QB and blitzes aren't a long term solution. I agree with this assessment, and I appreciate the response. I guess I'm just a little surprised that the Bills are as poor as they are at pressuring the QB. I know they don't have the best personnel in the league, but I am too hard headed to think that they can't figure out a way to do at least a little bit better than they are when it comes to getting a few sacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan89 Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Edwards will be released at year end and the LB coach (and Gailey's buddy) Dave Wannstedt will take his place. I can't believe DW came back to the NFL to be a LB coach. Not buying that. I have to think Wannstedt has a lot of pull on that D. I always got the impression that DW was brought in to basically be the defacto DC while Edwards learns from a more experienced hand. Which if that's true than DW isn't doing that good of a job. But if Edwards is still running the D for the most part, I think that its a blemish on the coaching staff for not having DW take over the D more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 All I know is if Dave W. is calling the shots at this point Im a little nervous....I have to beleive he doesn't have final say right now because he has been a VERY good Defensive Coordinator in the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince88 Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Yeah, Moats, Batten, Shepp and Carrington are scary talented. I'm not saying that Edwards is any good but the Bills are lacking talent on defense as well and Buddy should take the blame for that. Did you watch the draft. I think we drafted one or two DL men. How do you say blame buddy. Give it another year or two and the line gets better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Did you watch the draft. I think we drafted one or two DL men. How do you say blame buddy. Give it another year or two and the line gets better. That was actually a criticism leveled at Buddy immediately after the '11 draft. The argument was that while he got Dareus, he didn't finish the job in the 2nd round, but instead scratched that CB itch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBD Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Dareus starting at Nose, Carrington at end, apparently why he's not in the mix at OLB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cocktosten Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Did you watch the draft. I think we drafted one or two DL men. How do you say blame buddy. Give it another year or two and the line gets better. None of those guys that I mentioned would be starting (except Sheppard) if it wasn't for injury. I mean, you'd hope they could beat out Kelsay and Merriman. Where is the impact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincec Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 (edited) Kelsay-Dareus-Williams-Carrington Moats-Barnett-Batten I don't know if that leaves us any worse off than we are now. I don't think that Moats or Batten can play 4-3 OLB with extensive coverage responsibilities. Ditto Merriman or Johnson or whomever they throw out there. I'm also not sure that Barnett is stout enough for 4-3 MLB (maybe). I agree that the DL is better suited to a 4-3 than 3-4. Hence the current "hybrid". Also, I really don't think that it matters which alignment they play. They need to be better individually and more creative in their rush schemes to get anywhere. That's the real problem Edited October 30, 2011 by vincec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOKBILLS Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 After watching him. It seems he is not your typical outside backer. He seems to lack lateral movement.Can`t cover sweeps or a back in open field. Power rusher type of player.Looks to be better suited for DE. Not hard to understand considering he was drafted to be a 3-4 DE...This OLB thing with Carrington is a mystery still... I'll say it again...Troup, Carrington, Moats, Batten, Darius, Willims, Shep, etc...You would think one of these guys by sheer dumb luck would already be standing-out...Up to this point though...Not so much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Not hard to understand considering he was drafted to be a 3-4 DE...This OLB thing with Carrington is a mystery still... I'll say it again...Troup, Carrington, Moats, Batten, Darius, Willims, Shep, etc...You would think one of these guys by sheer dumb luck would already be standing-out...Up to this point though...Not so much... You don't think Dareus has stood out, KOK? I think he's looked pretty damn good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOKBILLS Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 You don't think Dareus has stood out, KOK? I think he's looked pretty damn good so far. He did today! That's for sure...Up until today I have to admit I've been just a little disappointed...Not to say he's played poorly because that would be inaccurate...But I thought the Kid's presence alone would make The Bills a better than average Defense...And before today I'd say they were definitely less than average... I'm not going to get down on Dareus though...He's the least of my worries... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimp Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 After watching him. It seems he is not your typical outside backer. He seems to lack lateral movement.Can`t cover sweeps or a back in open field. Power rusher type of player.Looks to be better suited for DE. That could be because he is a 300 lbs defensive end that the coaches decided was going to play linebacker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 That could be because he is a 300 lbs defensive end that the coaches decided was going to play linebacker. About 1% of the time, thanks for watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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