Big C Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 My initial impressions: The DL looked fine today, but they weren't as productive as they should have been. Schwartz seemed stubborn and would not blitz. The few blitzes I saw seemed effective. Mario had a good game, noticeably against the run. Spikes was not out much again. Brown and Bradham didn't have great games. It seemed like they weren't as fast to react. Graham had another good game, but rivers definitely targeted the other CBs. Was Robey benched today? Brooks saw time and made at least one nice tackle. AW was great, but he seems injury prone and it worries me. Duke Williams looked good in place of Searcy.
MarkAF43 Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 Gilmore looked rough, so did Leodis, not sure why we didn't blitz more. Overall a very uninspiring defensive game plan.
Optometric Insight Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 I would love to see a stat on how many times guys ran around/through Gilmore today.
swnybillsfan Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 3rd down defense seemed brutal today. pass rush seemed close but not quite there. coverage seemed to have a lot of holes. ouch.
PromoTheRobot Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 I'm not upset at the defense. We played a great QB. They played better as the game went on. Certainly kept it winnable if the offense were better.
Green Lightning Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) Schwartz needed to bring heat much earlier on. It was effective when he did. LB's no match for great TE's. McLovin and Gilmore are just playing poorly. Still, a few plays on 3rd and long and it would have been much closer. In the end, O lost his game. Edited September 21, 2014 by Green Lightning
BuffaloBillsForever Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) My initial impressions: The DL looked fine today, but they weren't as productive as they should have been. Schwartz seemed stubborn and would not blitz. The few blitzes I saw seemed effective. Mario had a good game, noticeably against the run. Spikes was not out much again. Brown and Bradham didn't have great games. It seemed like they weren't as fast to react. Graham had another good game, but rivers definitely targeted the other CBs. Was Robey benched today? Brooks saw time and made at least one nice tackle. AW was great, but he seems injury prone and it worries me. Duke Williams looked good in place of Searcy. The D-Line didn't play well because they needed to generate pressure with that 4 and they didn't, but yes it was partly scheme. Fitting it up with 4 was a disaster in the making when you look at San Diegos offensive scheme/philosophy with getting the ball out quickly. Rivers is the best in the league at that. Joe D's o-line outplayed us all day and our secondary of Gilmore and McKelvin were atrocious. Edited September 21, 2014 by BuffaloBillsForever
Big C Posted September 21, 2014 Author Posted September 21, 2014 I'm not upset at the defense. We played a great QB. They played better as the game went on. Certainly kept it winnable if the offense were better. My concern is that they clearly eased up toward the end. I know Rivers is a surgeon out there, but we did not look at all formidable. It was nearing Wanny territory at times. Also, to bring it up again, was Robey benched or was he subbed out for size matchups?
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 As I thought more about it, what did rivers even do out there? He had three big pass plays and got help on three penalties. That's it. Gates and Allen were completely Silent. In the run game, we held them to 60 yards on like 30 carries.
Big C Posted September 21, 2014 Author Posted September 21, 2014 AW seemed to play a nearly flawless game. He was getting pissed having to bail out his fellow DBs.
dezertbill Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 My initial impressions: The DL looked fine today, but they weren't as productive as they should have been. Schwartz seemed stubborn and would not blitz. The few blitzes I saw seemed effective. Mario had a good game, noticeably against the run. Spikes was not out much again. Brown and Bradham didn't have great games. It seemed like they weren't as fast to react. Graham had another good game, but rivers definitely targeted the other CBs. Was Robey benched today? Brooks saw time and made at least one nice tackle. AW was great, but he seems injury prone and it worries me. Duke Williams looked good in place of Searcy. there was simply no pressure all game, except for a handful of plays. that killed the Bills
J-Bo Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 A little more pressure in the first half was needed. You can't let Rivers sit back there and have time to locate receivers. Pettine would have been all over PR especially wo a running game!
vincec Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 Schwartz was too slow to adjust. I agree with the game plan going in- play coverage on Gates and let the Bills strong front 4 get te pressure. But when it was clear that wasn't working there was no change until into the second half. Too late.
JM57 Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 The front 4 played a pretty solid game and were collapsing the pocket around Rivers pretty frequently. Props to him and his ability that he didn't take more sacks or hits. The back 7 was atrocious. They looked very lost, very often.
bmur66 Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) This is the kind of game where the offense needs to score some points. The D gave up 20 to a good team and 0 in the 2nd half. That ain't too bad. Edited September 21, 2014 by bmur66
Dragonborn10 Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 Protect the QB. Rush the QB. It is as simple as that and the Bills did neither today.
Casey D Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 This is the kind of game where the offense needs to score some points. The D gave up 20 to a good team and 0 in the 2nd half. That ain't too bad. They let the Chargers score a touchdown on the opening drive of the second half to make it 20-3. They did not stop them when it mattered, only when SD was playing conservative and milking the clock with the lead. The D was bad when it mattered today.
Augie Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 This is the kind of game where the offense needs to score some points. The D gave up 20 to a good team and 0 in the 2nd half. That ain't too bad. Yep, we have the weapons and the D. A little better blocking and more passing accuracy (which is easier to come by when he's not under so much pressure) and we're going to have a lot more fun on Sundays. How did they not learn to handle the stunts? Ugh!
Max997 Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 Schwartz coached scared first half and half of third IMO and waited way too long before pulling his balls out of his bag. Think they need to start mixing in some zones bc the crossing patterns are killing them especially on third downs. Gilmore sucks
K-9 Posted September 21, 2014 Posted September 21, 2014 Our D did very little until after SD used half of the 3rd quarter on their initial second half drive to take a 20-3 lead. Rivers killed us on 3rd down, especially in the first half and on that 3rd quarter drive. The simple reality is, a defense MUST get off the field on 3rd down and ours did a piss poor job of it for the first three quarters. Not a good effort by any stretch. GO BILLS!!!
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