Saxum Posted September 7, 2015 Posted September 7, 2015 http://mweb.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25292962/why-greg-romans-diverse-offensive-scheme-has-bills-thinking-big-again Roman spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons in Baltimore with the Ravens when Rex Ryan was the team's defensive coordinator. One can't help but think Roman borrowed ideas from Ryan's ultra-complex, blitz-crazy defense; confuse the opposition with an assortment of personnel packages, employ many pre-snap shifts and make sure to be rock-solid in the trenches. When you think about it, the two schemes basically mirror each other. This is the lesson I hoped Roman learned - find an OC whose scheme works with his defense scheme and keep his fingers out of it other than as a defense strategist telling OC how he would attack offense as a DC. Other lessons he should have learned such as meshing well with GM (I think he learned), treating the press like a bunch of IRS auditors paid per fine (he didn't) and never over estimate quality of QBs (not sure) are important but not as the matching of offense and defense. The Bills during the Superbowl era had that problem - the offense would tire out the defense.
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