26CornerBlitz Posted December 25, 2018 Posted December 25, 2018 The All-22 Coaches Film via GamePass is now available for week 16 vs. the Patriots is up. It'll be interesting to see what happened in the run game to allow the Bills to get gashed so many times and also to take a closer look at how Josh Allen was defensed.
1st Ammendment NoMas Posted December 25, 2018 Posted December 25, 2018 4 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said: The All-22 Coaches Film via GamePass is now available for week 16 vs. the Patriots is up. It'll be interesting to see what happened in the run game to allow the Bills to get gashed so many times and also to take a closer look at how Josh Allen was defensed. Thompson and Edmunds out of position. Star and Kyle getting moved out of position and Jerry not getting containment. It's pretty consistently bad. The Jet sweeps with Patterson were killers. LB's overreacted every time and lost a step. No one on the DL strong and fast enough to get penetration to stop it.
Protocal69 Posted December 25, 2018 Posted December 25, 2018 (edited) only a couple of games ALL22 appear in my gamepass. ALL I know is I want 47 off the team ASAP Edited December 25, 2018 by Protocal69
TPS Posted December 25, 2018 Posted December 25, 2018 8 hours ago, BillsRdue said: Thompson and Edmunds out of position. Star and Kyle getting moved out of position and Jerry not getting containment. It's pretty consistently bad. The Jet sweeps with Patterson were killers. LB's overreacted every time and lost a step. No one on the DL strong and fast enough to get penetration to stop it. Jerry might have been beat once, but I’m pretty sure I saw Love’s# and maybe Yarborough?
26CornerBlitz Posted December 25, 2018 Author Posted December 25, 2018 Corey Thompson's inexperience was taken advantage of by NE.
SoCal Deek Posted December 25, 2018 Posted December 25, 2018 And as usual Edmunds gets swept up and blown out of the hole like a rag doll. 1
dabills21 Posted December 25, 2018 Posted December 25, 2018 Thanks 26! Said it in another thread, this just further illustrates Milanos value. I know everyone is tearing into Edmunds, but as I stated in that thread, Zo stood out as the bigger liability. Can't blame him, he's a team player/sub package man, and should never be starting at one of our LB positions....we need better depth in 2019. 1
26CornerBlitz Posted December 25, 2018 Author Posted December 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, dabills21 said: Thanks 26! Said it in another thread, this just further illustrates Milanos value. I know everyone is tearing into Edmunds, but as I stated in that thread, Zo stood out as the bigger liability. Can't blame him, he's a team player/sub package man, and should never be starting at one of our LB positions....we need better depth in 2019. Zo was actually good I thought. It was Thompson and Edmunds who really struggled from my recollection.
Da webster guy Posted December 25, 2018 Posted December 25, 2018 I thought we'd be all set at LB this year but moving Tremaine outside and finding a true middle guy who has more of an anchor, sheds blocks better and fills gaps vs. the run draft?
dabills21 Posted December 25, 2018 Posted December 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Da webster guy said: I thought we'd be all set at LB this year but moving Tremaine outside and finding a true middle guy who has more of an anchor, sheds blocks better and fills gaps vs. the run draft? Granted this is limited game footage, but don't know how anyone can criticize Edmunds on any of these plays. I recall numerous times that Zo was blown out of the play....im sure Edmunds was at times too...just hopeful we rebound we'll next week and focus on finding quality depth this offseason. Entire front seven was disappointing yesterday For the record, I'm a big Zo fan...but only as a sub package and special teams player.
Buddo Posted December 25, 2018 Posted December 25, 2018 Edmunds has had some very off days, but also some pretty good ones. I think people are being too hard on the kid, too soon. Losing Milano hurts, especially when you trust what he's doing. There's also the 'rookie wall' to consider, that and the fact he's barely into his 20's. Probably hasn't even physically stopped growing yet. While we will certainly need to invest in another LBer in the off season, our depth being non-existent, I don't think we need to be specifically looking at a MLB. I also like Edmunds size in the middle, for narrowing down passing lanes, there's some serious height and wingspan therew. 1
ctk232 Posted December 25, 2018 Posted December 25, 2018 19 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said: The All-22 Coaches Film via GamePass is now available for week 16 vs. the Patriots is up. It'll be interesting to see what happened in the run game to allow the Bills to get gashed so many times and also to take a closer look at how Josh Allen was defensed. Milano...can't explain all of it, but that was pretty much it. I get the analysis is out already and I'm just stating the obvious, but the real issue is lack of any depth at the LB position. Our entire defense is predicated on both Edmunds and Milano being healthy, but primarily the latter. Until Edmunds develops, losing Milano basically means we have two rookies at LB and no run defense, which is any team's run game wet dream. Especially against our DL which is okay against the run when the LBs are playing. But since Week 1, Milano has been our run defense with his ability to identify and retain gap integrity. Many of the gashed chunk runs were a result of us not getting any initial disruption. Most of the backs weren't touched until they were in the secondary, forcing our safeties to stop a RB who has already gained momentum. Milano might not make all the tackles on running downs, but his ability to shoot the gap and identify running lanes disrupts an RB's ability to get momentum going and drive downhill, if he doesn't end up making the tackle he almost always disrupts enough for the rest of the line to converge on the ball carrier, or force him into more defenders.
Buddo Posted December 25, 2018 Posted December 25, 2018 Iirc, wasn't Stanford carted off at some point on early Sunday? So the 'depth' disappeared early. Something else that didn't help. 1
26CornerBlitz Posted December 25, 2018 Author Posted December 25, 2018 6 minutes ago, ctk232 said: Milano...can't explain all of it, but that was pretty much it. I get the analysis is out already and I'm just stating the obvious, but the real issue is lack of any depth at the LB position. Our entire defense is predicated on both Edmunds and Milano being healthy, but primarily the latter. Until Edmunds develops, losing Milano basically means we have two rookies at LB and no run defense, which is any team's run game wet dream. Especially against our DL which is okay against the run when the LBs are playing. But since Week 1, Milano has been our run defense with his ability to identify and retain gap integrity. Many of the gashed chunk runs were a result of us not getting any initial disruption. Most of the backs weren't touched until they were in the secondary, forcing our safeties to stop a RB who has already gained momentum. Milano might not make all the tackles on running downs, but his ability to shoot the gap and identify running lanes disrupts an RB's ability to get momentum going and drive downhill, if he doesn't end up making the tackle he almost always disrupts enough for the rest of the line to converge on the ball carrier, or force him into more defenders. They were also gashed by Patterson on jet sweeps with to the right side of the defense with outside contain being lost.
26CornerBlitz Posted December 26, 2018 Author Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) Subscription required for full access: With a Week 16 win over the Bills, the New England Patriots would capture the AFC East. And in a playoff tune-up for them this past Sunday, they did just that, establishing their run game early and often to earn the 24-12 victory. The Patriots, with a banged-up Tom Brady, relied on a run game that mustered just 76 yards on 25 carries against the Bills in Week 8. Buffalo came in confident in their run defense, which ranked in the top ten this season in Football Outsiders DVOA metric — a massive improvement from their 30th ranking in 2017. But numbers don’t decide games, and that showed as the Patriots manhandled the Bills from top to bottom. Let’s jump into the film room to understand how the Patriots rushed for 273 yards and two touchdowns on 47 carries, making it the worst game by the Bills defense on the ground all season. Injuries As the season winds down, injuries to linebacker Matt Milano (broken leg) and cornerback Taron Johnson (shoulder labrum surgery), two of the Bills’ steadiest players all season, had a major impact on this game. Milano was the best player on the field in the first Bills-Patriots matchup and is the most disruptive player on the Bills’ defense. He leads all Bills defenders in stops (37), solo tackles (25) and he is ninth in run stop percentage, per Pro Football Focus. Undrafted rookie linebacker Corey Thompson, whom the Bills promoted from their practice squad in late November, earned more playing time last week in Milano’s absence — and the difference showed. Edited December 26, 2018 by 26CornerBlitz
17islongenough Posted December 26, 2018 Posted December 26, 2018 Anyone have a replay of the block in the back on special teams when the bills punted the ball
JoshAllenHasBigHands Posted December 26, 2018 Posted December 26, 2018 20 hours ago, Buddo said: Edmunds has had some very off days, but also some pretty good ones. I think people are being too hard on the kid, too soon. Losing Milano hurts, especially when you trust what he's doing. There's also the 'rookie wall' to consider, that and the fact he's barely into his 20's. Probably hasn't even physically stopped growing yet. While we will certainly need to invest in another LBer in the off season, our depth being non-existent, I don't think we need to be specifically looking at a MLB. I also like Edmunds size in the middle, for narrowing down passing lanes, there's some serious height and wingspan therew. Its a different game. What Edmunds does with his size and in disrupting passing lanes is more important than what he lacks in other traditional MLB skills. I think he will develop as a MLB, but I think he has already made a huge difference. Those weakness were covered up with Milano in the line up, but I don't think for a second we need to be drafting a MLB.
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