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Why do other teams still complete deep passes when teams "take it away" but the Bills don't?


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I just don't understand how teams can so easily take away the Bills deep passing game but fail to do it against all the other teams in the league who somehow still find ways to push the ball down the field regardless.

 

Why do the Bills struggle so much when other teams don't seem to?

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Because you have to hit the short and intermediate game too, once teams figured out our deep game we have been struggling. However today was a step in the right direction with the running game finally stepping up, a big part of that was Feliciano. Now the TEs need to step and the other WRs need to work on the short stuff, Beasley cant be the only one working the underneath game.

 

 

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Well when other teams coaching staffs come up with a game plan and it doesn’t work they know how to switch it and change things up to make it work 

 

our coaching staff doesn’t know how to do this. It’s why we get out coached in the 2nd half of games. 

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3 minutes ago, Penfield45 said:

Well when other teams coaching staffs come up with a game plan and it doesn’t work they know how to switch it and change things up to make it work 

 

our coaching staff doesn’t know how to do this. It’s why we get out coached in the 2nd half of games. 

 

And yet, these terrible coaches of ours have made it to the playoffs two out of the last three years and , at 6-2, are poised to make it three out of four.  It is a mystery.

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43 minutes ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:

Because you have to hit the short and intermediate game too, once teams figured out our deep game we have been struggling. However today was a step in the right direction with the running game finally stepping up, a big part of that was Feliciano. Now the TEs need to step and the other WRs need to work on the short stuff, Beasley cant be the only one working the underneath game.

 

 

This!  Often I see our WR or RB in the flat wide open waiting for short ball (check down) but Allen hangs back waiting for the intermediate or big play downfield.  Can't believe I'm saying this but it is OK to check down once in a while.  Keep 'em honest!

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A perfectly thrown pass,  you really can't defend.  A pass that's off target by a few feet, can be easily defended unless the receiver is significantly physically/athletically superior to the defender(s).  If you're not "confident" (there's other words that could be used here - desperate/foolish/etc)  that  you can place the ball perfectly, you don't throw it.  If you've got other options, that's probably the prudent choice.

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1 hour ago, Mickey said:

 

And yet, these terrible coaches of ours have made it to the playoffs two out of the last three years and , at 6-2, are poised to make it three out of four.  It is a mystery.

Our coaches are average at best.  Sure we don't suck.  But no way are we dominating and putting fear into other teams around the league.  We made the playoffs 2 out of 3 years and did nothing when we got there.  We are 6-2 w wins against the Jets (2) the 2020 Pats, Dolphins Rams and Raiders.  And bad losses against the Titans and Chiefs.  What's it say?  At the midway point we are a good but flawed team in several areas.  The second half schedule will tell us what kind of a team and coaching staff we have.  

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You beat the Cover 2 soft zone with passes to the seam, out patterns or in the Cover 2 beater zone downfield in between the CB and Safety.  
 

At some point, the safety is going to have to creep down to defend the run.  When that happens the Bills should see mismatches on the outside again  

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Basically no John Brown coinciding with the 4 game stretch of offensive struggles.  He didn’t look right today either. 
 

2/4 games were absolutely trash weather conditions. 
 

And yes, teams are deliberately taking it away - up until last week (short passes) and today (run) we haven’t proven we are patient enough to make teams pay. 
 

 

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1 hour ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:

Because you have to hit the short and intermediate game too, once teams figured out our deep game we have been struggling. However today was a step in the right direction with the running game finally stepping up, a big part of that was Feliciano. Now the TEs need to step and the other WRs need to work on the short stuff, Beasley cant be the only one working the underneath game.

 

 

+1... O-line has not been 100% and injuries in general. Watch out if/when team gets healthy again.

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1 hour ago, Success said:

Pretty windy today.

 

If you look at the passing yards in games played from Chicago to Philly .. the numbers were all bad ... the wind was a huge factor for all those games. I love Drew Brees and Payton Manning .. but playing in a dome 8 games a year is a huge advantage to racking up yards

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1 hour ago, Penfield45 said:

Well when other teams coaching staffs come up with a game plan and it doesn’t work they know how to switch it and change things up to make it work 

 

our coaching staff doesn’t know how to do this. It’s why we get out coached in the 2nd half of games. 

The last two weeks very much standout as far as halftime adjustments go so I disagree with this take entirely lol continuing to try to force the ball deep is exactly what opposing defenses want and are expecting us to do 

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