Since1981 Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 1 hour ago, freddyjj said: LOL 10 mph is Windy? The average breeze ion WNY is 8mph 9 months out of the year. 10-15 mph is no factor Believe 20 mph is where ball flight of a spiral might vary. And the wind always swirls in the bowl. Okay >15 mph. WNY is one of the most consistently windy places anywhere, period (that isn’t a mountain) ...we finally have a guy that is a modern NFL passer and now our home field disadvantage vs run. snow is BS, not a problem. wind 15 mph is a real prob for us.
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Rockinon said: This guy thinks he knows how to beat the Bills. https://russellstreetreport.com/2021/01/14/ravens-battle-plans/how-to-beat-the-bills-advance/ Well, that's about as shallow as a rain puddle on a pitted city sidewalk. Let's start here: "The interior of the Bills defense was exposed against the Colts in the Wild Card round. Colts RBs Jonathan Taylor and Nyheim Hines combined for 153 yards on 27 carries (5.6 YPC)." Well, now, let's look at that a bit under the hood. First of all let's look at Hines and Taylor: Now I dunno exactly, but it doesn't exactly look to me like plunging up the middle of the Bills DL gouged out 5.6 ypc to me. I think this guy is suffering from the thing where you undershoot and overshoot the duck, so statistically it's dead. I take 3 things from this: 1) most of the yards given up were on 2 long runs of 29 and 33 yds for Hines and 20 yds for Taylor in the 4th Q. That's 82 of the 163 yards on 3 plays 2) those 3 runs appear to be outside the tackles 3) that means 81 yards were given up on 27 carries other than that, or 3 ypc A further piece of info: 55 yards in the 1st half and 16 additional yards in the 3Q Now maybe Edwards can get 'er done better than Taylor could, I don't know, but I think the diagnosis "the center of the Bills DL is soft and undersized so we'll send the Gus Bus at 'em for 5.6 ypc" might not quite be the best strategy. There's plenty more, but I'll stop here for now. 3
YoloinOhio Posted January 15, 2021 Author Posted January 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Putin said: Titans offense runs through Henry and they managed to take him out of the game Well it’s a good thing we don’t have Derrick Henry 7
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Well, that's about as shallow as a rain puddle on a pitted city sidewalk. Let's start here: "The interior of the Bills defense was exposed against the Colts in the Wild Card round. Colts RBs Jonathan Taylor and Nyheim Hines combined for 153 yards on 27 carries (5.6 YPC)." Well, now, let's look at that a bit under the hood. First of all let's look at Hines and Taylor: Now I dunno exactly, but it doesn't exactly look to me like plunging up the middle of the Bills DL gouged out 5.6 ypc to me. I think this guy is suffering from the thing where you undershoot and overshoot the duck, so statistically it's dead. I take 3 things from this: 1) most of the yards given up were on 2 long runs of 29 and 33 yds for Hines and 20 yds for Taylor in the 4th Q. That's 82 of the 163 yards on 3 plays 2) those 3 runs appear to be outside the tackles 3) that means 81 yards were given up on 27 carries other than that, or 3 ypc A further piece of info: 55 yards in the 1st half and 16 additional yards in the 3Q Now maybe Edwards can get 'er done better than Taylor could, I don't know, but I think the diagnosis "the center of the Bills DL is soft and undersized so we'll send the Gus Bus at 'em for 5.6 ypc" might not quite be the best strategy. There's plenty more, but I'll stop here for now. This is great stuff! My theory on this is maybe too simplistic. Bills did a nice job stopping Taylor and the run game the entire day. When they got gouged was when the colts were down in the game and in obvious passing downs. The Bills were playing pass, and the colts kept running (mostly through shotgun draws). Those were when they gave up all of those long runs. That also supports my theory that the Bills can basically do one thing well on D. They can key into either the pass or run. I think that bodes well this week, where I think they are going to just look to stop the run and force Jackson to beat them throwing. 2 3 1
Vertig0 Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 35 minutes ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said: Never noticed them wearing the COVID face shields at practice before, is this new?
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 1 minute ago, Vertig0 said: Never noticed them wearing the COVID face shields at practice before, is this new? I think it's been required since mid-December 1
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Vertig0 said: Never noticed them wearing the COVID face shields at practice before, is this new? No. Not new from what I’ve seen. They have been doing it all season. not 100% but frequently Edited January 15, 2021 by SlimShady'sSpaceForce 1
Crow-Magnon Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Penfield45 said: why does it matter? lol the season is over. winning streaks and records don't matter in the playoffs. its win or go home. he wins games. end of discussion Jackson is 31-9 overall (30-7 regular season) as a starting QB in 2-1/2 seasons. No matter what his detractors say, that’s a pretty good start to a career. 4 2
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) Pete Prisco https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/pete-priscos-nfl-picks-for-divisional-round-saints-sweep-bradys-bucs-bills-edge-ravens-in-thriller/ This will be a battle of two star quarterbacks, one who runs it as well as anybody ever has from the position in Lamar Jackson, and the other in Josh Allen, who has been outstanding throwing it this season. The Ravens will make no bones about what they want to do on offense, which is to pound it. They are averaging 262 rushing yards a game in their last six games. The Bills have improved against the run from earlier in the year, but this will be a big challenge. The strategy from coordinator Leslie Frazier will be something to watch in terms of trying to keep Jackson contained. The Ravens defense is back healthy now, which is why they impressed last week against the Titans. But this is a bigger challenge in facing Allen. This will be a close game, but in the end I think Allen will make the game-winning plays late to pull it out -- but it will be razor-thin close. Pick: Bills 27, Ravens 26 Edited January 15, 2021 by SlimShady'sSpaceForce 1 1
JGMcD2 Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 4 hours ago, JGMcD2 said: Did we watch the same video? Maybe I missed it, but Cosell doesn’t even say that in there? It was a 2 minute segment on Bills/Ravens. He spent the first 30 seconds talking about how these two teams played last year and Buffalo did a really good job, but they played out of their base defense (that was one of the only times we played extensively out of our base defense, we play Nickel a lot under McDermott), and this year they play in Nickel 90% of the time with Taron Johnson assuming LB responsibilities (and he says Johnson is VERY good at it). Then he says very briefly the Ravens added some counter-gap schemes along with the “Lamar Jackson factor.” He then says it’s all about stopping the run and how you try to stop it, and then goes into his 1 minute blurb on the Bills. He went on to say that as much as Josh likes to escape the pocket to make plays, he’s going to have to make plays from the pocket in this game to win. Basically insinuating Josh hasn’t been able to do that this year. Overall in that 2 minute clip, Cosell didn’t provide me anything of actual substances and he seems pretty ill informed. @Penfield45 I am still looking for some clarification as to why the Ravens are better and more dynamic running the ball this year?
SCBills Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, JGMcD2 said: @Penfield45 I am still looking for some clarification as to why the Ravens are better and more dynamic running the ball this year? Clearly you haven’t watched the Lamar Jackson TD run from midfield enough. Perhaps 20 more replays on ESPN will be enough to convince you. Edited January 15, 2021 by SCBills 2 4
Billsrhody Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 I have a feeling that this game will come down to whoever wins the turnover battle. If we play mistake free football I like our chances. 1 1
Pokebball Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 2 hours ago, K-9 said: Be that as it may, it’s the main reason for the narrative being built around the Ravens all week. This is simply another test for this Bill's team. You gotta respect both LJ and the Raven's defense. But the Bills will pass this next test. 3
Pokebball Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Warcodered said: Stephan A is always wrong when he's interrupting the other guys at the table. Always. And he was interrupting a lot here. He said his peace and then wouldn't let Max say his without interrupting. Great juju for the Bills. 1
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 47 minutes ago, Crow-Magnon said: Jackson is 31-9 overall (30-7 regular season) as a starting QB in 2-1/2 seasons. No matter what his detractors say, that’s a pretty good start to a career. I think very highly of Lamar Jackson. But W-L record is simply NOT a QB stat. The Ravens were a stable, well-coached team before they drafted him. They've had a top-3 defense since he arrived, top 10 for the last 5 years. They've also had a 1000+ yard back last year and two backs contributing 1600 yds this year. And as the Bills know, Greg Roman is a genius at designing an effective run game. Again - in no way wanting to diss LJ as a player, or his contributions to the Poe-birds success. But the W-L record goes way beyond his contributions. 1 2
wvbillsfan Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 We better get use to talking heads picking against us. Baltimore KC Green Bay Bucs Saints Most people will believe Josh Allen is the real deal. I don’t think they believe in our defense. Defense will come to play Saturday.
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 5 hours ago, SCBills said: Schopp is insufferable right now about Lamar Jackson. Who did we hurt to have this guy forced on us? Who is this "us" of whom you speak? Ain't forced on me....
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 16 minutes ago, wvbillsfan said: We better get use to talking heads picking against us. Baltimore KC Green Bay Bucs Saints Most people will believe Josh Allen is the real deal. I don’t think they believe in our defense. Defense will come to play Saturday. Buffalo -vs- Everybody , Baby I got the hoodie 2 1
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