Biggest Weakness?

[Awwufelloff]

What is this teams biggest weakness this year?

 

CB depth/talent?

Offensive Line?

Coaching?

 

If our season doesn't go as planned what will be the culprit? 

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

Coaching, IMO, is the limiting factor on this team. If they stay out of the weeds, they're pretty unstopppable

 

[Awwufelloff]

Just now, Joe in Winslow said:

Coaching, IMO, is the limiting factor on this team. If they stay out of the weeds, they're pretty unstopppable

 

Do you think having a new offensive coach even if he was already with the team will have a big impact on this season? I know most here had issues with Daboll but I thought he was pretty good. 

[Greg S]

Right now going into the season I would say CB. Losing Tre hurts and when he finally comes back then how long will it take for him to be playing at the level he is capable of. Might not be until the 2nd half of the season at the earliest.

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

6 minutes ago, Awwufelloff said:

Do you think having a new offensive coach even if he was already with the team will have a big impact on this season? I know most here had issues with Daboll but I thought he was pretty good. 

 

I think Allen made Daboll, not the inverse.

[LabattBlue]

OL both starters and depth.  For a team that has their franchise QB for the next 10 years or more, McD and BB don’t seem to have a lot of interest in “protecting” their investment. 

[Royale with Cheese]

Our biggest weakness is the QB talent in the AFC.  We are a complete team without a glaring need.

People like Mahomes, Burrow, Herbert etc....can just go off and be unstoppable regardless of what defense is on the field.  That's what scares me...but Allen scares other teams too.

 

Every single top 5 defense last year in scoring all had games in which they couldn't stop anything.  

[Bob in Mich]

If we give Josh time in the pocket and keep him upright, we have an excellent chance of winning that game.  

 

So, my biggest concern is the ability of the offensive line to hold up and weather an injury or two.

[Fan in San Diego]

4 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

Our biggest weakness is the QB talent in the AFC.  We are a complete team without a glaring need.

People like Mahomes, Burrow, Herbert etc....can just go off and be unstoppable regardless of what defense is on the field.  That's what scares me...but Allen scares other teams too.

 

Every single top 5 defense last year in scoring all had games in which they couldn't stop anything.  

I think our biggest weakness is stopping the run. How many times on 3rd and whatever do we get gashed for 15 plus yards.

 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

Just now, Fan in San Diego said:

I think our biggest weakness is stopping the run. How many times on 3rd and whatever do we get gashed for 15 plus yards.

 

Don't you think Beane addressed this ?  I'm as big an Edmunds critic as anyone, and his run defense is awful. But the DL run defense on paper looks better.

[Jauronimo]

Leselie Frazier.  Its great that we blow out chumps and hang shutouts on marginal QBs but I don't trust this defense to get stops or make big plays against good offenses in critical situations.

[teef]

i think herpes is the only thing that can bring this to a screeching halt.  

[Don Otreply]

3 minutes ago, Awwufelloff said:

Do you think having a new offensive coach even if he was already with the team will have a big impact on this season? I know most here had issues with Daboll but I thought he was pretty good. 

Daboll is a good OC, when things are going well, but does have his failings, ie; being pass centric to the point of his own teams detriment, he never seemed to understand / incorporate a functioning counter attack via the run game, when his pass game stuttered, he relied on to many cutie play calls or fell into the run, run, run, punt kinda stuff, I’m thinking that Dorsey will be smarter about that sort of thing, and in this case more successful. As to what the culprit for failure could be this upcoming season, so many things could cause it, from a couple bad Ref calls, to an in opportune fumble or interception, injury, or a bad coaching call, its hard to know a head of time. But don’t worry so much about it, we are going to win the last game of the season, so we’re cool that way.

 

 

[frostbitmic]

CB - If Tre' is ready to go to start the season we'll be fine. If he's not we'll be starting Jackson who's young and improved from year 1 to year 2, hopefully he takes another step in year 3. We'll likely also start Elam, who I think will be really good, but rookies will make rookie mistakes, and we'll have Taron Johnson in the slot who is very good.

 

We also have the benefit of a very good pair of starters at Safety.

 

Again it all depends on Tre'.

[GunnerBill]

20 minutes ago, Awwufelloff said:

What is this teams biggest weakness this year?

 

CB depth/talent?

Offensive Line?

Coaching?

 

If our season doesn't go as planned what will be the culprit? 

 

I still think it is offensive line. I think it was last year and my worry is it will be again. I have no concerns about corner. It is Oline, coaching, receiver depth in that order for me.

[Fan in San Diego]

2 minutes ago, Ethan in Portland said:

Don't you think Beane addressed this ?  I'm as big an Edmunds critic as anyone, and his run defense is awful. But the DL run defense on paper looks better.

Who did they bring in to address this? Star was good but missed so many games. As much as I dislike Suh, he would be an upgrade.

[Royale with Cheese]

2 minutes ago, Fan in San Diego said:

I think our biggest weakness is stopping the run. How many times on 3rd and whatever do we get gashed for 15 plus yards.

 

 

I think it was referring to the current team in which we beefed up the DL.  

 

We had the #1 3rd down defense in the NFL last year.  We were #15 overall in rushing defense and 16th in ypc....right in the middle of the pack but I think we improved with our offseason additions.

 

Our run defense looked worse than it was just because a few games, we got gashed but overall in the 17 game season...were statistically average.  

[LeGOATski]

2 minutes ago, Fan in San Diego said:

Who did they bring in to address this? Star was good but missed so many games. As much as I dislike Suh, he would be an upgrade.

Are you saying you think the Bills have Settled... for lesser talent?

Edited May 19, 2022 by LeGOATski

[Ethan in Cleveland]

Post-draft I would say the biggest weakness is the O-line.  There is plenty of optimism but also a fair amount of question marks on the OL.  I think the run blocking will be ok but I'm still worried about the pass blocking with the group we have.

Dorsey is an unknown but I am not too worried.  I hope we get rid of Gilliam and play more two TE sets with Dorsey calling the plays.  

2 minutes ago, Fan in San Diego said:

Who did they bring in to address this? Star was good but missed so many games. As much as I dislike Suh, he would be an upgrade.

Settle, Jones, and Lawson

[Royale with Cheese]

3 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

I still think it is offensive line. I think it was last year and my worry is it will be again. I have no concerns about corner. It is Oline, coaching, receiver depth in that order for me.

 

Now that you brought this up, the OL probably would be it if I had to choose one.  Brown is still an unknown and Bates...hoping he wasn't just a flash in a pan.

But I trust Kromer as well.