Week 15: Dolphins at Bills on Saturday Night Football

[YoloinOhio]

 

 

 

 

Edited December 12, 2022 by YoloinOhio

[NewEra]

FIRST!!

[Royale with Cheese]

With McDermott's comment, I wonder who starts this game at CB2?  Probably Jackson but maybe that comment left the door open for someone else?

[YoloinOhio]

 

[Big Turk]

It would be nice if we got any hints in terms of what they haven't liked with Elam the past few weeks in terms of why he hasn't been in there.

[Warcodered]

Just now, Royale with Cheese said:

With McDermott's comment, I wonder who starts this game at CB2?  Probably Jackson but maybe that comment left the door open for someone else?

I think it's more the media stopped letting him get away with him just suddenly not playing and he had to answer.

[NewEra]

Just now, YoloinOhio said:

 

In other words-  he ain’t ready to be a starter in our system yet.  

[Process]

Well it definitely doesn't sound like a disciplinary issue with Elam. Can't wrap my head around him not playing. 

[Big Turk]

Just now, NewEra said:

In other words-  he ain’t ready to be a starter in our system yet.  

 

Bills require less individual talent to play well in their system but far more teamwork and trusting other people will be doing their job in the scheme to work as a unit.

[Low Positive]

Just now, Process said:

Well it definitely doesn't sound like a disciplinary issue with Elam. Can't wrap my head around him not playing. 

I think that McD's comments about technique are very telling. He's not doing the right things for the Bills scheme, and now that we have an option with Tre back he is sitting until he gets all that down. People are not going to like the answer, but I think that's it.

[YoloinOhio]

I will question McDermott on some things but the development of CBs isn’t one of them. Trusting the process on this. 

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[Big Turk]

4 minutes ago, Process said:

Well it definitely doesn't sound like a disciplinary issue with Elam. Can't wrap my head around him not playing. 

 

Hard to question a team that leads the NFL in pass defense over the past 5 years in regards to who plays and who doesn't.

Edited December 12, 2022 by Big Turk

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[Wayne Cubed]

The Bills need to shut down the vertical in routes to middle of the field... that is where Tua likes going and that's how the Chargers/49ers defended against him. Make him throw the vertical out routes. Waddle and Hill want to get vertical, to the middle the Bills better be game planning to take that away.

[YoloinOhio]

 

 

Edited December 12, 2022 by YoloinOhio

[Big Turk]

1 minute ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

 

[atlbillsfan1975]

I will be shocked if Elam doesn’t start or at least get a ton of snaps against Miami. Elam’s strength is press man coverage, which goes well against Miami’s wideouts. Elam is the fastest DB on the Bills. Need his speed going against Hill and Waddle. 

[PromoTheRobot]

 

[The Wiz]

3 minutes ago, Wayne Cubed said:

The Bills need to shut down the vertical in routes to middle of the field... that is where Tua likes going and that's how the Chargers/49ers defended against him. Make him throw the vertical out routes. Waddle and Hill want to get vertical, to the middle the Bills better be game planning to take that away.

The importance of those routes is they are usual timing routes that Tua is throwing into.  Those are his bread and butter.  

 

They need to get hands on the receivers at the line to screw up the timing but will ultimately play off of them.

[jletha]

SF and LA showed you can disrupt Tua by jamming at the LOS/playing a lot of press-man. Elam was best at press ocverage in college. Itll be interesting to see:

 

1) if we try to emulate SF and LA

2) if Elam is out there because of his skillset there. Or if he is still benched despite a gameplan geared towards his strengths.