Opponents' 3rd and long scare anyone else?

[The Red King]

It may be perspective, I didn't check the numbers, but I worry about 3rd and long because our D seems bad at it.  I'm actually more confident with 3rd and short.  We just seem to keep getting torched on 3rd and 10, 3rd and 12, etc.  3rd and long and you can usually pressure the offense, but it seems we do the opposite, giving the QB time to kill us.

 

Again, maybe I'm wrong, but for all our strengths we just don't look good on third and long plays.

[Nextmanup]

We are the 17th best 3rd down defense in the league!  Never mind 3rd and long...

 

39.34% tied with Bengals for 17th.

 

Very average.  

 

But it all seems to work out OK in the end.

 

 

[Billznut]

I’m anxious every single time it’s 3rd and long on defense 

[GunnerBill]

3rd down has been a bit of an issue for the defense this year. Think is directly linked to the injuries and constant shuffling in the secondary. They were the best 3rd down defense in football last year and it wasn't close. They were top 10 in 2018 and 2019 too and just outside the top 10 in 2020. This is a bit of a down year but then no Hyde most of the year, no White over half of the year, shuffling guys in and out - Benford, Lewis, Hamlin, Johnson - have all played a fair number of snaps. That's three 6th rounders and an UDFA.

[ExiledInIllinois]

😆... I have been worried about 3rd and long since at least 1976... 

 

***** Bert Jones! 

[LOVEMESOMEBILLS]

 

This board is literally scared of every G*d damn thing known to man. I feel like I'm in the movie The Replacements.

 

 I guess I'll join in and give it a whirl..... Spiders. Anyone else scared of spiders?

 

 

 

 

[biggerdaddynj]

Time for Frazier to prove he can come up with schemes and adjust his D  those 3rd downs with slippery Mahomes running around or those other likely playoff bound QBs who likewise need to be pressured.  

We’ve been spending and drafting for that D-Line and in this, “our year”, we brought in Von to be our closer to fill in those deficiencies but he’s gone.  Time for Frazier to step up and show us all that he’s got (and some tackling drills might help).

 

 It’s a narrow window we gotta strike now.  Josh can’t walk on water forever.

Edited December 22, 2022 by biggerdaddynj

[LOVEMESOMEBILLS]

3 minutes ago, biggerdaddynj said:

Josh can’t walk on water forever

 

 Judging by his 2 point conversion Saturday night, soon he won't have to walk on water. He'll fly!!

 

 

[The Wiz]

25 minutes ago, LOVEMESOMEBILLS said:

 

This board is literally scared of every G*d damn thing known to man. I feel like I'm in the movie The Replacements.

 

 I guess I'll join in and give it a whirl..... Spiders. Anyone else scared of spiders?

 

 

 

 

More scared of bees to tell you the truth.  Or more accurately, wasps.

Edited December 22, 2022 by The Wiz

[LOVEMESOMEBILLS]

 

 That's funny, it fits the script in the movie lol. 

[US Egg]

No more wary of opponents in a 3rd and long situation than JA17 under center facing the same situation.

 

The Bills can do attitude makes it easier.

 

 

[eball]

Umm, no. I don’t watch Bills games scared and I don’t expect the worst. I think what they have done on defense with all of the injuries is pretty remarkable, and I expect them to improve as they get healthier in the secondary. 
 

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

1 hour ago, LOVEMESOMEBILLS said:

 

This board is literally scared of every G*d damn thing known to man. I feel like I'm in the movie The Replacements.

 

 I guess I'll join in and give it a whirl..... Spiders. Anyone else scared of spiders?

 

 

 

 

Clowns. I hate them 

[John from Riverside]

1 hour ago, The Wiz said:

More scared of bees to tell you the truth.  Or more accurately, wasps.

Spiders coach I’m scared of spiders

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

bend don't break.

[BIGFOOTspaceman]

I’m scared of being scared

[CSBill]

Yes

[TBBills]

When it's 3rd and long for them, it's just right for... them.

[mikemac2001]

Every play scares me

[Shortchaz]

6 hours ago, LOVEMESOMEBILLS said:

 

 Judging by his 2 point conversion Saturday night, soon he won't have to walk on water. He'll fly!!