McDermott calling the D: what'd ya think?

[Success]

Sorry for the non-Josh Allen thread.

 

All offseason, we wondered how the D would be without Frazier, and w/ McD making the calls.  I've never been an x's & o's guy, but what I saw was pretty encouraging..  We were all over the passer, and our line was in the backfield all day.   The corners seemed to be playing a bit more press, and for the most part, locked it down. The only issue was giving up some big runs - but there were just a few of those lapses.

 

I think our personnel is better, so it's hard to gauge (Groot is clearly taking a next step, Oliver looks better, Floyd is a great addition, etc.).   There is also the consideration that the Jets O-line isn't good.

 

What did everyone think overall?

 

[Cheektowaga Chad]

The aggressiveness was awesome to see

 

But I think week one is tough to judge against a team that didn't have a QB and really couldn't do much

 

 

[SoonerBillsFan]

It was fine.  

 

[RiotAct]

our offense turned the ball over 4X, and yet our D still managed to only give up 13 “quality” points.

 

 

The Jets’ O ain’t the Dolphins, but still… I’d say our defense definitely did its job and then some

[sven233]

Not the best game to judge him on because of the offense we ended up having to play.  I will say this.....Rodgers was in for 4 plays, but if he was in longer, I think we would have sacked him a ton.  He can't move much anymore and our line would have been after him all night.  Not saying he wouldn't have made the Jets offense better.  We'll never know.  But the way the game started and the way our line was playing, I wasn't overly worried about what the Jets were doing.  More concerned about the way our offense played.

[NewEra]

I thought the D played pretty good minus the one run and couple Wilson catches (not the TD, that was good D, special catch).  
 

Leonard Floyd and Rousseau stood out on the DL, while I thought Ed played a very solid games. Watching Milano was a treat.  
 

I’m extremely worried about the S duo though.  Once the heart and soul of the team, they might now be a detriment.  🙏🏻 that’s not the case 

[K-9]

An encouraging start, but that’s all it was. 

[LabattBlue]

I will let you know when we play a top 10 QB and offense. 

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

one game. too soon to get a real idea if the change was for the good?

 

mid season. we shall see

[Mr. WEO]

hard to tell vs an awful line.  

 

Wilson should have gotten destroyed all night.  1 TO, 3 sacks. 

[BBFL]

Interest to see how they handle Davante Adams now that Myers is listed as out… if he calls a competent defensive game against the Raiders tomorrow I’m a little less worried about Week 4 against the fish. 

[Gugny]

I normally hate when people say, “well, it was against ________ .”

 

But it was against an offense led by what’s his name.

 

They shut down an offense that they should have shut down.  
 

That’s a good thing. 

[Alphadawg7]

Week 1 - A grade.  ***No Rodgers makes it a situation where we can't take too much away off one game though.  But outside of a player mistake on the long run, the defense held its own quite well IMHO.  

[Augie]

42 minutes ago, Cheektowaga Chad said:

The aggressiveness was awesome to see

 

But I think week one is tough to judge against a team that didn't have a QB and really couldn't do much

 

 

 

We had a defensive game plan to stop and NFL offense led by a future HOF QB. I think we were better prepared for that than the 14 OLinemen and a single WR we ended up facing. I liked our early pressure, but I don’t know what to make of the rest of that. 

[Gugny]

3 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

We had a defensive game plan to stop and NFL offense led by a future HOF QB. I think we were better prepared for that than the 14 OLinemen and a single WR we ended up facing. I liked our early pressure, but I don’t know what to make of the rest of that. 

 

 

[BuffaloBillyG]

19 minutes ago, NewEra said:

I thought the D played pretty good minus the one run and couple Wilson catches (not the TD, that was good D, special catch).  
 

Leonard Floyd and Rousseau stood out on the DL, while I thought Ed played a very solid games. Watching Milano was a treat.  
 

I’m extremely worried about the S duo though.  Once the heart and soul of the team, they might now be a detriment.  🙏🏻 that’s not the case 

This is my worry with the defense, more than even MLB. 

 

Hyde seemed ok. Didn't notice him a ton good or bad which isn't always a bad thing. But Poyer was not at his best Monday. The lack of speed on our back end is really going to present an issue against Miami IMO. 

 

Overall, I thought the defense was solid. Milano was his normal self...plus some personality. The DL got a lot of pressure. And Benford held his own on the outside. Looking forward to seeing what McDermott has dialed up to stop a Raider team with lower speed but a lot of physical players on offense.

[Saxum]

51 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

We had a defensive game plan to stop and NFL offense led by a future HOF QB. I think we were better prepared for that than the 14 OLinemen and a single WR we ended up facing. I liked our early pressure, but I don’t know what to make of the rest of that. 

 

Clearly Nathaniel Hackett is better coach than we gave him credit for with many calling him a pawn of Doug Marrone especially when he got job with Jaguars.

Personally I thought he was at least as good as coach as Ronnie Jones,

[dpberr]

I thought Game 1 went well.  Had to adjust the entire defensive plan after four snaps. 

 

I think that if it was Wilson behind center a week prior to the game, they would have shut down the run game and make Wilson win it with his arm.  

 

 

[frostbitmic]

Give up long runs ... check

Giving up numerous 3rd and 10+ yards ... check

 

It was nice seeing them being more aggressive rushing the QB and all, but in the end, they couldn't hold a 10 point lead vs Zach Wilson. Of course that job was made more difficult by our QB playing Santa Claus for the night.

 

It was only one game, lets see what they've got vs the Raiders tomorrow.

[newcam2012]

2 hours ago, RiotAct said:

our offense turned the ball over 4X, and yet our D still managed to only give up 13 “quality” points.

 

 

The Jets’ O ain’t the Dolphins, but still… I’d say our defense definitely did its job and then some

I agree. The defense more than held their own. They did enough to win the game. 

 

The pass rush was very good. Can't give up huge runs like that. Despite that the D held them to 3 points. I was pleasantly surprised by Bernard. I thought he held his own.

 

Like others said hard to really gauge the D vs a back up QB and poor oline. But they did what they had to do. 

 

There are bigger tests ahead for the D. I'm interested in seeing how they stop or contain Jacobs and Adams.