Defense Playing Undermanned Due To Performance Issues.

[Buffaloflash]

Cam Lewis can not tackle to save his life. He must have a record, for the most missed tackles in the entire league

Edited September 30, 2024 by Buffaloflash

[LabattBlue]

…and Hamlin is no better.  They are both practice squad fodder.  

[Lofton80]

I also thought Hamlin looked late on every snap. The whole team overreacted to every misdirection, every fake. It was ugly. 

[Chuck Schick]

Very late in the game, I saw Hamlin’s jersey was perfectly white.  The guy was tentative and nearly invisible. 

[8BallSippin]

Did Von Miller play yesterday?  I saw him suited up and his jersey was prestine... 

[78thealltimegreat]

9 if you count Mcdermotts coaching 

[Savage]

  On 9/30/2024 at 3:31 PM, LabattBlue said:

…and Hamlin is no better.  They are both practice squad fodder.  

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Bishop didn’t impress either.

 

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[zow2]

  On 9/30/2024 at 3:31 PM, LabattBlue said:

…and Hamlin is no better.  They are both practice squad fodder.  

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Agreed.  As for Hamlin,  I've said this before his injury.  Dude can't cover and often takes bad angles.  He's always late to the party!   Watch most of the completions or even incompletions and he will show up just after the play ends.  Cam Lewis had a tough game but he's made a few plays here and there.  But when you have these guys on the back end and Damar is your starting safety?  That's just awful.

[DeltaDigital]

  On 9/30/2024 at 5:00 PM, zow2 said:

 

Agreed.  As for Hamlin,  I've said this before his injury.  Dude can't cover and often takes bad angles.  He's always late to the party!   Watch most of the completions or even incompletions and he will show up just after the play ends.  Cam Lewis had a tough game but he's made a few plays here and there.  But when you have these guys on the back end and Damar is your starting safety?  That's just awful.

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Don't forget slow as molasses. 

[julian]

  On 9/30/2024 at 4:55 PM, Savage said:

Bishop didn’t impress either.

 

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To be fair he’s a rookie who’s never started a game in the NFL yet, I hate everything about Hamlin on this team.

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

  On 9/30/2024 at 3:30 PM, Buffaloflash said:

Cam Lewis can not tackle to save his life. He must have a record, for the most missed tackles in the entire league

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Currently in a tie for 13th, but its probably rising.  

[BuffaloBillyG]

I hear there is a little pill you can take these days to correct your "performance issues". I'll see if I can find a link.

[BillsFooteball]

Even on a night where mostly everyone on the billslooked awful, it still stuck out to me how bad Hamlin is. He is without the doubt the worst starting safety in NFL. I refuse to believe that today  bishop, Edwards, Cline are all not at least one level above. I’m happy he is alive, I’m not happy he’s a starting safety on this team. Congrats on his first interception last week that only happened because Lawrence missed a wide open target and there was Hamlin. He takes awful angles, unbelievably slow and can’t cover. 

[Mango]

  On 9/30/2024 at 6:14 PM, BillsFooteball said:

Even on a night where mostly everyone on the billslooked awful, it still stuck out to me how bad Hamlin is. He is without the doubt the worst starting safety in NFL. I refuse to believe that today  bishop, Edwards, Cline are all not at least one level above. I’m happy he is alive, I’m not happy he’s a starting safety on this team. Congrats on his first interception last week that only happened because Lawrence missed a wide open target and there was Hamlin. He takes awful angles, unbelievably slow and can’t cover. 

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While I don’t totally disagree, Hamlin also has the mic which means he’s calling the defense for the secondary. I assume it’s because McD doesn’t trust another safety to do it/other guys are struggling to do it. 
 

Athleticism aside I think this team is missing the football IQ on the defensive side to have somebody reliable lining them up. We have two backups QB’ing the defense.

 

I think this is the biggest reason to bring Hyde back in sooner rather than later. (If willing)

 

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

  On 9/30/2024 at 6:19 PM, Mango said:

While I don’t totally disagree, Hamlin also has the mic which means he’s calling the defense for the secondary. I assume it’s because McD doesn’t trust another safety to do it/other guys are struggling to do it. 
 

Athleticism aside I think this team is missing the football IQ on the defensive side to have somebody reliable lining them up. We have two backups QB’ing the defense.

 

I think this is the biggest reason to bring Hyde back in sooner rather than later. (If willing)

 

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Might be time to dust off kareem jackson as well if rapps going to miss time.  

[Jauronimo]

Hamlin looks painfully slow.  He looked like he was running in sand after his INT and it was almost comical watching a 250 lb RB pull away from him in the open field.  If hes not decisive and instinctual then he simply does not have the athleticism to do his job.

[Bangarang]

  On 9/30/2024 at 4:53 PM, 8BallSippin said:

Did Von Miller play yesterday?  I saw him suited up and his jersey was prestine... 

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He played 9 snaps. The defense couldn't get them in many obvious passing situations for him to get out there 

[JohnNord]

  On 9/30/2024 at 3:30 PM, Buffaloflash said:

Cam Lewis can not tackle to save his life. He must have a record, for the most missed tackles in the entire league

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He had a couple bad missed tackles for sure.  Overall though, he’s been average.  There’s a reason why Cam is a backup and not a starting NCB.  Fortunately Johnson will be back soon

[juno999]

  On 9/30/2024 at 4:52 PM, Chuck Schick said:

Very late in the game, I saw Hamlin’s jersey was perfectly white.  The guy was tentative and nearly invisible. 

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He's been like that all season.  Nothing against the guy, but he's not a starter.  He's a backup who is starting.  I hope this changes soon.