79 points against in two weeks

[The Wiz]

Missing 3/4 of their secondary. 🙄

[DrDawkinstein]

Just now, Ben said:

We beat the NFC number one seed on the road. It was closer than it should have been but we really should feel good about this.

 

We are. I'm feeling great about it and will talk about the good points in other threads. Doesnt mean there cant be any discussion about areas of improvement.

[34-78-83]

We just beat the F@&$!?&@ Lions in their place and these are your first postgame thoughts? Some people need to go back and wallow in the pits of misery they’ve dug for themselves for too long, too long to ever come out of. Just unreal. We got pressure today against the best o line besides ours in the game. We got 3 stops where we made them punt plus a turnover. All this with 3 out of 5 in the secondary being backups or rookies That’s how these games go when two explosive offenses get together. 
 

I’m floored by our own fans so often these days. it’s comical

[wjag]

So many of Detroits yards were prevent defense.  
 

Bummed about Milano though. 

Edited 6 hours ago by wjag

[Governor]

At least we know the number now. We need 48 points to be considered safe from McD wrecking the game.

[JohnNord]

4 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

Did you look at the other D on the field tonight?

You mean the best 3rd down defense in the NFL that was also #2 in defensive EPA?

Just now, wjag said:

So many of Detroits yards were prevent defense.  
 

Bummed about Milano though. 

He’ll be back by the playoffs 

[DrDawkinstein]

1 minute ago, wjag said:

So many of Detroits yards were prevent defense.  
 

Bummed about Milano though. 

 

The problem is that prevent started in the 1st quarter.

[Billzgobowlin]

14 minutes ago, zow2 said:

Ouch! thank god for JA17 and the offense on this brilliant win today, but what do we make of this?  I really don’t think this pass defense the last two weeks can lead them to an AFC title let alone Super Bowl.  How does it get fixed?

Against Nacua and Kupp then LaPorta, St Brown and Jameson.  I think it was bound to be a shootout

[Simon]

1 minute ago, DrDawkinstein said:

But then we so predictably fall back into our soft zone, and they score in like 5 plays. A 14 pt lead in the 1st quarter isnt enough to go prevent.

 

They definitely fouled up those two drives where they got too passive early when they went up three scores; defensively they needed to force 4-5 minutes of clock on those instead of 2 minutes on each.

Aside from that I though they did a really good job handling what was the best offense in the world, particularly losing 3 starting DBs in one week.

[JohnNord]

1 minute ago, 34-78-83 said:

We just beat the F@&$!?&@ Lions in their place and these are your first postgame thoughts? Some people need to go back and wallow in the pits of misery they’ve dug for themselves for too long, too long to ever come out of. Just unreal. We got pressure today against the best o line besides ours in the game. We got 3 stops where we made them punt plus a turnover. All this with 3 out of 5 in the secondary being backups or rookies That’s how these games go when two explosive offenses get together. 
 

I’m floored by our own fans so often these days. it’s comical

Well said… I think some people forget that the Bills played the best offense in the NFL today while missing almost their entire secondary.  

[DrDawkinstein]

1 minute ago, Governor said:

At least we know the number now. We need 48 points to be considered safe from McD wrecking the game.

 

Even then, I was nervous until the end. 12 seconds is too close to 13.

[oldmanfan]

2 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

You mean the best 3rd down defense in the NFL that was also #2 in defensive EPA?

He’ll be back by the playoffs 

Yeah that one, the one that had a lot of guys hurt like we did.

[Governor]

3 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Even then, I was nervous until the end. 12 seconds is too close to 13.

Let’s call it 50 points then to be safe. We need 50 points a game to make it McD proof.

Edited 6 hours ago by Governor

[JohnNord]

Just now, Simon said:

 

They definitely fouled up those two drives where they got too passive early when they went up three scores; defensively they needed to force 4-5 minutes of clock on those instead of 2 minutes on each.

Aside from that I though they did a really good job handling what was the best offense in the world, particularly losing 3 starting DBs in one week.

The throw to St. Brown was almost a fluke too.  Bernard was in position and got hands on the ball but it was thrown so well that it went right to him.  One of those right time-right place plays that are almost impossible to duplicate 

[BillsFan130]

16 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

Not having to run our 4th and 5th safeties against the NFL's leading offense might make a difference.

We had Hamlin and Rapp against the rams last week and couldn't stop a nose bleed.

 

[DrDawkinstein]

4 hours ago, JohnNord said:

Well said… I think some people forget that the Bills played the best offense in the NFL today while missing almost their entire secondary.  

 

No, I remember that. And I'm thrilled about the win.

 

What I'm not thrilled with is that we were getting stops playing aggressively and sending heat, but then every time we would go up by 3 scores, McD/Babich would change philosophy and go into that soft shell and allow them right back in the game. Over and over.

 

Just put your ***** heel on the opponents throat for ONCE. It's ok to play hard and get a 4 or even 5 score lead.

 

Edited 1 hour ago by DrDawkinstein

[QB Bills]

Baylon Spector should not be anywhere close to a football field. I get he's the backup's backup, but that guy is an affront to defensive football.

[RyanC883]

6 minutes ago, wjag said:

So many of Detroits yards were prevent defense.  
 

Bummed about Milano though. 

 

Milano hurt again!?!?

[JohnNord]

Just now, DrDawkinstein said:

 

No, I remember that. And I'm thrilled about the win.

 

What I'm not thrilled with is that we were getting stops playing aggressively and sending heat, but then every time we would go up by 3 scores, McD/Babich would change philosophy and go into that soft shell and allow them right back in the game. Over and over.

Well they got the win against the top offensive team in the NFL.  There’s a lot to work on defense as well.  I’m sure they will look at the tape and use yesterday as a chance to improve. 

[DrDawkinstein]

1 minute ago, QB Bills said:

Baylon Spector should not be anywhere close to a football field. I get he's the backup's backup, but that guy is an affront to defensive football.

 

It was better once they figured it out and put Williams in.