Buffalo_Stampede Posted January 13 Posted January 13 (edited) Sounds like people outside of Buffalo are starting to recognize Spencer Brown. Next season this OL will get a lot of honors. Edited January 13 by Buffalo_Stampede Quote
UKBillFan Posted January 13 Posted January 13 19 minutes ago, dave mcbride said: https://ftnfantasy.com/nfl/aaron-schatz-my-2024-all-pro-ballot Aaron Schatz’s (founder of football outsiders and DVOA) pro bowl ballot. He has Benford as first team all pro and Dawkins as second team all pro. He also links to Mitchell Schwartz’s argument that Dawkins was the best offensive lineman in the league this year. He has Jos as second team all pro. See, I don’t mind this. If someone backed Josh last year and Lamar this time round at least it shows a level of consistency. 1 Quote
PBF81 Posted January 19 Posted January 19 On 1/13/2025 at 3:12 AM, GunnerBill said: They will have an opportunity for a re-do. They have their guys available, hopefully they coach is better too. Gonna be one hell of a challenge. If Flowers doesn't make it for Baltimore that would help some as well. EDIT: oh and I should also say the offense playing better is a mandatory part of the puzzle. If you let Baltimore get up early and stay on schedule you have a problem. Your offense has to speed them up and create a sesne or urgency. That is when they tend to get away from the run. We'll see how our small LBs do tonight. Quote
PBF81 Posted January 20 Posted January 20 On 1/12/2025 at 7:47 AM, GunnerBill said: They were missing two things: 1. Talent. The second level of the defense in that game was a combination of Williams (3rd rounder), Spector (7th rounder), Lewis (UDFA), Morrow (UDFA) and Ingram (UDFA). And Todd Monken's entire game plan was to expose that level. I have said this before but in the first half they ran exactly one offensive play designed to attack a unit other than the linebackers, nickel and dime. 2. Patience. Bobby Babich's adjustment after one play (admittedly a very long TD run by Henry) was to go to 3 linebackers in base. And the next two drives Monken just put Justice Hill on Morrow and they swing pass and screened us to death. By the time they abandoned that it was 21-0. The long Henry run on the first play wasn't about being too light or anything else. It was just about being out executed. The Ravens all hit their landmarks, we didn't an one of the best players of his generation took advantage. He should have stayed in his defense and trusted his guys to execute better. Brining Morrow in and going to base was a disastrous mistake and I called it out in the GDT as soon as he did it. I would hope a combination of better talent - having Milano, Bernard and Johnson available - and a better, more patient coordinating performance would lead to a different result if we get a do over. But impatience has been a concern of mine on Babich all year. Far from the "he doesn't adjust" narrative my concern is he adjusts way too quickly and often in an ill thought through manner. Well, they did what you said, not sure it worked however, although not as if they had much choice. It was still our second most rushing yards allowed after our first meeting. 271 v. 176 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Quote
GunnerBill Posted January 20 Posted January 20 3 minutes ago, PBF81 said: Well, they did what you said, not sure it worked however, although not as if they had much choice. It was still our second most rushing yards allowed after our first meeting. 271 v. 176 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ They did a good job on Henry. He had a couple of nice runs second half but I think their plan on him largely DID work. They had some success with Hill by breaking tendency (they don't run a ton with him normally) and he caught the Bills by surprise a couple of times playing pass. But you just have to settle in accept you are not going to shut them down but put Lamar in enough obvious passing situations to force mistakes. And they did. That is how you beat Baltimore. Keeping that offense totally buttoned up just isn't happening. 2 2 Quote
PBF81 Posted January 20 Posted January 20 1 minute ago, GunnerBill said: They did a good job on Henry. He had a couple of nice runs second half but I think their plan on him largely DID work. They had some success with Hill by breaking tendency (they don't run a ton with him normally) and he caught the Bills by surprise a couple of times playing pass. But you just have to settle in accept you are not going to shut them down but put Lamar in enough obvious passing situations to force mistakes. And they did. That is how you beat Baltimore. Keeping that offense totally buttoned up just isn't happening. Agreed, particularly in the first half, less so in the 2nd. The INT really wasn't forced though, it was more of just a WTF pass. But yeah, the TOs were definitely the difference in this one. The intriguing thing is that Baltimore only had 11 giveaways all season, but 3 tonight. KC had 14 all season, let's hope that we can strip them a few times as well. It appears to be something that the coaches have and continue to focus on. Quote
FireChans Posted January 20 Posted January 20 12 minutes ago, PBF81 said: Well, they did what you said, not sure it worked however, although not as if they had much choice. It was still our second most rushing yards allowed after our first meeting. 271 v. 176 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It's a good thing they don't decide who advances in the postseason based on how many rushing yards you allow. See you at the AFCCG 1 Quote
PBF81 Posted January 20 Posted January 20 Just now, FireChans said: It's a good thing they don't decide who advances in the postseason based on how many rushing yards you allow. See you at the AFCCG Well, at least it's good tonight since it worked in our favor. LOL Agreed. Now time to get the 0-3 KC Playoff monkey off our backs!! GO BILLS! 2 Quote
GunnerBill Posted January 20 Posted January 20 1 minute ago, PBF81 said: Agreed, particularly in the first half, less so in the 2nd. The INT really wasn't forced though, it was more of just a WTF pass. But yeah, the TOs were definitely the difference in this one. The intriguing thing is that Baltimore only had 11 giveaways all season, but 3 tonight. KC had 14 all season, let's hope that we can strip them a few times as well. It appears to be something that the coaches have and continue to focus on. It was 2nd and more than 10 is what I mean. It was a forced passing situation. Milano did speed him up a bit on the throw but I agree Lamar just mailed it. It is about being patient and just knowing if you can get Lamar into multiple obvious passing downs he will give you some chances. And then you gotta take them, to get stops or even better take the ball away. 3 Quote
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