Can You Continue to Move Forward if Your Defense Relies on Turnovers to Succeed?

[cgg716]

7 hours ago, KentuckyBillsFan said:

My god, we held them under their season average and we mostly contained the best RB in football. The defense was fine. It's never going to be elite but it's playing well enough to win a SB if Josh plays well IMO

It is a valid long range question, due to one statement from this post. It's never going to be elite... Why? Why with the staggering resources put into it every off-season won't it ever be? Can we HOPE it's enough to get em through? You bet. Is it foolish to hope for/expect more? No

[jethro_tull]

8 hours ago, Rich Stadium Original said:

Let's not forget that the Ravens moved the ball up and down the field at will, and with the exception of the nice punch out fumble on Andrews, most of their errors were self inflicted.  Aside from the turnovers and kneel down at the end of the half. The Bills never forced a punt...the Ravens scored on every other drive. In the second half, the pass rush was non existent. Nearly 500 yards of total offense.

  Going forward, (I know we've been saying this all season) if the Bills continue to rely on turnovers and the other team plays a clean game this time, they may be setting themselves up for failure.

KC probably isn't the offensive juggernaut they have been in past seasons, but if the Bills were to face the Eagles in the SB, they have an RB that is on a tear this year, and an O line that's probably bigger and better than the one they just faced.

  

I believe that had the Raven's scored on more of their possessions the Bills offense would have opened up more and played with more urgency and less ball control.  

The bend and almost break defense gives me the willies at times and I wish they would make it a priority to improve it, especially third down stopping percentages. 

[strive_for_five_guy]

12 hours ago, Rich Stadium Original said:

Let's not forget that the Ravens moved the ball up and down the field at will, and with the exception of the nice punch out fumble on Andrews, most of their errors were self inflicted.  Aside from the turnovers and kneel down at the end of the half. The Bills never forced a punt...the Ravens scored on every other drive. In the second half, the pass rush was non existent. Nearly 500 yards of total offense.

  Going forward, (I know we've been saying this all season) if the Bills continue to rely on turnovers and the other team plays a clean game this time, they may be setting themselves up for failure.

KC probably isn't the offensive juggernaut they have been in past seasons, but if the Bills were to face the Eagles in the SB, they have an RB that is on a tear this year, and an O line that's probably bigger and better than the one they just faced.