jimmy griffin Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 We knew they were soft at DE end for some time now. Kelsey and Shoebel are undersized. Without substantive run support behind them, they look terrible. Ellison is udnersized, as well as POZ. Wittner and Ko Simpson are not impact tacklers who play bigger than they are. Thus, you have a situation where the DE ends have no support -- to hide their weakness (run support). Mithchell supports well, but he is one guy. Runs off-tackle and on the edge are killing this team. They can run away from Stroud and Williams. Problems with the Special Teams is looming large. McGee out -- has been terrible for the return game. Field position is important -- clearly. Where are teh timely speclial team plays? Bobby April needs to shake some things up... Trent needs a running game. The line has talent -- with Peters especially. They need to develope a mentality on the line and an indentity. A blocking TE might be needed. Teams are not respecting Trent. If they drop back into 9, 11 step drops backs, they need to max protect and lets him loosen up defenses and safeties that are cheating to the line and up into the box for run support. If they want to run, then go double TE and run it. Either way, they need to define what they are doing. Defenses are dictating -- and that is a sign of poor coaching and poor execution. Peters and Dockery and Fowler must take a look in the mirror. The DE backfield looks good when there a passrush. It also looks good when they have talent. Leonis needs seaoning. Not fair to blame. When you loose your starting Corner -- it is just hard to regroup (look a the Broncos without Champ). They can still win vs. the PATS. The Miami game was all turnovers. Trent needs to go back to managing the game -- and protecting the ball. More plays on special teams are needed. I like the Bills to win this weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOTONE Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 We knew they were soft at DE end for some time now. Kelsey and Shoebel are undersized. Without substantive run support behind them, they look terrible. Ellison is udnersized, as well as POZ. Wittner and Ko Simpson are not impact tacklers who play bigger than they are. Thus, you have a situation where the DE ends have no support -- to hide their weakness (run support). Mithchell supports well, but he is one guy. Runs off-tackle and on the edge are killing this team. They can run away from Stroud and Williams. Problems with the Special Teams is looming large. McGee out -- has been terrible for the return game. Field position is important -- clearly. Where are teh timely speclial team plays? Bobby April needs to shake some things up... Trent needs a running game. The line has talent -- with Peters especially. They need to develope a mentality on the line and an indentity. A blocking TE might be needed. Teams are not respecting Trent. If they drop back into 9, 11 step drops backs, they need to max protect and lets him loosen up defenses and safeties that are cheating to the line and up into the box for run support. If they want to run, then go double TE and run it. Either way, they need to define what they are doing. Defenses are dictating -- and that is a sign of poor coaching and poor execution. Peters and Dockery and Fowler must take a look in the mirror. The DE backfield looks good when there a passrush. It also looks good when they have talent. Leonis needs seaoning. Not fair to blame. When you loose your starting Corner -- it is just hard to regroup (look a the Broncos without Champ). They can still win vs. the PATS. The Miami game was all turnovers. Trent needs to go back to managing the game -- and protecting the ball. More plays on special teams are needed. I like the Bills to win this weekend... Poz is 6'2 245, how much bigger do you want a LB? Its the Cover 2 they are supposed to run away from Williams and Stroud and righ tin the hand of the DE's and LB's. The defense is built around speed and the problem is they are running right at Stroud and Williams and we cant stop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy griffin Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 Ellison is a major problem. He is not an NFL caliber player. Ko and Donte are not run specialist. They are jack-of-all-trades, who do not impact any area of the field. They can't support very well. POZ may be big -- but he is a gang tackler. He is a good player -- but not an impact blocker shedding running back killer. he is more of a jump on the pile type -- als Chris Speilman -- late in his career (post Detroit). Mitchell is a devasting tackler. But his is only one guy. The DE ends are week and soft. I reported this after the Redskins preseason game when Kesley got driven back 5 yards every run my Portis. And Denny has always been a kitty, who after every play is standing with his hands on his hips looking around like a deer in headlights. I have NO PROBLEM with williams/ stroud and co. they have been fine. And poor Stroud -- he is like a Lion who is attacked by 10 mangy wild dogs OLs and TEs all game with no help. Poz is 6'2 245, how much bigger do you want a LB? Its the Cover 2 they are supposed to run away from Williams and Stroud and righ tin the hand of the DE's and LB's. The defense is built around speed and the problem is they are running right at Stroud and Williams and we cant stop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Angel Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 We knew they were soft at DE end for some time now. Kelsey and Shoebel are undersized. Without substantive run support behind them, they look terrible. Ellison is udnersized, as well as POZ. Wittner and Ko Simpson are not impact tacklers who play bigger than they are. Thus, you have a situation where the DE ends have no support -- to hide their weakness (run support). Mithchell supports well, but he is one guy. Runs off-tackle and on the edge are killing this team. They can run away from Stroud and Williams. Problems with the Special Teams is looming large. McGee out -- has been terrible for the return game. Field position is important -- clearly. Where are teh timely speclial team plays? Bobby April needs to shake some things up... Trent needs a running game. The line has talent -- with Peters especially. They need to develope a mentality on the line and an indentity. A blocking TE might be needed. Teams are not respecting Trent. If they drop back into 9, 11 step drops backs, they need to max protect and lets him loosen up defenses and safeties that are cheating to the line and up into the box for run support. If they want to run, then go double TE and run it. Either way, they need to define what they are doing. Defenses are dictating -- and that is a sign of poor coaching and poor execution. Peters and Dockery and Fowler must take a look in the mirror. The DE backfield looks good when there a passrush. It also looks good when they have talent. Leonis needs seaoning. Not fair to blame. When you loose your starting Corner -- it is just hard to regroup (look a the Broncos without Champ). They can still win vs. the PATS. The Miami game was all turnovers. Trent needs to go back to managing the game -- and protecting the ball. More plays on special teams are needed. I like the Bills to win this weekend... The biggest problem with this defense is the inability to generate a pass rush without blitzing, teams have figured out that since we blitz so much that the screens and passes to the flats will be wide open. -without Josh Reed we have nobody who can run the short routes and be effective, Hopefully James Hardy develops quicker as of right now he is innefective, perhaps we should give Steven Johnson more time. Maybe Derrick Fine can help as he did look good last week. - the O line could use a road grader or two to upgrade our center and right guard spots. Im not sure why Marshawn is not getting the ball more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrFishfinder Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 The biggest problem with this defense is the inability to generate a pass rush without blitzing, teams have figured out that since we blitz so much that the screens and passes to the flats will be wide open. -without Josh Reed we have nobody who can run the short routes and be effective, Hopefully James Hardy develops quicker as of right now he is innefective, perhaps we should give Steven Johnson more time. Maybe Derrick Fine can help as he did look good last week. - the O line could use a road grader or two to upgrade our center and right guard spots. Im not sure why Marshawn is not getting the ball more "Since we blitz so much"? Have I been missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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