Mike in Syracuse Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-3...ae-30b04d79b04b Russ Got er done!
Mark Vader Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-3...ae-30b04d79b04b Russ Got er done! At last a starting CB that won't get away.
BillsGuyInMalta Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 Yeah, no more 1st round DB's! ...that's a lie and you know it. We got to think about replacing Whitner soon.
Alphadawg7 Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-3...ae-30b04d79b04b Russ Got er done! Good news and once againt the front office does what it said it will with contracts...something Peters never learned. They said all offseason extending McGee was a priority which is why we didnt keep Greer.
Heels20X6 Posted September 18, 2009 Posted September 18, 2009 http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-3...ae-30b04d79b04b Russ Got er done! Hey Mike, is this you being quoted in a Canadian newspaper article about McKelvin written by John Wawrow? http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/NFL/200...0944416-ap.html
GrudginglyOptimistic Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 We missed Greer last week IMO I don't think so. Greer is a good player, but he was always well behind McGee on the depth charts and deservedly so. McKelvin is an inexperienced idiot wunderkind when it comes to kick returns and he simply made a bad mistake that turned out disastrously badly on Monday. However. he has shown good talent as a position player at CB with the athleticism to cover many #2 WRs one on one. This is what he did on Monday, and though he and McGee gave up double digit catches to both Moss and Welker (easily arguably among the best #1 and #2 WRs in the league) they covered them by giving them a ton of space to work underneath but closing quickly to minimize their RAC yardage. This was actually quite an effective strategy for keeping points of the board even if this bend but do not break strategy gave up tons of yds and catches. What this did was allow the Bills to get pressure on Brady without having to go with exotic blitzes which would leave the center of the field open to short passes. For 55 minutes they held the mightt Pats O at bay to the tune of opening up a 2 score lead. Unfortunately, its a 60 minute game and in the last 5 minutes the Bills played the odds and got ripped for a TD by a Pats drive which burned clock while it gained yards on our prevent D. This worked fine except for two things. A. The loss of Poz left Buggs doing deep cover up the middle in the Tampa 2 style Cover 2 we run. He and the closing safeties got a new one ripped twice by Ben Watson on deep middle TD catches, B. We burned three minutes of clock on the Pats TD and were slated to get the ball back. If in at least 3 runs and a punt we forced the Pats to use all three of their TOs they would have had a minute or less to cover yardage likely like the amount it took them 3 minutes to cover the last series. However, this scenario is based on typical ST oerformance which does not include a player trying to return a kick for a TD without any blocking and coughing up the ball when he is gang tackled. The CB play was a minor factor in why we loss. If Greer had been around then he would likely have replaced Corner as the nickel back and likely would have produced roughly the same results matched up agaiinst Galloway primarily that Corner produced. Greer had some great games as an INT getter, but actually McKelvin produced similar outstanding INT results but did this in regular season rather than in pre-season as Greer had a habit of doing.
Wilson from Gamehendge Posted September 19, 2009 Posted September 19, 2009 Yeah, no more 1st round DB's! ...that's a lie and you know it. We got to think about replacing Whitner soon. Hey, I'd take Taylor Mays or Eric Berry (pref. Mays) in the 1st round, in a HEARTBEAT!
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