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Re: A Few Last Thoughts
I think that perception and reality rarely meet.
We are bemoaning the fact that we have to 'replace' Seymour. No, we dont. Its not about replacement, its about the players that are here playing as a unit. We dont have Seymour. The job is not to find someone to do exactly what Seymour did and hope its close, the job is to use the 53 we have the best we can.....evidenced by TBC.
We are bemoaning that Nincovitch and Alexander actually get on the field like other NFL players, pretending that we had allstars sitting in the wings waiting for their chances. We have had Matt Chatham, Ted Johnson (at about 30% of his prime) TBC, Chad Brown, Monte Beisel as depth in the past. Somehow we forgot that 5 years ago when we were winning SBs the mantra was everyone on the roster is expected to step up and do their job when called up. And we have 2007-itis where it we don't win 52-0 we are doomed.
I will take the qualities that produce the type of win we got last night over the qualities it takes to win 52-0 every day of the week, because 'I want rings not awards.
I saw one solitary problem with the defense last night. They need to figure out how to defend screen passes. Take those away and it was a dominant effort. (Of course there are those fans that will take a single run of 8 yards or more and say our run D was gashed, but perception vs reality again).
I'm glad you have decided that the Bills, who played better last night than they did at any time last year, are a "really bad team". Thats what I mean by exaggerating. You have no way of knowing. I know they were 5-1 to start last season, and THEY BELIEVE those 3 rookies are an improvement.
Lastly, in what game was our DL manhandled? Their RBs ran 17 times for 65 yards, 3.8 ypc.
They passed 25 times and were sacked 4. That ratio would lead the NFL.
83 of 212 gross passing yards were on screens, and their 2 great WRs caught 5 passes all night combined (almost 20 less than our 2).
Take away the screen passes and allowed less than 200 yards of total offense.
How does any of that happen when a DL is being "manhandled".
I think the truth is that you walked into the game thinking our DL was facing Jr High players that weighed 150lbs and would pick them up and throw them at the QB to get pinball machine sacks, and when all they did was play solid 2 gap discipline and get a good pass rush, you think that means they were bad. (See that me exaggerating)
I dont get why we feel the need to pick out negatives in a win.
Identifying and discussing is one thing, but you seem to be just whining about them.
I say we need to work on defending the screen. Had we done that well (which we usually do, btw) we would have had a strong defensive game.
Also, there were 2 horrible roughing the passer calls that contributed heavily to allowing the 279 yards of total offense they mounted.
I don't hate our defense. Other than the pure homers, I probably like our defense as much as anyone. I think the secondary's improvement is extraordinary. And welcome back Tully! Unfortunatley, Tully and Burgess must make up for the loss of Seymour. Tully was indeed THE playmaker. And a a welcome back to Thomas!
The front seven is short a couple of bodies, unless you think Alexander and Ninkovich are really ready for prime time. Do you disagree? Would the team be worse with the addition of a veteran defensive lineman and veteran ILB? Even Carter and Lenon might help, even though they might get as few reps as Lexander and Ninkovich. Do you disagree?
Unless there is significant improvement in the defense (which I certainly expect), the offense will need to score lots of points, especially in the playoffs. Do you disagree?
Buffalo is a really poor team and it doesn't bode well that three rookies playing tin their first game manhandled our defensive line for so long. Lots of improvement is needed. Do you disagree.
I think that perception and reality rarely meet.
We are bemoaning the fact that we have to 'replace' Seymour. No, we dont. Its not about replacement, its about the players that are here playing as a unit. We dont have Seymour. The job is not to find someone to do exactly what Seymour did and hope its close, the job is to use the 53 we have the best we can.....evidenced by TBC.
We are bemoaning that Nincovitch and Alexander actually get on the field like other NFL players, pretending that we had allstars sitting in the wings waiting for their chances. We have had Matt Chatham, Ted Johnson (at about 30% of his prime) TBC, Chad Brown, Monte Beisel as depth in the past. Somehow we forgot that 5 years ago when we were winning SBs the mantra was everyone on the roster is expected to step up and do their job when called up. And we have 2007-itis where it we don't win 52-0 we are doomed.
I will take the qualities that produce the type of win we got last night over the qualities it takes to win 52-0 every day of the week, because 'I want rings not awards.
I saw one solitary problem with the defense last night. They need to figure out how to defend screen passes. Take those away and it was a dominant effort. (Of course there are those fans that will take a single run of 8 yards or more and say our run D was gashed, but perception vs reality again).
I'm glad you have decided that the Bills, who played better last night than they did at any time last year, are a "really bad team". Thats what I mean by exaggerating. You have no way of knowing. I know they were 5-1 to start last season, and THEY BELIEVE those 3 rookies are an improvement.
Lastly, in what game was our DL manhandled? Their RBs ran 17 times for 65 yards, 3.8 ypc.
They passed 25 times and were sacked 4. That ratio would lead the NFL.
83 of 212 gross passing yards were on screens, and their 2 great WRs caught 5 passes all night combined (almost 20 less than our 2).
Take away the screen passes and allowed less than 200 yards of total offense.
How does any of that happen when a DL is being "manhandled".
I think the truth is that you walked into the game thinking our DL was facing Jr High players that weighed 150lbs and would pick them up and throw them at the QB to get pinball machine sacks, and when all they did was play solid 2 gap discipline and get a good pass rush, you think that means they were bad. (See that me exaggerating)
I dont get why we feel the need to pick out negatives in a win.
Identifying and discussing is one thing, but you seem to be just whining about them.
I say we need to work on defending the screen. Had we done that well (which we usually do, btw) we would have had a strong defensive game.
Also, there were 2 horrible roughing the passer calls that contributed heavily to allowing the 279 yards of total offense they mounted.