Rookie All-22 Review Bills Game
Will Campbell-Statement game for Pats and Statement game for Will Campbell. Best game he played this year and against probably the toughest pass rusher he's had to face in Bosa. He missed 2nd level run block on 1 play and his guy got around the edge to chase Maye on another. Otherwise, was pretty dominate. It was a Pro Bowl level game
Jared Wilson-Good game, but not up to the Cambell level. Overall, very good Pass Pro. Did miss stunt pickup late in the game. He doesn't move people in run game as well as Campbell, but he is solid and quick to get to the second level when asked, doesn't always block the guy when getting there as he missed a couple blocks at the second level but he gets there quickly.
Tre Henderson-On the toss play run you saw his burst and speed. Need to have more plays to get him to the outside. Hits the hole hard, has not fumbled since Freshman year of college or something like that. They had him chip a couple of times which he did well, had 1 pass pro on a blitz, hit his guy but then guy got off initial hit and got by him but by then Drake was long gone as that was the play Campbell got beat a bit around the edge and Drake had been flushed. Also on the flea flicker, after he passed it back to Drake he stared at Drake while a defended ran right by him. He needed to turn around and start blocking, not be a spectator. Pass patterns were mostly as an outlet short. Like to see some wheel routes. Seems to be a guy getting you 3 yards up the middle and falling forward and then can pop one 70 yards. Hoping he does the big run soon but need to get him to the edge more.
Kyle Williams-Feels similar to Tre, he's a big play waiting to happen. Only in on 11 plays and one was the Lowe false start so technically 10 plays. He was open at least twice for big plays down the field but those were plays Bils put pressure on pretty quickly. Had a couple other routes he was open, his routes tend to be more down the field and take longer to develop. He is showing some ability to get off the line and to get open. It's 9 pass plays so only so much to look at but he looks like he has some potential, just needs to get more chances. I'd be shocked if him and Henderson don't have a big play each at some point. Unfortunately, all he has now is potential, hopefully he'll play more as season goes on and we'll see how he does.
Joshua Farmer-He's a rotational guy. Generally, holds his ground on run plays though was blown back on one of his 18 plays. Not much of a pass rusher, pretty much has the bull rush and no other moves. Hustles every play, of course the roughing penalty was not good. Currently he's a solid rotational guy that can play the run at a solid NFL level. Will see if he can develop into more as time goes on. Shows some good quickness and power in flashes, needs to learn some pass rush technique. He did vacate his rush lane and Allen went on a scramble right thru it on 1 play.
Elijah Ponder-12 plays on defense so not much to get out of the film other than no glaring mistakes, looks like an NFL player, has a better pass rush than Farmer. I expect he can also grow into a solid rotational guy, which you need on your roster.
Craig Woodson-Basically plays every down on defense and special teams. Successful draft pick. That being said not the fastest, or the hardest hitter or the best cover guy but solid enough at all of it. In the 3rd quarter he was beat on a double move, but Allen never looked his way. If he had looked we might be looking at Woodson's play a little differently. Otherwise, was solid in coverage when he had to cover but many times was the deep safety in zone. Was more involved in run support, did have a weak tackle attempt on 1 play there but had a few good ones as well. You can see him communicating well and seems to understand what he's seeing from the offense. Pair him with a playmaking safety and you'd have a great tandem because Woodson is more conservative in his approach.
Borregales-I commented after the early season struggles I thought he looked like and NFL kicker. He was coming back and nailing kicks after missing one and the ball seems to jump off the foot like you want it to. He continues to show that but now he's hitting the kicks.
Also had great kickoff depth on last kickoff to help waste clock. He's obviously looking better and to hit such a great kick, down the middle and good from 90 (LOL) in that environment and to do a game winner like that for the first time is pretty impressive. A very stressful kick and good sign that he got it but got it easily. Snap from Ashby was perfect also.
Not a small thing if you can nail down Long Snapper and Placekicker for the future in your first draft.
Getting a stud LT and a good starting LG the same year is phenomenal. Need 1-2 more of these type drafts.
