JujuFish Posted October 4, 2020 Report Posted October 4, 2020 Just now, Indabuff said: My God, is it possible this team may actually be legit? Legit entertaining, but until this defense gets it together, not a real playoff threat 1 1 Quote
nfreeman Posted October 4, 2020 Report Posted October 4, 2020 Huge bonehead move by JA to take that sack. 2 Quote
Indabuff Posted October 4, 2020 Report Posted October 4, 2020 10 minutes ago, JujuFish said: Legit entertaining, but until this defense gets it together, not a real playoff threat I didn't watch all of this game or most of the others but that's been the general consensus from the people I know. It's frustrating since the defense had been the backbone for the last few years. Quote
SwampD Posted October 5, 2020 Report Posted October 5, 2020 1 hour ago, JujuFish said: Legit entertaining, but until this defense gets it together, not a real playoff threat The D never let it get out of hand and closed the deal when it was time. We’ll lose a game or four, but this team is good. What fun. 1 Quote
Wyldnwoody44 Posted October 5, 2020 Report Posted October 5, 2020 I thought when JA took that terrible sack when we could have mad it a 3 score game, that we would lose. Glad that we pulled it off. Quote
nfreeman Posted October 5, 2020 Report Posted October 5, 2020 2 hours ago, SwampD said: The D never let it get out of hand and closed the deal when it was time. We’ll lose a game or four, but this team is good. What fun. Yes yes yes! The D played much better in the 2nd half, which speaks well of McD and Frazier. They got manhandled in the 1st half though. I freaking love Stefon Diggs. 1 Quote
JujuFish Posted October 5, 2020 Report Posted October 5, 2020 9 hours ago, SwampD said: The D never let it get out of hand and closed the deal when it was time. We’ll lose a game or four, but this team is good. What fun. The Raiders had several key injuries and still marched up and down the field. If you don't think there's a problem, I don't know what to tell you. Quote
tom webster Posted October 5, 2020 Report Posted October 5, 2020 1 hour ago, JujuFish said: The Raiders had several key injuries and still marched up and down the field. If you don't think there's a problem, I don't know what to tell you. Have you watched the Chiefs play? This is exactly how they won the Super Bowl. Their defense gets torched half the game until the opponents offense makes a mistake and the Chiefs offense makes them pay for it. 2 Quote
That Aud Smell Posted October 5, 2020 Report Posted October 5, 2020 Great, great game. Just wonderful. So entertaining. I'm mostly done worrying about the D. Very few teams in the league are actually playing consistently good D. I've heard players say that the absence of crowd noise is making things easier on the offense - communication lines are just wide open. Also, the Bills held the Raiders to a bunch of field goals. In today's NFL, I take those as wins within the game. 1 Quote
tom webster Posted October 5, 2020 Report Posted October 5, 2020 43 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said: Great, great game. Just wonderful. So entertaining. I'm mostly done worrying about the D. Very few teams in the league are actually playing consistently good D. I've heard players say that the absence of crowd noise is making things easier on the offense - communication lines are just wide open. Also, the Bills held the Raiders to a bunch of field goals. In today's NFL, I take those as wins within the game. And, as someone pointed out, the Chief’s D was 18th last year, the Pats were 19th the last time they won. Two of the Bills SuperbBowl teams were mid 20’s on D. Besides the points you made above, teams that score a lot and score quickly are going to give up a lot of yards for reasons that should be obvious. The trick is holding your opponent to field goals and forging mistakes. 2 Quote
That Aud Smell Posted October 5, 2020 Report Posted October 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, tom webster said: And, as someone pointed out, the Chief’s D was 18th last year, the Pats were 19th the last time they won. Two of the Bills SuperbBowl teams were mid 20’s on D. Besides the points you made above, teams that score a lot and score quickly are going to give up a lot of yards for reasons that should be obvious. The trick is holding your opponent to field goals and forging mistakes. Hear, hear. My mom - quiet, unassuming, bookish, soft-spoken, not really a sports fan (but a fan of masked children and grandchildren being over for the game) - exclaimed after the Norman fumble recovery and Diggs bomb sequence (and, frankly, in the wake of last week's dramatic win), "Wow! We're ... we're just not USED to this sort of thing, are we?!" So much truth in that. 1 Quote
GASabresIUFAN Posted October 5, 2020 Report Posted October 5, 2020 We have problems on D. Levi Wallace isn’t the answer as corner. Milano and Edmunds are playing hurt and the no3 LB, Klein, is terrible. We also don’t get enough pressure on the QB. This defense is being exposed somewhat because of the injuries to Edmunds and Milano. The good news is that the D being mediocre is enough right now with the offense clicking. They also really played much much better is the 2nd half vs a decent Raiders team. Hopefully Milano and Edmunds better and Norman is an upgrade over Wallace. 1 Quote
JujuFish Posted October 5, 2020 Report Posted October 5, 2020 1 hour ago, tom webster said: And, as someone pointed out, the Chief’s D was 18th last year, the Pats were 19th the last time they won. Two of the Bills SuperbBowl teams were mid 20’s on D. Besides the points you made above, teams that score a lot and score quickly are going to give up a lot of yards for reasons that should be obvious. The trick is holding your opponent to field goals and forging mistakes. Brady has never won a Super Bowl without a top 10 D. Quote
tom webster Posted October 5, 2020 Report Posted October 5, 2020 34 minutes ago, JujuFish said: Brady has never won a Super Bowl without a top 10 D. Top 10 by what metric. Two different columnist posted they were 18th in yards allowed last time. Don’t have time to check it out now but I will later. Quote
inkman Posted October 5, 2020 Report Posted October 5, 2020 2 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said: We have problems on D. Levi Wallace isn’t the answer as corner. Milano and Edmunds are playing hurt and the no3 LB, Klein, is terrible. We also don’t get enough pressure on the QB. This defense is being exposed somewhat because of the injuries to Edmunds and Milano. The good news is that the D being mediocre is enough right now with the offense clicking. They also really played much much better is the 2nd half vs a decent Raiders team. Hopefully Milano and Edmunds better and Norman is an upgrade over Wallace. Every NFL defense is getting gashed. Less holding calls, more PI calls. Bombs away. 1 1 Quote
JujuFish Posted October 5, 2020 Report Posted October 5, 2020 3 hours ago, tom webster said: Top 10 by what metric. Two different columnist posted they were 18th in yards allowed last time. Don’t have time to check it out now but I will later. They gave up the 7th fewest points in 2018. Oh, and they held the Rams, the #2 offense in the league in both yards and points, to 3 in the Super Bowl. Do you really think they had the 18th best defense in the league? Quote
WildCard Posted October 5, 2020 Author Report Posted October 5, 2020 Matt Milano is week-to-week — Sal Capaccio 🏈 (@SalSports) October 5, 2020 1 Quote
ubkev Posted October 5, 2020 Report Posted October 5, 2020 5 hours ago, inkman said: Every NFL defense is getting gashed. Less holding calls, more PI calls. Bombs away. All there is to it. 1 Quote
inkman Posted October 5, 2020 Report Posted October 5, 2020 1 hour ago, WildCard said: Matt Milano is week-to-week — Sal Capaccio 🏈 (@SalSports) October 5, 2020 Gonna b hard to fork over long term coin for this oft injured good player Quote
Taro T Posted October 5, 2020 Report Posted October 5, 2020 21 minutes ago, inkman said: Gonna b hard to fork over long term coin for this oft injured good player Yep. Unless he's willing to take a discount for the injury risks, am expecting this is his last season in Buffalo. Quote
That Aud Smell Posted October 6, 2020 Report Posted October 6, 2020 Every D is getting gashed ... except the Patriots? The Chiefs are having success too, but they’re dealing with a fairly depleted offence. Quote
GoPre Posted October 7, 2020 Report Posted October 7, 2020 Twenty two Titans players and staff combined have tested positive for COVID since September 24th. 2 more tested positive today. Tennessee facilities now can’t re-open until Friday. This raises a lot of questions about Sunday’s game. Should the Titans have to play W/ only 1 or 2 days of practice? No time to prep. Maybe move the game back to Monday? That isn’t right for Buffalo because they have the Chiefs on Thursday. Make a week 18 to make up the game? This is fine until another game on the Bills schedule has to be made up. Maybe have the Titans forfeit the game? Supposedly this has yet to be considered by the NFL. Not an option right now. Big decision for the NFL. In my opinion, keep it simple. Play the game. Too many what ifs with the other options. Many in the media are now pushing for teams to enter a “bubble” for the remainder of the season. 1 Quote
WildCard Posted October 7, 2020 Author Report Posted October 7, 2020 Trey White was absent from practice and canceled a scheduled presser today. Quote
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