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Our Defense to the Colts Defense....
So many ppl are worried about how much our D is going to struggle because we lost "marquee" players and replaced them with young draft picks. Well lets take a look at the Colts D that was supposed to have major problems this year. First of all, they have no FAs on their D, everyone is drafted. They lost 2 starting corners and their leading tackler from last year as well as Booger McFarland and Corey Simon. They replaced their corners with 2 young draft picks with very few starts at CB in Marlin Jackson and Kelvin Hayden. Then they replace their best play-making and leading tackler June with Freddie Keiaho who no one has even heard of. Also after losing McFarland instead of panicking and signing a DT in desperation they rely on a rookie DT Johnson. With all that they still held one of the best offenses in the NFL to 0 TDs.
Before I go any further for those who hate the Tampa 2.... The colts were giving up yards in the first quarter but never gave up the TD much like we did against the Saints in Pre-season. Once they were able to score and force the Saints to throw it was easy pickings. Hopefully the Bills O can do something similar to simplify things for our D this year.
Now Lets compare our D to the Colts:
DEs: Advantage Colts but not by much. I like our guys especially when Hargrove and Denney are back.
DTs: Ill take Tripps, Williams and McCargo over Brock and Johnson. Adv Bills
LBs: Crowell, POz and Ellison/Wire have way more upside IMO. Adv Bills
CBs: McGee>Marlin, Hayden=Webster (I believe Youboty will be better than both) Adv. Bills
S: Sanders and Whitner are similar players but Sanders has more experience and is more proven. I like Simpson more than Bethea though. Id say even but if I have to give an adv. it goes to the Colts.
Having said all that even if the Bills struggle in the first half of the season Im still confident that with time we can have similar success.
As a side note.... For all those who always expect big FAs and lots of spending... the Colts also have no FAs on Offense either. Only Adam Vinatieri is FA out of all the starters. Im almost disappointed we spent all that money on Dockery and Walker. However I am happy they are here never the less.
Good Drafting is the key to this league not how much money you spend in March. It also must feel really good for a team/organization to field 22 drafted starters.
I like where the Bills are going with their personnel strategy. We will field 17 Drafted starters this year and possibly more next year if Tripps, Royal and Walker dont pan out. I like that approach even if we have to struggle initially to make it work.
Go Homegrown Bills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So many ppl are worried about how much our D is going to struggle because we lost "marquee" players and replaced them with young draft picks. Well lets take a look at the Colts D that was supposed to have major problems this year. First of all, they have no FAs on their D, everyone is drafted. They lost 2 starting corners and their leading tackler from last year as well as Booger McFarland and Corey Simon. They replaced their corners with 2 young draft picks with very few starts at CB in Marlin Jackson and Kelvin Hayden. Then they replace their best play-making and leading tackler June with Freddie Keiaho who no one has even heard of. Also after losing McFarland instead of panicking and signing a DT in desperation they rely on a rookie DT Johnson. With all that they still held one of the best offenses in the NFL to 0 TDs.
Before I go any further for those who hate the Tampa 2.... The colts were giving up yards in the first quarter but never gave up the TD much like we did against the Saints in Pre-season. Once they were able to score and force the Saints to throw it was easy pickings. Hopefully the Bills O can do something similar to simplify things for our D this year.
Now Lets compare our D to the Colts:
DEs: Advantage Colts but not by much. I like our guys especially when Hargrove and Denney are back.
DTs: Ill take Tripps, Williams and McCargo over Brock and Johnson. Adv Bills
LBs: Crowell, POz and Ellison/Wire have way more upside IMO. Adv Bills
CBs: McGee>Marlin, Hayden=Webster (I believe Youboty will be better than both) Adv. Bills
S: Sanders and Whitner are similar players but Sanders has more experience and is more proven. I like Simpson more than Bethea though. Id say even but if I have to give an adv. it goes to the Colts.
Having said all that even if the Bills struggle in the first half of the season Im still confident that with time we can have similar success.
As a side note.... For all those who always expect big FAs and lots of spending... the Colts also have no FAs on Offense either. Only Adam Vinatieri is FA out of all the starters. Im almost disappointed we spent all that money on Dockery and Walker. However I am happy they are here never the less.
Good Drafting is the key to this league not how much money you spend in March. It also must feel really good for a team/organization to field 22 drafted starters.
I like where the Bills are going with their personnel strategy. We will field 17 Drafted starters this year and possibly more next year if Tripps, Royal and Walker dont pan out. I like that approach even if we have to struggle initially to make it work.
Go Homegrown Bills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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