Just watched the local news (New England)

[mybills]

They're afraid of Schobel. :chuckle: Belichick, Brady, Matt Light, and others. He's the first name they dropped, adding that the Bills are a different type of team that can surprise them, and that they have to work harder to be ready for them.

Another name mentioned by BB, Kevin Everett. As a member of the NFL, a player, an opponent, a person, we are pulling for him to make a full recovery. Something like that.

Thanks, BB.

[Ebenezer]

They're afraid of Schobel. :chuckle: Belichick, Brady, Matt Light, and others. He's the first name they dropped, adding that the Bills are a different type of team that can surprise them, and that they have to work harder to be ready for them.

Another name mentioned by BB, Kevin Everett. As a member of the NFL, a player, an opponent, a person, we are pulling for him to make a full recovery. Something like that.

Thanks, BB.
more BB rhetoric...they are afraid of Schobel as much as I am afraid of my son...

[mybills]

They're just worried about Baby..I mean Brady.

[jamze132]

I wonder if the patsies considered sitting Brady this week as to not risk injury. :cheers:

[MikeInRoch]

Doesn't he have more lifetime sacks of Brady than anyone else?

[don137]

I am sure they are worried about all decent DEs now that they don't know the defensive signals coming in and could risk Brady to injury.

[DynaPaul]

Belicheat always talks up the opposing teams and their star players. He's not really afraid of Schobel. Pay no attention to the man in the hoodie.

[Ickybaluky]

Doesn't he have more lifetime sacks of Brady than anyone else?

Yes, that is true.

[RockStar36]

Oh no. Better watch out NE!! Schobel is on the loose! It's going to be time for coverage sacks galore!!!

[JD]

PERRRFECT. OUR PLAN IS WORKING WELL. THEY WILL OVERLOOK OUR SPECIAL TEAMS AND WE WILL CONVERT ON FOUR TOUCHDOWNS WITH LINDELL KICKING THE GAME WINNER WITH SEVEN SECONDS TO GO.
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[Ickybaluky]

Belicheat always talks up the opposing teams and their star players. He's not really afraid of Schobel. Pay no attention to the man in the hoodie.

Here are is pre-game comments about the Bills.

His overall perspective on the Bills:


Just in getting ready for the Bills, this is a game that is a lot different from the first two that we played. They have a style of play that is very distinct. They will be hard for us to get ready for in a short period of time. We’re going to have to work awfully hard at it this week. Their style of play defensively and offensively, and as good as they are in the kicking game, it’s just different from what we’ve seen the last couple of weeks and it’s different from the way we are. We really haven’t had a lot of exposure to those types of things. We’re going to have to spend a lot of time getting ready for them. Defensively they have an awful lot of quickness. They rotate those defensive linemen and they keep them pretty fresh in there. They’re fast. They’re very active. Headed by [Aaron] Schobel, we’ve always had trouble with him, the 2-3 techniques, [John] McCargo and [Larry] Tripplett are both very quick and active players in there, along with [Kyle] Williams on the nose. The linebackers are fast. [Donte] Whitner is of course developing into a good player for them in the secondary. We know they’re very good on special teams. They have the best return game in the league with [Terrence] McGee and [Roscoe] Parrish. They do a great job blocking and covering with [Sam] Aiken and [Josh] Stamer in particular, [Brian] Moorman the top punter in the league. They have a lot of really good players on special teams. They play very well. They’re an explosive team there. Offensively they have very good skill players. [Marshawn] Lynch has been extremely impressive, of course we saw a lot of him coming out of Cal this year in the draft. I think he’s certainly lived up to everything that everybody said about him and maybe a little bit more with his opportunities this year. Their receivers are outstanding. [Lee] Evans, of course. Parrish. [Josh] Reed. Peerless Price. Aiken in the kicking game. It’s a very, very good group. The tight ends are solid. [JP] Losman is a very active and athletic quarterback. They’ve upgraded their offensive line with the addition of [Derrick] Dockery and Langston Walker. [Brad] Butler has come along for them inside. That’s a pretty solid group there headed by [Jason] Peters who is one of the most athletic tackles in the league. He’s developed into a really good player, one of the best tackles that we’ve seen. It’s a good football team. A team that had Denver beat, lost a tough game there on the last play. Last week against Pittsburgh, I thought defensively their ability to play well in the red area and keep Pittsburgh out of the end zone kept the game very competitive and Pittsburgh scored right there at the end and kind of moved it away from them. It was really a pretty competitive game and their red area defense was very good. It will be a big week for us in terms of preparation this week and trying to get some things practiced and looked at that are, like I said, a lot different than what we do and a lot different than what we’ve seen in the first couple of weeks of the regular season, even going back into preseason. It’s been quite a while since we’ve seen a team with this kind of speed and quickness.

Talking about the Bills ST:


I think they’re well coached, they have good players and they execute well. They have very good specialists. It always starts there. You can’t really be good on special teams if you don’t have good specialists – kickers, returners, snappers, and holders, all of the key positions. They have a good group of core players to go with them. They’re well coached. They play consistently well. They show up every week. They return kicks against everybody. They cover them well. Obviously all teams when they punt the ball they have the two outside guys and they’re the gunners. Sam Aiken is like having a third gunner. It’s like you’re playing three gunners. You really need to double-team him but you can’t because you just don’t have enough guys or if you double him then you let too many guys in the middle run free. Guys like Stamer. Guys like that. It’s hard to get them all blocked in the return game. They’re aggressive. The returners handle the ball well. They’re hard to tackle. Parrish and McGee have two completely different running styles, but they’re both very, very effective with the styles and the skills that they have. They’re tough. They create a lot of field position. They’re right at the top of the league in field position where they usually are in terms of their starting point and where they back you up to. Moorman can change field position with one kick. He’s easily of capable of 55, 60-yard net punts with the coverage they have. They’re tough. They’re very tough.

Assessing the Bills OL:


Well, they brought in a couple of experienced guys in Walker and Dockery. [Brad] Butler is a young kid that is playing well for them to go with [Melvin] Fowler and [Jason] Peters. Like I said, Peters is really an anchor, a stalwart on that line. They’re very big. This is probably physically as big as any line in the league. I can’t imagine them being any bigger, and they’re athletic, as Peters is, as Walker is. They’re big. They’re strong. They have a back who doesn’t need much room and a quarterback who is very mobile, very athletic. Sometimes, even when they get pressure on Losman, he can get away from it. He’s fast. He’s quick and he throws well on the run. He’s made a lot of big plays scrambling out of there. That will be a challenge for us.

About Losman:


I think he’s a good quarterback. He has good athletic ability as I said. He has a good arm. He has a good touch on the ball. He has good quickness in the pocket to do things like bootlegs and run plays like that. Yes.

About Aaron Schobel:


He’s killed us. He’s killed us... He has a lot of things going for him. He has a great motor. He works hard on every play. He’s never out of a play. He has several good moves. He can get up field. He has a good up and under move. He has a good spin move. Even though he’s not the biggest guy, he has explosive power, so he just has a lot of… he’s hard to block. He’s hard for everybody to block. His speed is a problem. His quickness and change of direction are a problem. His explosive power is a problem. His motor is a problem. They move him a lot, so he’s never really, well I wouldn’t say never, but you can’t ever count on him being stationary, like, ‘Okay he’s there,’ but he could easily be going there or going there on the snap and then you’re trying to block a guy in a large amount of space who is very quick and athletic. He’s tough. He’s killed us.

[Mitchy moo]

Aaron has played well against NE, now if we can get the rest of the team to follow his lead............

[shelby]

Moorman is God!
:punk:

[Ickybaluky]

Doesn't he have more lifetime sacks of Brady than anyone else?

There is a story in the Herald (http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/football/patriots/view.bg?articleid=1033451) today that clarified this, and he has been more dominant than I realized (assuming the writer has his facts straight):


Schobel has more tackles (53), sacks (10.5) and even passes defensed (5) against the Pats than any other defender.

That is pretty amazing when you consider Jason Taylor has played the Pats twice a year for longer than Schobel. He apparently gets up for playing the Pats.

[mybills]

He'll be after Brady big time today. :up: