Red Zone Woes..

[RedEyE]

This team seems to get in the red zone often enough, but clearly aren't getting the points they deserve. I was happy the Bills were nailing the 3 pointers last week, but man I want to see some TDs already.

The TEs are often useless in the endzone and the size of our receivers get lost beneath the mass of the opposition. Lynch can't get it done in the zone all the time.

I often wonder why the Bills don't use a tackle eligible play more often when inside the red zone. Peter's is an ex-TE. Use that to your advantage. Get that mass out there and flood the zone.

[shelby]

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Good post.

Red Zone woes beat RedEyE woes any day of the week, though.

[Johnny Bugmenot]

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I often wonder why the Bills don't use a tackle eligible play more often when inside the red zone. Peter's is an ex-TE. Use that to your advantage. Get that mass out there and flood the zone.

That's actually an excellent idea. Royal's acumen has been his blocking skills, and Peters is a former TE with good hands (in fact, Losman's only TD in his first Houston game was in fact a TD throw to Peters). It would be an interesting wrinkle to the offense... although the one thing I worry about with that is protection-- that would leave the entire left side to a largely milquetoast O-line, practically begging for an Edwards sack. Still, it's worth a shot.

Of course, that kind of originality is what Steve Fairchild sorely lacks.

[jamze132]

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I often wonder why the Bills don't use a tackle eligible play more often when inside the red zone. Peter's is an ex-TE. Use that to your advantage. Get that mass out there and flood the zone.

That would work except we need him to block. Our TEs aren't good enough to cover down while he goes and catches balls.

[Night Train]

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This team seems to get in the red zone often enough, but clearly aren't getting the points they deserve. I was happy the Bills were nailing the 3 pointers last week, but man I want to see some TDs already.

The TEs are often useless in the endzone and the size of our receivers get lost beneath the mass of the opposition. Lynch can't get it done in the zone all the time.

I often wonder why the Bills don't use a tackle eligible play more often when inside the red zone. Peter's is an ex-TE. Use that to your advantage. Get that mass out there and flood the zone.

Your points are solid.

A lack of a true #2 WR with size is killing us, in addition to poor Coaching.

[Captain gameboy]

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One of the unmentioned things about our Bills is that they are a midget team at WR and corner.

Giant O line, but midget receivers and corners.
Not a good formula for red zone success.

[Kerr]

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This was mentioned on nfl replay of the game. They said the team misused their TE's and that has lead them to struggle in the red zone because they have small receivers. This goes on fairchild. He should know better. Under martz in st louis they had one year where the TE scored 6 tds in the redzone. I believe it was ernie conwell. I hope fairchild wakes up and realizes he needs to use his TE's more down there. Personally, I like Mike Gaines for the job.

[Mahdi]

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IMO we just dont have a red zone threat good enough to go to on a consistent basis. Royal and Gaines can be covered one on one. You cant cover Witten, Shockey, Winslow etc one on one so it opens things up for everyone else. Also our WR are not red zone threats either so its very limiting for our QBs. A tackle eligible play might work once and even if it does why would we expose our LT to a big hit? The last thing we need is to lose one of our bright spots. I think this draft will be focused on red zone threats.

[DraftBoy]

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I believe its our unwillingness to use screens, our TEs, or much originality in the red zone that hurt us. Yes we need a #2 with some size but other teams have had succesful red zone success without having a giant to throw to.

If we ever get a real athletic TE I think it would be great to thow what I call a Tight End Fade or Tight End corner route in the endzone. Alot of teams use zone coverage in the red zone, and if you quick slant the WR from the TE side in the corner back should jump the route expecting that to be the pass while the TE slides in behind, throw the ball to the corner and the safety never should have a play on it. And no this is not a Madden play, something I was taught playing football growing and something Ive seen done on multiple levels.

[alohabillsfan]

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Tight End Tamme UK Marv, please draft him! Along with DJ Hall

We need to spend at least 2 of our day one picks on offense (TE an WR)

[Philagape]

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If we ever get a real athletic TE I think it would be great to thow what I call a Tight End Fade or Tight End corner route in the endzone. Alot of teams use zone coverage in the red zone, and if you quick slant the WR from the TE side in the corner back should jump the route expecting that to be the pass while the TE slides in behind, throw the ball to the corner and the safety never should have a play on it. And no this is not a Madden play, something I was taught playing football growing and something Ive seen done on multiple levels.

But I do it all the time in Madden and it works great

[DraftBoy]

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But I do it all the time in Madden and it works great

It does work there too, but thats beside the point

[Mahdi]

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Tight End Tamme UK Marv, please draft him! Along with DJ Hall

We need to spend at least 2 of our day one picks on offense (TE an WR)

Tamme is good no doubt. But I think Fred Davis USC is better. Tamme would be great at the top of the second round though which I think is the better place for us to draft a TE. First pick should be Dorsey if he is there or WR.

[DraftBoy]

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Tamme is good no doubt. But I think Fred Davis USC is better. Tamme would be great at the top of the second round though which I think is the better place for us to draft a TE. First pick should be Dorsey if he is there or WR.

Tamme will be around in Round 3 and maybe Round 4 depending on his combine and what juniors leave early.

[bigbub2352]

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We need to get serious about our TE's and Wrs in order to become more efficient in the red zone, we have the rbs in wright and lynch, we got a good number 2 and 3 TE in Royal and Gaines, but neither are recieveing threats, We r good with Evans and Roscoe as 1 and 3 i guess and i hate to say this but Reed as our 4, over paid in my opinion, so we need at least 2 wr with size and vertical and a real TE with get open ability, about 2 or 3 come out of the draft every year we desperatley need to get one via draft or FA same goes for WR, we desperatly need a number 2 and 3 WR, so roscoe can go to 4 and reed to 5