last year's offense: major problem discovered

[trapezeus]

“I expect to put some things on his shoulders,” Schonert said of Edwards. “We’re going to have an audible system. If he sees something that’s a disadvantage to us, I want him to make it an advantageous situation by checking to the right thing. We didn’t have that last year for the quarterback.”


um? they didn't have an audible system for the last two years? are you kidding me? to me that's like not having a running game. Oh wait.

Anyways, adding the ability to call audibles should go a long way to getting us out of the ruts of the league.

[Mr. Pink]

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“I expect to put some things on his shoulders,” Schonert said of Edwards. “We’re going to have an audible system. If he sees something that’s a disadvantage to us, I want him to make it an advantageous situation by checking to the right thing. We didn’t have that last year for the quarterback.”


um? they didn't have an audible system for the last two years? are you kidding me? to me that's like not having a running game. Oh wait.

Anyways, adding the ability to call audibles should go a long way to getting us out of the ruts of the league.

That should tell you what they thought of JP Losman.

And when they changed QBs midyear, it was likely too late to implement a new system and make changes.

[HHURRICANE]

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That should tell you what they thought of JP Losman.

And when they changed QBs midyear, it was likely too late to implement a new system and make changes.

People will argue this point but I agree that the offensive staff had zero confidence in JP's ability to read the offense.

[Elminster]

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That should tell you what they thought of JP Losman.

And when they changed QBs midyear, it was likely too late to implement a new system and make changes.

I don't care what you think of your QB. If you really are committed to developing him and helping him succeed, you at least let him call basic play-changes. It is simply inexcusable that we have been unable to change our plays, even when it was painfully obvious that the defense was ready for us.

[trapezeus]

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it also makes you wonder what the hell Trent's "we're running" hand signals were all about. if you can't change plays in the offense, Trent was probably signally, "it's ok everyone, at least i'm not getting run over in this play."

God, i really hate rooting for the bills sometimes. I hope turk is the second coming of levy/marchibroda and stuns us with this "diverse" and effective attack that can keep our d off the field and point on the board.

Can you imagine if turk was just a disgruntled employee below fairchild and wanted to do things different by fairchild was too much of an ass? And turk is ready to make thigns happen? Am i dreaming too much?

[Dr. Lecter]

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We all knew they had limited or no audibles. The bad part was that JP alluded to it himself at times and wanted to change a play but could not.

Whether or not they thoguthhe could handle it is irrelevant. You have to at least give him a limited set of audibles. Hell, it ain't going to make it worse. Especially since JP was his best letting it fly and being creative.

[mybills]

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I don't care what you think of your QB. If you really are committed to developing him and helping him succeed, you at least let him call basic play-changes. It is simply inexcusable that we have been unable to change our plays, even when it was painfully obvious that the defense was ready for us.

[TacklingDummy]

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Just another excuse for lack of execution.

[Oldbillsfan]

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If they can't move the ball anyway, why not let them audible? What the hell is the difference? Could they have a worse offense? Stupid.

[Mitchy moo]

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That should tell you what they thought of JP Losman.

Their lack of faith translated into a losing record.

[Mitchy moo]

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“I expect to put some things on his shoulders,” Schonert said of Edwards. “We’re going to have an audible system. If he sees something that’s a disadvantage to us, I want him to make it an advantageous situation by checking to the right thing. We didn’t have that last year for the quarterback.”


um? they didn't have an audible system for the last two years? are you kidding me? to me that's like not having a running game. Oh wait.

Anyways, adding the ability to call audibles should go a long way to getting us out of the ruts of the league.

If you see 9 in the box and can do nothing about it, you are going to have problems. How many times did we all say to ourselves please don't run into the middle this year after seeing the box stacked? Too many.

[Spiderweb]

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Just another excuse for lack of execution.

??????

Execution matters obviously, but despite how well a play is run, when the defense is set to specifically stop the play about to be run, chances of success drop considerably, especially in the run game. As for the pass game, 2 man routes make things far easier on a secondary. Superior talent can overcome a lot as well, but I don't believe the Bills would be considered to have an abundance of talent at this point.

No excuses, just the way it is.

[jmb1099]

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Very interesting...
So the players weren't permitted to adapt? This goes way beyond just Losman. This explains and confirms an awful lot.

[cocamide]

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Thank you, Colorado, for picking up our trash.

[YardRat]

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This year is going to be fun. I can feel it.