38 minutes vs. 22 minutes, that doesn't sound like bending.

[HHURRICANE]

Brady had 53 pass attempts and 380 yards in the air.

You can't lose the time of possession battle that badly and expect to win alot of games.

The defensive scheme needs to change.

[Canadian'eh!]

100% agree.

Playing bend but don't break D while using a hurry up is a terrible idea. Those 2 do NOT mix. That D is very prone to long sustained drives that tire out the players, and the O is not going to be out there very long either. Our D will be completely gassed in every 4th quarter this way.

We have to have to gamble more on D and go for more turnovers and 3 and outs, even if it means giving up some big plays now and then.

If they are gonna score, they need to make it quick, or to shut ti down and get off the field. this long drives will kill our D all year if not.

[HHURRICANE]

100% agree.

Playing bend but don't break D while using a hurry up is a terrible idea. Those 2 do NOT mix. That D is very prone to long sustained drives that tire out the players, and the O is not going to be out there very long either. Our D will be completely gassed in every 4th quarter this way.

We have to have to gamble more on D and go for more turnovers and 3 and outs, even if it means giving up some big plays now and then.

If they are gonna score, they need to make it quick, or to shut ti down and get off the field. this long drives will kill our D all year if not.


What happened to our blitz??

[Beastie Bills]

Another good thread. You're on fire today, HH.

I hate our defensive philosophy. We should have made Lebeau the defensive coordinator when he was here.

[ddaryl]

I hate Perry D's. The 10 yard cushion, let the opposing O Dink and Dunk down the fileld, and then depend on the red zone D to keep the them out of the end zone and hold'em to 3 is pathetic


We've seen it every year, and there is no way this team can make it ot the playoffs and expect to compete agianst real playoff teams with this D

I was amazed at how I was rippe dfor pointing this out last year, and th eyear before.

Seriously how can this team draft and develope 100 DBs every season and yet still give Randy Moss, a 10 yard cushion over the middle

[ddaryl]

What happened to our blitz??

the pressure we had in the 1st half was met by adjustments from a superior coaching staff in the 2nd half

[HHURRICANE]

I hate Perry D's. The 10 yard cushion, let the opposing O Dink and Dunk down the fileld, and then depend on the red zone D to keep the them out of the end zone and hold'em to 3 is pathetic


We've seen it every year, and there is no way this team can make it ot the playoffs and expect to compete agianst real playoff teams with this D

I was amazed at how I was rippe dfor pointing this out last year, and th eyear before.

Seriously how can this team draft and develope 100 DBs every season and yet still give Randy Moss, a 10 yard cushion over the middle


You summed it up here. We keep drafting guys to defend passes instead of bringing people in that can force the QB to throw under duress. If you give the worst QB in the league time to throw he always has the advantage.

When was the last time we used one of these guys on a blitz?

[kelly2reed4six]

I think the t.o.p. does not accurately portray the way our offense played. We had 4 dropped passes on 3rd downs.....If two of those guys catch those balls we probably have at least another 4-5 minutes of t.o.p. Probably more than that....even though my soul is crushed right now, i'm optimistic.

[ParanoidAndroid]

I hate Perry D's. The 10 yard cushion, let the opposing O Dink and Dunk down the fileld, and then depend on the red zone D to keep the them out of the end zone and hold'em to 3 is pathetic


We've seen it every year, and there is no way this team can make it ot the playoffs and expect to compete agianst real playoff teams with this D

I was amazed at how I was rippe dfor pointing this out last year, and th eyear before.

Seriously how can this team draft and develope 100 DBs every season and yet still give Randy Moss, a 10 yard cushion over the middle

Well, the Bills were 4th in the league for lowest TD percentage allowed in the red zone.

Who thought that the Pats would only have one TD through 3 quarters? Not me.

What this team needs is to learn how to make plays to close a game on defense.

[ParanoidAndroid]

You summed it up here. We keep drafting guys to defend passes instead of bringing people in that can force the QB to throw under duress. If you give the worst QB in the league time to throw he always has the advantage.

When was the last time we used one of these guys on a blitz?

Didn't we draft a pass rush specialist in the first round this year?

[bills4ver]

corner actually did run a corner blitz later in the game but brady saw it and got rid of the ball.

We got pressure the first half because brady was no doing a 3 drop and throw. They made adjustments in the 2nd half that got the ball out faster, its hard to get pressure when u 3 step and throw.

Our Linebackers were TERRIBLE and lost the game, once poz went out brady just destroyed our LB's

[ddaryl]

I think the t.o.p. does not accurately portray the way our offense played. We had 4 dropped passes on 3rd downs.....If two of those guys catch those balls we probably have at least another 4-5 minutes of t.o.p. Probably more than that....even though my soul is crushed right now, i'm optimistic.

We also had 8 or so Offensive penalties I do believe

all of those were drive stalling

fix that and our O would have closed that and we might have padded our lead more...


sloppy penalities are direct coorelation to an unprepared team and that leads us back to Jauwrong

[ddaryl]

We got pressure the first half because brady was no doing a 3 drop and throw. They made adjustments in the 2nd half that got the ball out faster, its hard to get pressure when u 3 step and throw.

Our Linebackers were TERRIBLE and lost the game, once poz went out brady just destroyed our LB's


You nailed it. Our 1st half success pressuring Brady was met by adjustments from a superior coaching staff.