Defensive priorities evident for Bills

[justasportsfan]

Coach Chan Gailey attributed the team’s struggle in stopping the run to the switch to the 3-4 defense, and having to adjust to several changes at linebacker due to injury.

“I don’t know how many linebackers we seemed to go through from the start of training camp until the last game,” Gailey said. “When you’re playing four of them instead of three of them, it has a bigger impact on your football team (but) I don’t want to make excuses. I think that we sometimes get caught up in making excuses because everybody on the field is a professional football player and we should be able to play better defense. Whether we’re adjusting or not adjusting, we’ve got to get everybody and keep everybody on the same page. We’ve got to do that at a faster clip than we did this year.”

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-2/Defensive-priorities-evident-for-Bills/f50cb9a6-a434-49bd-beb1-e73de9bd6f2a

[WeAreArthurMoates]

This article and the one in the Buffalo news made it seem abundtly clear what we want to do this offseason. 1. Beef up the run defense 2. Get a real RT. 3. Not sign Whitner to 7 mil.

[Lone Stranger]

Both of you are on target.

[Oaf]

Without injuries, our LBs were a bottom 5 unit.

[X-Era]

Without injuries, our LBs were a bottom 5 unit.I think it's a very big priority to at least get another significant starter at ILB, or two if Poz doesnt return. And I think another pass rushing OLB would be great as well.

[EDS]

Must have really took some soul searching for the Bills brass to figure out the team has a problem stopping the run.

[trapezeus]

i trust nothing a team says about their needs until after the draft. it's all a mind game. they don't want to tip anything to the players or to other teams.

everything is possibly the truth and a smokescreen.

[justasportsfan]

everything is possibly the truth and a smokescreen.

we don't have to create a smokescreen that our run D blows.

[better days]

I love listening to Gailey. All we ever got from Jauron is "I'll have to look at the film" & "It's tough to win in the NFL" Over & over & over again.

[NOT THE DUDE...]

im very confident with luck being gone that we are going to take fairley or dareus...

it just has to be the pick

[ParanoidAndroid]

i trust nothing a team says about their needs until after the draft. it's all a mind game. they don't want to tip anything to the players or to other teams.

everything is possibly the truth and a smokescreen.

I attribute that to teams drafting the best player available even though their needs might not reflect that.

[Bill Cody]

im very confident with luck being gone

Luck's gone? So Denver is on the clock?

[Nighthawk]

im very confident with luck being gone that we are going to take fairley or dareus...

it just has to be the pick

IMO, there are huge bust factors with those two...this draft is pretty scary from a defensive standpoint early and the little they've performed before this year.

[Night Train]

Luck is gone all right..until the 2012 draft. No longer an issue.

[cookie G]

Coach Chan Gailey attributed the team’s struggle in stopping the run to the switch to the 3-4 defense, and having to adjust to several changes at linebacker due to injury.

“I don’t know how many linebackers we seemed to go through from the start of training camp until the last game,” Gailey said. “When you’re playing four of them instead of three of them, it has a bigger impact on your football team (but) I don’t want to make excuses. I think that we sometimes get caught up in making excuses because everybody on the field is a professional football player and we should be able to play better defense. Whether we’re adjusting or not adjusting, we’ve got to get everybody and keep everybody on the same page. We’ve got to do that at a faster clip than we did this year.”

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-2/Defensive-priorities-evident-for-Bills/f50cb9a6-a434-49bd-beb1-e73de9bd6f2a

Chan...find someone who knows how to run a defense.

I beg you.