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I keep reading a bunch of comments on how the Bills secondary is mainly at fault for the Raiders scoring drives yesterday.
I guess I saw something different. Because of McFadden, the Bills were keeping the LBs home most of the game, rushing only 3 or 4 up front (depending on the scheme). This left the CBs one-on-one most of the game with these young Oakland WRs.
I think that was a good call initially by the Bills coaching staff as you would prefer to balance your D towards Oaklands strengths and make Campbell force the ball to some unproven WRs. The only problem with that is Campbell was up for the challenge and made some great reads leading into some awsome downfield passes. But mostly because there was ZERO blitzing from the Buffalo D.
And although the Bills DBs were far from perfect, I think they played the passing game rather well. The Oakland WRs just made some really damn good plays on the ball because most of the deep passes had the proper coverage. I do think the safeties played a better game than the CBs.
Don't get me wrong though, I firmly believe that the CB position is starting to look like the biggest hole on this team - but thats OK. Think back to what this defense looked like a year ago. Bills D 2010 playing in yesterdays game would have been a horrific outcome.
My point is the lack of pass rush allowed Campbell to make the throws. The Bills coaching staff let that defensive front run with it and hold their own. When there was collapse in the pocket Campbell was off his game.
I can deal with the deep acrobatic catches downfield when the coverage is there. What I cant deal with is getting torched against the run or allowing the opposing TE to trounce all over us across the middle becasue that is a telling sign of how well (or crappy) your DL and LBs are playing.
I guess I saw something different. Because of McFadden, the Bills were keeping the LBs home most of the game, rushing only 3 or 4 up front (depending on the scheme). This left the CBs one-on-one most of the game with these young Oakland WRs.
I think that was a good call initially by the Bills coaching staff as you would prefer to balance your D towards Oaklands strengths and make Campbell force the ball to some unproven WRs. The only problem with that is Campbell was up for the challenge and made some great reads leading into some awsome downfield passes. But mostly because there was ZERO blitzing from the Buffalo D.
And although the Bills DBs were far from perfect, I think they played the passing game rather well. The Oakland WRs just made some really damn good plays on the ball because most of the deep passes had the proper coverage. I do think the safeties played a better game than the CBs.
Don't get me wrong though, I firmly believe that the CB position is starting to look like the biggest hole on this team - but thats OK. Think back to what this defense looked like a year ago. Bills D 2010 playing in yesterdays game would have been a horrific outcome.
My point is the lack of pass rush allowed Campbell to make the throws. The Bills coaching staff let that defensive front run with it and hold their own. When there was collapse in the pocket Campbell was off his game.
I can deal with the deep acrobatic catches downfield when the coverage is there. What I cant deal with is getting torched against the run or allowing the opposing TE to trounce all over us across the middle becasue that is a telling sign of how well (or crappy) your DL and LBs are playing.
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