Thread i seen on buffalo bills message boards that made alot of sense

[Cali512]

Here's why our D is terrible:

Let's start with the people out of position:

George Wilson was a WR and never has been a good Safety. I liked him when we played Vick and we were in something like a 46 D.

Arthur Moats was a DE and never has been a good LB. I liked him as a ST and a rush DE in situations.

Bryan Scott was a Safety and never has been a good LB. I never liked him as a starter and don't think he's a depth player either, but he is a nice guy.

Kelvin Sheppard is our MLB, but should be a SAM. A solid player with alot of upside.

Nic Barnett is a solid ILB in a 3-4.

Aaron Williams was a solid 2nd round pick, but is a cover 2 corner.

So, let's start by getting players back into position.

Searcy at safety

Williams in a cover 2 or go back to McKelvin

Barnett can play the Will

Sheppard as the Sam

Guess that puts Morrison back at his natural position of middle LB




If our D was all players at there natural position it would be

4 DL same

Moats, Kelsay, Moore, White as DEs

Williams, Dareus, Johnson, Carrington DTs

LB

Barnett
Moorison-
Sheppard

Bradham, as only LB depth


CB- Ik Byrd was a CB, but hes a natural S

Rest are the same


SS- Searcy, Scott
FS- Byrd, Howell

[Skooby]

Re: Thread i seen on buffalo bills message boards that made alot of sense

Interesting.

[X-Era]

Re: Thread i seen on buffalo bills message boards that made alot of sense

Here's why our D is terrible:

Let's start with the people out of position:

George Wilson was a WR and never has been a good Safety. I liked him when we played Vick and we were in something like a 46 D.

Arthur Moats was a DE and never has been a good LB. I liked him as a ST and a rush DE in situations.

Bryan Scott was a Safety and never has been a good LB. I never liked him as a starter and don't think he's a depth player either, but he is a nice guy.

Kelvin Sheppard is our MLB, but should be a SAM. A solid player with alot of upside.

Nic Barnett is a solid ILB in a 3-4.

Aaron Williams was a solid 2nd round pick, but is a cover 2 corner.

So, let's start by getting players back into position.

Searcy at safety

Williams in a cover 2 or go back to McKelvin

Barnett can play the Will

Sheppard as the Sam

Guess that puts Morrison back at his natural position of middle LB




If our D was all players at there natural position it would be

4 DL same

Moats, Kelsay, Moore, White as DEs

Williams, Dareus, Johnson, Carrington DTs

LB

Barnett
Moorison-
Sheppard

Bradham, as only LB depth


CB- Ik Byrd was a CB, but hes a natural S

Rest are the same


SS- Searcy, Scott
FS- Byrd, Howell

Actually many thought Aaron Williams might play S in the NFL when he came out...

[YardRat]

Re: Thread i seen on buffalo bills message boards that made alot of sense

Good points, but nothing that has really hasn't been discussed before. Moats and especially White (who did play LBer in college, not DE I believe...maybe the original poster was confusing him with Batten?) will never make a 43 roster as a DE at this level, though. We could use some upgrades at some positions (SS, MLB, etc) but I still maintain that the unit's failures are far more attributable to the DC than the players.

[Oaf]

Re: Thread i seen on buffalo bills message boards that made alot of sense

There has been no indication that Sheppard has ever been a "solid player".

[SpillerThrills]

Re: Thread i seen on buffalo bills message boards that made alot of sense

he's got 1 Williams listed as a DT, I'm assuming that would be Kyle... so where does Mario fit??

[jdaltroy5]

Re: Thread i seen on buffalo bills message boards that made alot of sense

No offense, but anytime anyone says, "I seen" I immediately discount what they have to say.