Defense

[trapezeus]

it's funny going into the year i thought the offense would be the one to surprise us early with efficiency simply because the talent was drafted and stacked in skill positions and that the defense would struggle.

through two games, the defense has looked pretty solid and the offense is the one sputtering and having a hard time being consistent.

[Ed]

Re: Defense

Wanny really held this unit back last year.

I can't wait to upgrade Rogers and Searcy with Gilmore and Byrd. Hopefully everyone else can stay healthy.

[swiper]

Re: Defense

I agree with Ed about Wannstedt. He clearly held back the defense. The line remains solid from last year. The secondary is hurting. To me the bright light of improvement has been around the improved LB play from Alonso, Bradham (yesterday) and even Moats. Throw in a surprisingly solid 2 games from McKelvin and Ed is right again... we get back Byrd and Gilmore and the Bills may just have a top 10 defense (barring injury). They did make Newton look better than he is for stretches and Vereen ran all over them, so it's not perfect, but heading in the right direction imo.

[justasportsfan]

Re: Defense

If McKelvin continues to play like he has and we get Gilmore and Byrd back to 100% , we could be even better.

[PTI]

Re: Defense

If Wannstandt, just freaking awful, coaching special teams for the Bucs right now, his first time ever doing so.

[stuckincincy]

Re: Defense

If Wannstandt, just freaking awful, coaching special teams for the Bucs right now, his first time ever doing so.

Pro football is a very strong old boy's club. Once you're in, the jobs and the cash are always there.

[gebobs]

Re: Defense

If Wannstandt, just freaking awful, coaching special teams for the Bucs right now, his first time ever doing so.

Head coach -> defensive coordinator -> special teams

Next stop, water boy.

[kishoph]

Re: Defense

Pro football is a very strong old boy's club. Once you're in, the jobs and the cash are always there.

It's not just that he was part of the old boys club, he refused to get with the times and wanted to run a defense like it was the 90's and run that same defense game in and game out.

[ghz in pittsburgh]

Re: Defense

I won't be so hesitant to change until I have to, particularly for Byrd who the coaches has seen none at all so far.

[Buddo]

Re: Defense

I won't be so hesitant to change until I have to, particularly for Byrd who the coaches has seen none at all so far.

Well, if you didn't think that Rogers struggled at times yesterday, I don't know what game you were watching. I can understand being chary of Byrd, although I wouldn't be personally, but I'll have Gilmore over rogers every day of the week - and Stephon wouldn't even have to be fully fit.