"The Bills will not be a Multiple defense"-D.Marrone

[Raptor]

Thats from John Kryk at the owners meetings interviewing Marrone

I know some of you had this delusion that Schwartz would incorperate the 4-3, 3-4, wide 9, ect all together and that it somehow wouldnt be a drastic change from last year. Reality, the Bills will be a wide 9 defense. Schwartz will go with what he knows and what got him to where he is today

I've got a bad feeling about this defense this year, I think we are looking at a step backwards

[DraftBoy]

Re: "The Bills will not be a Multiple defense"-D.Marrone

Ugh...

[Skooby]

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LOL, time to take the under in wins.

[T-Long]

Re: "The Bills will not be a Multiple defense"-D.Marrone

at least it's not the Cover 2

[Pinkerton Security]

Re: "The Bills will not be a Multiple defense"-D.Marrone

On a positive note, this is an aggressive D still. Hopefully we can still utilize the skills of Mario, Hughes and our interior D-line to pressure the QB and force turnovers as we did last year.

[justasportsfan]

Re: "The Bills will not be a Multiple defense"-D.Marrone

On a positive note, this is an aggressive D still. Hopefully we can still utilize the skills of Mario, Hughes and our interior D-line to pressure the QB and force turnovers as we did last year.

I hope so too, because I wasn't impressed with the Lions' DL. Maybe now that he isn't a HC, he can focus just on the D 24/7.

[Buffalogic]

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I'm impressed with the 6th highest ranked run defense that line in Detroit was able to put up last year.

[delectrolux]

Re: "The Bills will not be a Multiple defense"-D.Marrone

I'm looking all over for a quote about this, but can't find anything. The only thing I've found is a quote from Spikes on 3/17 that they will have a base 4-3, but nothing about them not switching it up at all.

The free-agent signee held a conference call with Bills media. On it, I asked him if it was his understanding he will be employed as a middle linebacker in a base 4-3 defence, flat out. Spikes’ reply:

“Yeah, absolutely. I’ll be in the middle and it reminds me of the defensive scheme I played all four years at Florida and I played at a high level and had a lot of success. I’m looking forward to it.”
New defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz has publicly refused to slap any numerical label on the defence he intends to implement. It’s widely known he’s a 4-3 guy, and has favoured the ‘Wide 9′ alignment within that brand.

Can you post a link stating that they will NOT be a multiple defense? I'd love to read the context the statement was made in.

[Goobylal]

Re: "The Bills will not be a Multiple defense"-D.Marrone

I'm looking all over for a quote about this, but can't find anything. The only thing I've found is a quote from Spikes on 3/17 that they will have a base 4-3, but nothing about them not switching it up at all.



Can you post a link stating that they will NOT be a multiple defense? I'd love to read the context the statement was made in.

It also goes against what Schwartz said in his PC.

[GingerP]

Re: "The Bills will not be a Multiple defense"-D.Marrone

I'm looking all over for a quote about this, but can't find anything. The only thing I've found is a quote from Spikes on 3/17 that they will have a base 4-3, but nothing about them not switching it up at all.

Can you post a link stating that they will NOT be a multiple defense? I'd love to read the context the statement was made in.

The Wide-9 is a 4-3 defense. It has more to do with splits than alignment.

You can check out Kryk's twitter for the quote:

John Kryk @JohnKryk 2h
#Bills HC Marrone on LB changes: “Last year we were basically a 2-LB team. Manny (Lawson) played on the line, and we had 2 LBs in the ...

John Kryk @JohnKryk 2h
.. back going against 21 and 12 personnel. Now we have a little bit more of a switch to a 3-LB approach -- 3 players back there. We ..

John Kryk @JohnKryk 2h
... won’t be multiple. That would be the biggest difference.” #Bills

https://twitter.com/JohnKryk

[better days]

Re: "The Bills will not be a Multiple defense"-D.Marrone

The Bills played wide 9 at times last year. They will play 9 wide at times this year.

I don't expect to see 3-4, but Schwartz said it will be an ATTACKING defense, not a read & react defense like Wanny ran.

[justasportsfan]

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I'm impressed with the 6th highest ranked run defense that line in Detroit was able to put up last year.

with Suh and co. plus the fact that they've been playing in the same system for years, they should've been ranked higher in total defense than the bills who were playing under Pettine in their first year.

[better days]

Re: "The Bills will not be a Multiple defense"-D.Marrone

with Suh and co. plus the fact that they've been playing in the same system for years, they should've been ranked higher in total defense than the bills who were playing under Pettine in their first year.

Well, Darius & Kyle Williams now have Spikes behind them.

I expect a vast improvement in the Bills run defense this year.

Whaley has said the LB group this year should be very good.

[justasportsfan]

Re: "The Bills will not be a Multiple defense"-D.Marrone

Well, Darius & Kyle Williams now have Spikes behind them.

I expect a vast improvement in the Bills run defense this year.

Whaley has said the LB group this year should be very good.

just because Whaley says so doesn't mean it will happen but I do hope so. Schwartz has had a good history of drawing up the right calls on 3rd downs where we suffered a lot under Pettine.

There's a lot to look forward to with Schwartz but I hope we don't take a step back trying to learn his system. The bills needs to hit the ground running in a division where every game counts.

[X-Era]

Re: "The Bills will not be a Multiple defense"-D.Marrone

Thats from John Kryk at the owners meetings interviewing Marrone

I know some of you had this delusion that Schwartz would incorperate the 4-3, 3-4, wide 9, ect all together and that it somehow wouldnt be a drastic change from last year. Reality, the Bills will be a wide 9 defense. Schwartz will go with what he knows and what got him to where he is today

I've got a bad feeling about this defense this year, I think we are looking at a step backwards

Yet Schwartz has already stated that the Bills will not exclusively run any defense... And furthermore that all teams defenses run the Wide 9 at times.

I don't think we will exclusively run any one defense.