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I know I was there last year. EJ, fresh off the his injury, was confused by Lebeau's 3-4 D and had arguably his worst game as a pro.
Much has been makde about Rivers and gates. But the Chargers' 3-4 D is very under rated. As we all know about 3-4D, the D Line usually don't get a lot of notice. The Chargers' Liuget, Lissemore, and Reyes are pretty solid. NT Lissemore is formidable, though not close to the likes of Jamaal Williams they used to have under Wade. Right away this is the first key of the game in my mind - Eric Wood has been playing OK so far this season, we'd need him to play great this game. If he can handle Lissemore one on one, I'd say we are winning half the battle because it will allow us to spring Chris Williams or Pears up to take out their star run stuffer Jarret Johnson; the run game will then follow. Their other ILB is Donald Butler.
The two outside LBs are primarily Freeney and Ingram; average in general, though each had a sack in the Seattle game.
The backend is where they made major upgrade, that, in my opinion, really beat the Seahawks last week from a strategic viewpoint. The Chargers had a bad secondary last year that teams routinely attacked them there. They made a priority to improve and two games in, looked like they did just that. New comers Verrett, Flowers really solidified corner position which allowed star safety Weddle to roam free and make plays. They looked to be like the Bills in keeping the ball in front of them and limiting big plays.
I want to say that the Bills' WR group have more solid weapons than the Chargers have faced thus far. If we spread them out with Watkins, Woods, Goodwin, and Williams while Freeney and Ingram cannot get to Manuel, we can cause some problems. But it does require Manuel to get the ball to the receivers as the coverage could be tight, and I do have concerns about whether we want to ask Manuel to do that often at this stage. Most important thing is, do not make the same mistake as Seattle made of a total of 13 rushes the whole game (Lynch had 6). If Eric Wood can earn his recent signing bonus money to handle the NT by himself, I think the Bills can really limit the time Rivers is on the field.
Much has been makde about Rivers and gates. But the Chargers' 3-4 D is very under rated. As we all know about 3-4D, the D Line usually don't get a lot of notice. The Chargers' Liuget, Lissemore, and Reyes are pretty solid. NT Lissemore is formidable, though not close to the likes of Jamaal Williams they used to have under Wade. Right away this is the first key of the game in my mind - Eric Wood has been playing OK so far this season, we'd need him to play great this game. If he can handle Lissemore one on one, I'd say we are winning half the battle because it will allow us to spring Chris Williams or Pears up to take out their star run stuffer Jarret Johnson; the run game will then follow. Their other ILB is Donald Butler.
The two outside LBs are primarily Freeney and Ingram; average in general, though each had a sack in the Seattle game.
The backend is where they made major upgrade, that, in my opinion, really beat the Seahawks last week from a strategic viewpoint. The Chargers had a bad secondary last year that teams routinely attacked them there. They made a priority to improve and two games in, looked like they did just that. New comers Verrett, Flowers really solidified corner position which allowed star safety Weddle to roam free and make plays. They looked to be like the Bills in keeping the ball in front of them and limiting big plays.
I want to say that the Bills' WR group have more solid weapons than the Chargers have faced thus far. If we spread them out with Watkins, Woods, Goodwin, and Williams while Freeney and Ingram cannot get to Manuel, we can cause some problems. But it does require Manuel to get the ball to the receivers as the coverage could be tight, and I do have concerns about whether we want to ask Manuel to do that often at this stage. Most important thing is, do not make the same mistake as Seattle made of a total of 13 rushes the whole game (Lynch had 6). If Eric Wood can earn his recent signing bonus money to handle the NT by himself, I think the Bills can really limit the time Rivers is on the field.
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