McDermott, Frazier, defense...

[Mace]

Never saw this mentioned.

No secret I hate Tampa-2, which I felt was telegraphed by Frazier, LB, and DB coaches. bit when TBN talked to Frazier he said :

“We had a system that we talked about prior to getting here and it was based on a 4-3, not anything that has happened here in the past and we tried to really put that conceptually together and we feel good about the direction that it’s gone.”

http://buffalonews.com/2017/05/20/keep-simple-good-rallying-cry-bills-2017-defense/

Maybe...just maybe...could we be seeing the birth of a new defensive scheme ? Have to figure it will have heavy cover-2 influence no matter, but it caught my interest.

[Turf]

Re: McDermott, Frazier, defense...

Ahhh... za 6-2........ No one remembers Peters Sellers....

[Manwiththeplan]

Re: McDermott, Frazier, defense...

Hopefully it has new concepts like, tackling.

[Cali512]

Re: McDermott, Frazier, defense...

I always thought that a new defensive position should be made. Every player type has a position, but there is no position for a 6-5 210-230 lb defensive player. So we have TEs and big bodied wide receivers, we have no defensive position

Eventually teams will run more of a 4-2 with 3 safetys, one player being this stature. Think about it, RB/FB are also linebackers, OL are DL, small WRs are CBs and safeties. QBs are punters and kickers. There is no defensive player for the player type of a big TE, and big WR. With how much of an exploit TEs and big WRs are, we will eventually have a different position

[kishoph]

Re: McDermott, Frazier, defense...

I always thought that a new defensive position should be made. Every player type has a position, but there is no position for a 6-5 210-230 lb defensive player. So we have TEs and big bodied wide receivers, we have no defensive position

I'd guess the average size of a TE in today's game is probably about 250 lbs. You might be hard pressed to find a TE playing at 230 lbs. There are some pretty good DE's that play around 250 lbs. (maybe a little heavier). Jerry Hughes who most likely will be moved back to DE is just over 250 lbs.

[Night Train]

Re: McDermott, Frazier, defense...

With D minded HC McDermott obviously the boss here, the D was going to be his D.

He was never going to let Frazier do whatever he wanted. They worked together years back in a Jim Johnson D in Philly and it was strictly a guy he knew and trusted.

TAMPA 2 ! TAMPA 2 ! WOLF,WOLF,WOLF ! Sure played well upon his hire.

[YardRat]

Re: McDermott, Frazier, defense...

There's a special place for guys that are too small to play LBer, and too big to play safety...

[DraftBoy]

Re: McDermott, Frazier, defense...

There's a special place for guys that are too small to play LBer, and too big to play safety...

The Taylor Mays Retirement Home?

[Guest]

Re: McDermott, Frazier, defense...

Ahhh... za 6-2........ No one remembers Peters Sellers....

[Mace]

Re: McDermott, Frazier, defense...

Hopefully it has new concepts like, tackling.

Whoa lil' buckaroo ! It would be good if they have the right number of players on the field for a series first.

[Guest]

Re: McDermott, Frazier, defense...

Whoa lil' buckaroo ! It would be good if they have the right number of players on the field for a series first.

That was such an embarrassment.

Did Rob Ryan NOT watch Sesame Street when he was growing up? That fat MF'er could not count to 11.

[Mace]

Re: McDermott, Frazier, defense...

With D minded HC McDermott obviously the boss here, the D was going to be his D.

He was never going to let Frazier do whatever he wanted. They worked together years back in a Jim Johnson D in Philly and it was strictly a guy he knew and trusted.

TAMPA 2 ! TAMPA 2 ! WOLF,WOLF,WOLF ! Sure played well upon his hire.

Dunno, you could probably also interpret his statement as Tampa-2, but I'm trying to be optimistic.

[Guest]

Re: McDermott, Frazier, defense...

Dunno, you could probably also interpret his statement as Tampa-2, but I'm trying to be optimistic.

That is really all we can do at this point.

[Mace]

Re: McDermott, Frazier, defense...

That is really all we can do at this point.

Always and ever until the death rattle gets too loud to ignore. I mean, something has to work someday.

[YardRat]

Re: McDermott, Frazier, defense...

We've already got Mike, Sam and Will, maybe we can refer to the misfit tweener as 'Mace'.

"Yeah, but who are we going to start at Mace?" has a nice flow and sounds pretty cool.