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Mace
10-04-2017, 10:23 PM
The Bills SB nation site was great under the impartial Brian Galliford, deteriorated mightily under the cheerleader Trapasso, and strikes me now as returning to great under Matt Warren who worked with Galliford. Solid bunch of impartial writers, imho.

1st Q grades :

Offense : https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2017/10/4/16395828/buffalo-bills-first-quarter-report-card-offense-tyrod-taylor-lesean-mccoy-charles-clay-zay-jones

Defense : https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2017/10/4/16408910/buffalo-bills-first-quarter-report-card-defense-jerry-hughes-ramon-humber-micah-hyde-tre-white

ST/Coaching : https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2017/10/4/16412516/buffalo-bills-first-quarter-report-card-special-teams-and-coaching-stephen-hauschka-colton-schmidt

Good reads, credit to Sean Murphy, the writer, nothing I disagree with. Probably the only thing I'd mention is for the OL, the transition from man to more zone makes it bumpier. They pull Incognito a lot, seems to me at this point his holding penalties are more about him getting there late to his target area, which isn't peculiar because he's getting up there and is more a power blocker than a sprinting guy you don't want to pull so much, though nothing on the right side looks able to make it more elaborate. I'm thinking they end up scheming around this as it goes.
YardRat
10-05-2017, 06:03 AM
I only read the offense one so far, but I think he's being a little bit generous, especially with the WR group.
DraftBoy
10-05-2017, 06:35 AM
How is the WR/TE group a B-? I'd say it's a C- with only Clay saving it from D/F territory.

Also think he's too generous on the LB group.
Mr. Magoo
10-05-2017, 08:53 AM
I would really like to see Brandon Reilly he had a great pre season.
Mace
10-05-2017, 07:56 PM
How is the WR/TE group a B-? I'd say it's a C- with only Clay saving it from D/F territory.

Also think he's too generous on the LB group.

Yeah. Giving it more though I'd probably "C" the receivers and "B" the LB's though the LB's have played better than I expected and I'm still not real impressed with Taylor's general passing skills in getting it to receivers (won't argue Zay Jones is struggling though).

I think I instinctively view it with a lower bar, atm.