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Some interesting tidbits:
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Turbin says running backs expect games to be a slog at times, but continued touches throughout the course of the game wear on a defense. Interim offensive coordinator Joe Brady has termed those situations “bloody runs,” and Bills running backs have at least 30 carries in his first two games, the first time the franchise has done that since Rex Ryan’s final two games as head coach in 2016.
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Turbin looks back to his time with the Seattle Seahawks — who were top-three in rushing attempts and yards in his first three seasons — and they were an outside zone team. They might have different variations, personnel, formations and blocking schemes, but it was all outside zone runs.
The San Francisco 49ers gashed the same Eagles defense for 146 yards Sunday using the same philosophy. Buffalo, meanwhile, bounces between man blocking and zone schemes, sometimes from play to play.
“There’s all sorts of different nuances that are mixed in (with the 49ers), but with the Bills, that’s not there,” Turbin said. “That creativity isn’t there. Because of that lack of identity and consistency, you can be successful one week because you try something new. But you still have to find who your personality is on a consistent basis and then mix it up from there.”
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The offensive line and running backs are largely healthy this year. Interesting they have not found an identity and hone in that.
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