Donohoe wants BALANCE!

[lordofgun]

Bucs reinforce Donahoe faith in balance

"There's still nothing wrong with offense," Donahoe said. "But it speaks to the fact that you've got to have balanced offense. For some reason, the Raiders got into the mind-set where they didn't have to run the football; they didn't even have to try. They got away with it for a while, but it caught up to them Sunday.

"To me, it's not sound football. You have to be balanced, and you have to be good on defense. In both respects, Oakland was a bit of a flawed team. Their defense got better, but it was never a dominating defense. It's almost a classic case again of a run-and-shoot offense that sooner or later is going to come undone."

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20030128/1029778.asp

Nice to know we're not just going to rely on offense. I'd take a #1 defense over a #1 offense any day of the week.

[Earthquake Enyart]

If he believes in balance, he sure has the wrong OC.

[Pride]

Originally posted by Earthquake Enyart
If he believes in balance, he sure has the wrong OC.

EXACTLY!

Also, a great defense will only go as far as it's offense doesn't kill them. Case in point. When buffalo had the leagues #1 defense, we were ousted in the first round of the playoffs.

[lordofgun]

Imagine a team with Buffalo's offense and Tampa's Defense.

[WG]

Originally posted by Earthquake Enyart
If he believes in balance, he sure has the wrong OC.

Indeed EE! If he really means that then he should never have hired Gilbride to begin with, but even now, he should have fired him or demoted him to QB coach only. I don't think the combo of QB Coach/O.C. puts any substance behind Donahoe's words. It sends a completely opposite message.

The Bills are becoming a team that belongs in Missouri. The new motto should be "show me!"

We were anything but balanced this year and that was by design. Poor designer, eh.

Agree w/ ya LOG, if we get Henry to start getting 25+ carries a game, then we may very well be the best offense in the league just like K.C. was this season.

As it was this season, Henry only got the ball 25 times in 4 games.

[justasportsfan]

Gilbride audibles to Drew

"Alright Drew , we need a balance attack. We threw 30 times in the first QUARTER, now we need to run so TD doesn't get on my ass. I'll call in running plays BUT feel free to change the plays and throw whenever you want. You have my blessing"

[Earthquake Enyart]

Now it's Gilbride's fault? I thought it was Drew's?

[WG]

It's Drew's for tossing 15 INTs in 7 losses and adding another 3 lost fumbles in those games and Gilbride's for allowing the offense to pass so much that Henry only got 25 or more carries in only 4 games, 3-1 BTW.

Get rid of Gilbride and reduce the role of the passing offense on this team.

Feel like explaining how a QB like Johnson puts up 22 TDs by throwing only for barely over 3,000 yards while Drew puts up only 2 more with another near 50% of the yards?

Or how Green did simlar, 26 TDs in 700 fewer yards?

Neither of them have great receivers by any stretch. KJ is WAY overrated, mostly due to his own efforts. McCardell is a good #2 but that's it. Jurevicious, stepped up, but...

Kennison? Please!

So perhaps you can explain that for all the boys and girls here?

[WG]

I'll make it easy for you:

Drew: 4,359 yds, 24 TDs, 7.15 YPA, 61.5%, TD% 3.9%, TD/INT 1.6

Gannon: 4,689 yds, 26 TDs, 7.59 YPA, 67.6%, TD% 4.2%, TD/INT 2.6

Green: 3,690 yds, 26 TDs, 7.85 YPA, 61.1%, TD% 5.5%, TD/INT 2.0

Johnson: 3,049 yds, 22 TDs, 6.76 YPA, 62.3%, TD% 4.9%, TD/INT 3.7

[Ebenezer]

Dear Wys,

do me a favor...find me some stats on Average Drive Start and I think you'll see where to place the blame for 95% of the Bills problems.

Thanks,
Eb

[lordofgun]

Originally posted by Wys Guy
It's Drew's for tossing 15 INTs in 7 losses and adding another 3 lost fumbles in those games and Gilbride's for allowing the offense to pass so much that Henry only got 25 or more carries in only 4 games, 3-1 BTW.

Get rid of Gilbride and reduce the role of the passing offense on this team.

Feel like explaining how a QB like Johnson puts up 22 TDs by throwing only for barely over 3,000 yards while Drew puts up only 2 more with another near 50% of the yards?

Or how Green did simlar, 26 TDs in 700 fewer yards?

Neither of them have great receivers by any stretch. KJ is WAY overrated, mostly due to his own efforts. McCardell is a good #2 but that's it. Jurevicious, stepped up, but...

Kennison? Please!

So perhaps you can explain that for all the boys and girls here?

We had quite a few more rushing TDs than the Bucs did, Wys. Drew may have had a lot more passing TDs if we didn't run it in for the score. Compare our 17 rushing TDs with Tampa's 6 rushing TDs and you have your answer. You wanted us to be more balanced and, in fact, we were in that category.

More evidence that stats can be misleading.

[WG]

TD wise perhaps, not yardage wise nor # of plays wise.

BIG difference.

[WG]

Originally posted by Ebenezer
Dear Wys,

do me a favor...find me some stats on Average Drive Start and I think you'll see where to place the blame for 95% of the Bills problems.

Thanks,
Eb

What's the insinuation Eb?

That K.C.'s D put the Chiefs in such good FP constantly?

[lordofgun]

Originally posted by Wys Guy
TD wise perhaps, not yardage wise nor # of plays wise.

BIG difference.

I thought yardage and plays didn't matter...only touchdowns??

First you want to blame Gilbride for lack of balance when we were among the tops in the league in rushing TDs, then you want to blame Drew because Gilbride ran too many touchdowns in vs. Drew passing for scores.

Make up your mind man!

[justasportsfan]

You also forget wys that our D couldn't hold anyone down and by playing catch-up we ended throwing more which was obvious to other defenses.