Defensive priorities evident for Bills

[justasportsfan]

Coach Chan Gailey attributed the team’s struggle in stopping the run to the switch to the 3-4 defense, and having to adjust to several changes at linebacker due to injury.

“I don’t know how many linebackers we seemed to go through from the start of training camp until the last game,” Gailey said. “When you’re playing four of them instead of three of them, it has a bigger impact on your football team (but) I don’t want to make excuses. I think that we sometimes get caught up in making excuses because everybody on the field is a professional football player and we should be able to play better defense. Whether we’re adjusting or not adjusting, we’ve got to get everybody and keep everybody on the same page. We’ve got to do that at a faster clip than we did this year.”

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-2/Defensive-priorities-evident-for-Bills/f50cb9a6-a434-49bd-beb1-e73de9bd6f2a

[WeAreArthurMoates]

Re: Defensive priorities evident for Bills

This article and the one in the Buffalo news made it seem abundtly clear what we want to do this offseason. 1. Beef up the run defense 2. Get a real RT. 3. Not sign Whitner to 7 mil.

[Lone Stranger]

Re: Defensive priorities evident for Bills

Both of you are on target.

[Oaf]

Re: Defensive priorities evident for Bills

Without injuries, our LBs were a bottom 5 unit.

[X-Era]

Re: Defensive priorities evident for Bills

Without injuries, our LBs were a bottom 5 unit.

I think it's a very big priority to at least get another significant starter at ILB, or two if Poz doesnt return. And I think another pass rushing OLB would be great as well.

[EDS]

Re: Defensive priorities evident for Bills

Must have really took some soul searching for the Bills brass to figure out the team has a problem stopping the run.

[trapezeus]

Re: Defensive priorities evident for Bills

i trust nothing a team says about their needs until after the draft. it's all a mind game. they don't want to tip anything to the players or to other teams.

everything is possibly the truth and a smokescreen.

[justasportsfan]

Re: Defensive priorities evident for Bills

everything is possibly the truth and a smokescreen.

we don't have to create a smokescreen that our run D blows.

[better days]

Re: Defensive priorities evident for Bills

I love listening to Gailey. All we ever got from Jauron is "I'll have to look at the film" & "It's tough to win in the NFL" Over & over & over again.

[NOT THE DUDE...]

Re: Defensive priorities evident for Bills

im very confident with luck being gone that we are going to take fairley or dareus...

it just has to be the pick

[ParanoidAndroid]

Re: Defensive priorities evident for Bills

i trust nothing a team says about their needs until after the draft. it's all a mind game. they don't want to tip anything to the players or to other teams.

everything is possibly the truth and a smokescreen.

I attribute that to teams drafting the best player available even though their needs might not reflect that.

[Bill Cody]

Re: Defensive priorities evident for Bills

im very confident with luck being gone

Luck's gone? So Denver is on the clock?

[Nighthawk]

Re: Defensive priorities evident for Bills

im very confident with luck being gone that we are going to take fairley or dareus...

it just has to be the pick

IMO, there are huge bust factors with those two...this draft is pretty scary from a defensive standpoint early and the little they've performed before this year.

[Night Train]

Re: Defensive priorities evident for Bills

Luck is gone all right..until the 2012 draft. No longer an issue.

[cookie G]

Re: Defensive priorities evident for Bills

Coach Chan Gailey attributed the team’s struggle in stopping the run to the switch to the 3-4 defense, and having to adjust to several changes at linebacker due to injury.

“I don’t know how many linebackers we seemed to go through from the start of training camp until the last game,” Gailey said. “When you’re playing four of them instead of three of them, it has a bigger impact on your football team (but) I don’t want to make excuses. I think that we sometimes get caught up in making excuses because everybody on the field is a professional football player and we should be able to play better defense. Whether we’re adjusting or not adjusting, we’ve got to get everybody and keep everybody on the same page. We’ve got to do that at a faster clip than we did this year.”

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/art...1-e73de9bd6f2a

Chan...find someone who knows how to run a defense.

I beg you.