Picks on corners as the Bill's. Seems like every year they use the top pick on a dB. You think maybe that's why we suckered every year?
Picks on corners as the Bill's. Seems like every year they use the top pick on a dB. You think maybe that's why we suckered every year?
HHURRICANE (04-28-2017),Skooby (04-28-2017)
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Skooby (04-28-2017)
Not many teams have to face tomfugginbrady two times a year. He forces us to draft corners
In my day we did not have self-esteem... we had self-respect, and no more of it then we earned.
You have to draft to counter the teams in your division.
That's why the Patriots drafted Armstrong, and the fish drafted Webb when we had Bruce steamrolling around the end.
Night Train (04-28-2017),Skooby (04-28-2017),Thurmal (04-28-2017)
I didn't say they made good player choices, only that there was probably a strategy.
You don't beat good quarterbacks with good cornerbacks, you beat them with your pass rush. Good QBs/Offensive systems can easily take a single CB out of their gameplan and take advantage of the other 10 guys on the field. Not to mention there isn't a single CB on the planet that can cover a Edelman/Welker type WR for longer than 5 seconds.
Oaf (04-28-2017),TacklingDummy (04-28-2017)
I made it a point to see how Rex was playing them last year. Edelman comes out of the slot, so I can see how it would be tough to get hands on him. But Rex avoided it and always played off. Maybe he was afraid of getting beat by it? Paying soft and giving Brady time, I feel, is a worse approach than getting in the face of smaller receivers and disrupting their timing. You've got 5 yards to beat those little bastards up, so I say take your chances. If you give up one or two big plays, then so beat it. It beats letting them nickel and dome you down the field every drive.
The Bills are actually great at evaluating CB talent. Problem is, they always let them walk, hence the need to continue spending high picks on them.
"Miami played pretty damn good today and still got their ass kicked."
Brady's weakness has always been the pass rush, though. It's almost every QB's weakness. Sure, the press might win against Edelman initially, but after 5 seconds of man coverage, he'll be open. If you combine a good pass rush with your CB's taking away the quick stuff, it's very hard to beat. With that style of defense, the majority of CB starters in the NFL will succeed. No need to overpay/overdraft one. If that style of defense were easy to imitate everyone would be doing it, though.
I'm OK with the CB pick, but mostly because we moved down and got an extra 1st rounder. My least favorite positions for our pick at 10 were, in order, RB-->TE-->WR-->CB.
Jry44 (04-28-2017)
Joe Fo Sho (04-28-2017)
What they need is a pass rusher that can put out Brady's lights.