The other thing to throw out there is that Josh Allen looked like he was
doing some regression to the mean in that game.
On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 8:57 AM David Reid <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Another thought about the defense…… I don’t think Buffalo’s OL is all
that, either. The defense won’t always find it that easy to play in the
backfield as they did yesterday….
On 13 Sep 2021, at 13:53, Steve Rhoton <sprhoto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
At least this line has room to grow from here. We could have a veteran
line doing this, which would be terrifying.
On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 8:44 AM Scott H <blitzum@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Agreed on all. To your point on the O line, this year in particular they
almost did meet each other for the first time before the game. The last
minute Banner to IR, Chuks back to RT and Moore in at LT had largely a week
of practice. Let’s hope it gets quickly and like you said let’s hope it
happens before we play a good rushing team.
Scott in Jersey
On Sep 13, 2021, at 8:38 AM, David Reid <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
will say I’m glad we played Buffalo now and not in a couple of months time
Helluva win. One of the best road victories of the Tomlin era, but I
when they will have bedded in their pass rushers a bit more. They have a
lot of things to correct and adjust, but so has every other team in the
league after one week.
of the summer and preseason sat on his helmet watching the other QB’s do
- I wasn’t surprised by what I saw from Ben yesterday - he spends most
85% of the reps and then everyone wonders why he’s rusty and missing
receivers and his timing is off? Come on, nothing new to see here, he’s
just got to get that timing down. He needs reps and not rest at this stage
of the season. There were some truly terrible throws in there, but again,
I’ve seen this in every opening game form Ben for years now. The challenge
is to protect him long enough to enable the downfield throw.
aggressive and taking the fight to the defense, but mano-e-mano, they are
- Offensive line is a mess. They can talk all they want about being
overmatched on this level. It was only when they actually started to pull
and trap that they were able to give Ben time and create creases. Downfield
blocking from the WR’s and TE’s was excellent too. Harris will be fine, but
he needs help. Greater challenges lie ahead. I fear for them when they come
up against a team with an above average pass rush, I fear for what might
happen when Cleveland throws their outside rushers at them. The cohesion
will come, but again, we say this year after year, they always come out in
the opening game and play like they met each other for the first time the
night before.
it worked, everyone was on a pitch count and kept fresh and everyone who
- Defense was great and the rotation along the front seven was good and
took the field on that side of the ball contributed to the effort, get
Tuitt back healthy and things will improve further. I liked Bush and
Schobert pairing in the middle, didn’t make many big plays but they were
consistent. Norwood played like he did at Oklahoma, he’s just a guy who can
get everywhere and he’s probably the best candidate for that Hilton role.
Terrell Edmunds will always be the weak link, he’ll always be a couple of
seconds too late to stop what is happening and will always be targeted.
especially after the breakdown on kickoff coverage to start the game. I’m
- A big play on special teams was the upset of opening weekend,
so glad they kept Boswell after he slumped in 2018. Harvin will be fine and
his bad punts will be less frequent than Berry’s were.
Onwards…...