Well, here is what I notcied:
-The Bills Special Teams unit is still quite good, and the Standard in the AFCE.
-Clifton Smith is a tough guy
-Brandon Marshall WANTS to make plays, been a long time since we had that in Miami.
-Ronnie Brown looked great
-Ricky Williams didn't.
-Brian Hartline is wilting under the spotlight
-Wake, Misi and Dansby all had 1 sack..when was the last time we had a Inside Linebacker get a legit sack?
-Mike Nolan had a solid first game as the Defensive Coordinator, have to wonder what Broncos fans think of that?
-Too early to give Jason Allen props, but he was man on man on Lee Evans all over the field..did anyone notice Evans making any plays?
-I suspect we all should become accustomed to seeing a 4-3 look as it matches the talent on Defense better right now.
-Chris Clemons looked like a guided missile at times, something I did not expect from him but there it was.
-How many players on Defense have Dreds? What 5? I do not mind save for you cannot read their names on their jerseys
-Dan Carpenter had a rough game, missed FG, kick off that went out of bounds, DC Cash would like to forget this game I'd think.
-Soliai and McDaniel had nice, solid games, but I think we'd better Hope Odrick makes it to the Vikings game.
-Cam Wake on Mckenny or Loaholt will be a matchup to watch next week on the turf, heck Misi as well, nice burst from Koa Misi.
-If Dobbins is out, and Crowder is out, does Nolan dare start UDFA Micah Johnson at the Moe?
-Good to see Lou Polite in the mix on offense, and he kept his streak alive of picking up short yardage first downs.
-Give the Bills and Chan Gailey, George Edwards and Bruce Dehaven credit, the Bills did not self destruct, they played solid, fundamental football, even with poor Oline talent the outright mistakes were kept to a minimum
-Good to see Roscoe Parrish re-emerge as a threat for the Bills, especially now that we got the home game out of the way, I suspect the Jets and Pats will have problems with his game.
All in all, an ugly win, but the W/L column only shows "W"s and "L"s
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I missed it..what happened to Dobbins? Is that why we saw so much of Carpenter?
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The only bone headed play I saw from our team was Cobbs on our second to last possession. He fielded a kick that was surely going out of bounds.
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Yup...I was thinking he was going to field it with one foot out of bounds to get the penalty, but he tried to return it..that goober.
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Some bad clock management as well, throwing on 2nd and 5 at 2:06 stopped the clock and gave the Bills an extra TO.
We massively dominated Time of Possession and only had 3 penalties and no Turnovers, that is SparanoBallto a "T".Merauder likes this. -
The only other play that bugged me was the Dolphins throwing the ball on 3rd down late in the game before the 2-Minute Warning. You have to run it there. You've essentially given the Bills an extra time-out. They were conservative all game, not sure why they decided to switch it up there.
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Calling a time out with 21 seconds left in the half for a "last second" FG was worse, and almost cost us 3 points.
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On a third and 5 Bess fell backwards out of bounds, with plenty of room up field, it could have been a huge gain had he turned up field.
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4th qtr, we have the ball, Henne was snapping the ball with 12 seconds left on the play clock as well. Sparano really needs to handle that as this is not the first time he has looked clownish at the end of a half.gunn34 likes this. -
Also, when Buff went no huddle, Stevie Wonder could see we were not ready for it. I was SCREAMING for a time out, and it took way too long. -
Granted, we still won but it is not good when the same clock problems carry over into Sparano's third season.
I'm going to say right now that I like our matchup with the Vikings.
Massive Oline v our Large Dline and Speed on the carpet in MN.
Weak secondary vs BMarsh, DBess and Fasano..would not be surprised if Moore plays more than Hartline, or if Wallace is active for this game as Hartline is just not getting it done.
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Dobbins being hurt was minimized a bit by Buffalo using so much multi-WR looks. Typically Dobbins is off the field in those situations anyway.
Carpenter was brought in for the A.J. Edds role. So expect to see a lot more of him.DePhinistr8 and Da 'Fins like this. -
Viking's secondary is banged up and beatable. Brees missed on a number of plays.
The biggest thing we got out of the Buff win was some confidence for the very young guys on D. Everyone, other than Smith and Culver, did something to prove they belong. Has to be a big help, regardless if it was against Buff. -
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I didn't like the matchup with the Bills, they had too many advantages, the Vikes matchup is far more favorable to our chances just do to team makeup.
Huge, but lumbering Tackles vs Speed off of the edge, Nolan has much to work with in this game, so does Henning.
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I thought Brown looked very good.
Our offense in general was very conservative, but I don't have a problem with that in this game. This was a game we win as long as we don't make too many big mistakes so being conservative was a wise strategy.
Our defense was fast and aggressive. We really only blitzed on third down and obvious passing plays and not even on most of those.
I didn't see a much 4-3. We (and everybody else) use a four man line in our nickel and dime packages. I think you're mistaking that for a 4-3.
Our STs coverage was much improved against a very good unit.
Our blocking on STs returns isn't there yet. And our specialists didn't have good games.
I am also very excited to see the impact Wake has going forward. He demands attention. If Minny singles him on Loadholt, I like his chances. If they give Loadholt help then it will either open up other rushers or limit Favre's receiving options. Either way its a win. We probably won't get sacks b/c Favre gets rid of the ball well but just hitting him often will be huge.
Ugly win, but I wouldn't mind getting 18 more like that this season. (BTW That's not a prediction or an expectation).Fin Fan 4 Life and dolfan22 like this. -
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Ricky maybe didn't look great but he didn't look bad either. -
I did, I was looking for it and saw it maybe 25% of the time.
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Favre is still Favre in some regards, however, if/when he gets banged up , hit , he will show the after effects much more than he has in the past imo.
Think we have a chance to create the quintessential Favre turnover(s) , it won't be easy in the dome against Minnesota , but the speed we showed on Defense surprised me , and it will be a huge plus on that carpet.
If 4 gets rung up the way Dansby did on the first possesion , I am liking our chances a lot more.
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Hoping Dobbins is full speed next week. -
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Disagree about Ricky, I thought he ran hard and converted a CRITICAL 4th quarter 3rd down on a play that should've lost yards, then coulve been down a couple more times.
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Also, Clemons did finally impress me. I know it was only Buff but, he was in position every play, and made some nice tackles. Now, if somene can only coach him not to tackle high. It worked on Spiller, AP will leave him in the dust. -
That play at the end of the game should have given him two sacks, cost me $20 as I predicted two. LOL
Forget about the sacks, he put on consistent pressure, and "could" have the makings of a star. Regardless, he is much better than JP.djphinfan likes this. -
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We needed more dreadlocks/braids. All the good NFL teams have them. Seriously, check it out.
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Ben Volin is reporting that Lionel Dotson is about to be resigned.
Odie's foot must be in bad shape.
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