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Originally Posted by Gif Horse
1. The Bills literally have no answer for KC's pass rush + secondary. You have no offensive line and one receiver. You won't be able to pass.
2. The Bills don't have a high-level ground game to fall back on. Because of your completely inept passing attack, the Chiefs are going to stack the box and completely shut down the run.
3. Conclusion: The Bills won't be putting together long scoring drives.
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Ah, the dreaded shut-down Kansas City defense...you must know how creative an offensive mind Chan Gailey is. His offensive game-plans are perhaps his biggest strength. There is actually a lot of things we can do. I think the Bills lined up in 4 receiver sets like 25% of the time last year. CJ Spiller can be split wide. Roscoe Parrish is a threat in the slot. Brad Smith will play some Wildcat, which Haley will have to plan against. Stevie Johnson is good. We have several promising young WR prospect, which is the reason we let Evans go. I like your optimism, but
Ryan Fitzpatrick is smart. Sports Illustrated had him ranked as the fifth smartest athlete in sports. The guy can recognize defensive looks and make adjustments and call audibles at the line. He makes the o-line better, which they need. Fitzpatrick completed over 67% of his passes for 382 yards, 4 TDs and 2 INTs against the Baltimore Ravens last year. I think their defense is a little better than the Chiefs. Just sayin'.
Fred Jackson is a very good RB. CJ Spiller will get some touches. They WILL make some plays.
The line is a question mark. We do have a couple of few good guys on it, and a couple of new guys, who actually haven't looked all that bad so far. The LT has been steadily improving, but needs to improve more. We'll see if the negative hype has been deserved. We'll put some TE blocking help in there, and Fred Jackson is a very good blocker too. FB help won't hurt.
There is my positive spin.
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Originally Posted by Gif Horse
I don't care what happens with KC's offense. The Bills have one elite defender, a raw rookie and a bunch of retreads and garbage from last year. They might play OK, but the giant mismatch of Buffalo's offense against KC's defense is going to win this game.
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The Bills have very good depth up front on the line for a change...rotation won't be a problem. We have some high round picks from last year looking to step up as well. I wouldn't go around calling Dareus a raw rookie either. This kid looks like the real deal. Nick Barnett is new to the team, and he's solid. I don't want to start a whole new Merriman discussion...Our secondary is good and has depth.
Don't underestimate the fact that we are in year 2 of the new system. So many changes were put in place last year that it was impossible to implement them all successfully, especially with the personnel we had. It kicked in later and we went 4-4 down the stretch. Gailey and Nix had their hands full cleaning up the mess left by Dick Jauron. The players had to be evaluated - we started the season off with Trent Edwards at QB, for Christ's sake.