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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
It it just far easier to throw the ball to RBs out of the backfield than I realize or have we simply sucked at defending that for 25 years? Do we maybe NOT suck at defending it now and it's Bootleg PTSD?
Crazy to me that we constantly get gashed by the same thing. Then again, my memory is that the Ravens system doesn't really throw to the RBs very much. Gotta figure they'll go to the TEs and Flowers from the slot a lot on play fakes as a proxy for those RB throws.
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I dunno, there were times this year, like the Eagles game, where they were practically in the Eagles' huddle, sniffing out every play and knowing what they were doing before they did it (and then of course everyone else figured it out (except the Bills)).... and then games like last week where they were a step slow for 2.5-3 quarters and the offense looks unstoppable.
I thought the Bills did a good job of getting the ball out quickly and outnumbering the defense, and then had some misdirection and RPO type of stuff, too. And then when they really needed a play, Allen would figure it out with a lateral or that touchdown pass to the pylon. Definitely not dismissing the plays where they'd fall forward for 8 yards after contact or would completely leave a guy out of the backfield uncovered.
The worst of it for the defense probably comes down to the defensive line needing to blow up shit before it starts, and this week needing closer to a burrowhead level of effort from them.