Bills Must Produce On Third Downs At Lambeau

that write looks suspiciously like many of the ones from last year…
Convert third down…..
Stop on third down…

I’d rather the offense produce on 1st and 2nd down.
But that’s probably asking too much.

Keeping the ball longer on offense in general is a necessity. Their defense can tire just as easily as ours can, and it’s the best shot we have at the upset. That being said, RUN THE BALL!!!

We need Kelsay to have the game of his life covering tight ends to win.

without the ability to do this, it will be a long unproductive game.

in our base “D” now? I didn’t hear that change.

Run, run, and then run the ball.
Their defense was so gassed in the 4th QTR that my Mom (77) could’ve ran for 8 yards a carry.

water is still wet.

That they are unlikely to do.

Included in that laundry list is:
-3rd downs on both sides of the ball
-Score 30+ points (the Packers scored 27 on the road against a tough Philly D while their pass O struggled…YIKES!)
-win special teams, by a sizable margin
-No turnovers on O, force a few on D
-No pistol
-hit some passes downfield (unlikely, I know)
-Stop Clay Matthews with something other than a quadruple team
-No big plays to Greg Jennings
-Keep the cheeseheads quiet
-Run early, often and extremely successfully

There’s so much that has to occur for the Bills to even keep this game close, let alone win. I just hope we don’t see a 45-0 massacre.

we were historically bad on 3rd downs last year. We have the same personnel as last year. I guess its up to Gailey to try and fix it. Not a good start in week 1

Is get some yards and first and 2nd even if it’s only 3 yards.

We had tons of 3-10 3-12 3-14, heck even 3-29.

Play action sure works better on 3-3 than 2-10

It would be interesting to see the averages of both successful and poor performers on third downs. I am sure that the results will be common sense. If you have less yards needed then your chances of converting are higher.

I completely agree with the run, run, run approach. I also think that captain checkdown can contribute, as long as it’s a short dump on first or second down and not third and long.

The plan is obvious:

Consistently make positive plays

2 or 3 yard gains on first and second down make third a lot more manageable than 10 or more yard situations.

Run to daylight!

Trent needs:
 -to stay alive (not get eaten by jaws clay mathews)
 -to throw a pass attempt further than the line of scrimmage on third and long
 -run with the ball instead of handing the ball off if a db is already next to your running back on your botched halfback draw (you guys catch that with spiller?)
Bills need to;
 -Do everything Brian said I mean what they haven’t done in 4 years… Keep our defense off the field.

-run with the ball instead of handing the ball off if a db is already next to your running back on your botched halfback draw (you guys catch that with spiller?)

If you are talking about the one out of the shotgun. That was Jared Odrick.

Bell just kind of stuck his arms up and watched him run past him, pathetic.

What’s even more pathetic, is if trent was lined up under center that play, Odrick might not even have been in the backfield,

This shotgun foolishness has been going on for years. Teams just quit playing the run when we are in the gun and go for penetration and those shotgun draws almost never work since we have been doing them the past 4 years.

however, someone posted a very interesting concept on here recently pointing out that being better, overall, on first down may be just as important…… stay in the 3rd & manageable and this offense (in spite of all its failings) can sustain drives to a greater degree