Bills 2010 Film Review: Week 7 At Baltimore (Offense)

Did you record them on gameday and hang on to the tape or are you subscribing to something. There was enough interesting things that happened last year I wouldn’t mind taking a second look

Thanks, I think I will do the same

The fact that he played so well and yet still so erratically leads me to believe that, with a more solid defense, we could have definitely won this game. I know that’s a fairly obvious thing to state given that we gave up 37 points, but I think there is a contingent of people that thought that Fitz just played a flawless game and that led to the offense running in high gear. I’m actually glad to hear that, although he played well, he was far from flawless. It gives me hope that we can really contend week in and week out with a more solid defense and an offensive game plan under our belt.

Brian, my question has to do with this game a little, but more for the season as a whole. In your first point you mentioned slants were working with Evan and Stevie. I was wondering what the efficiency of these patterns were throughout the year, as well as this game. It seems to me that this route is seldom used by the Bills but often effective. I could be wrong, so this is why I bring my question to you.

I watched him this game, and had the perception his team was competing despite his efforts…please put the spotlight on him during this review as this was a game i recorded but due to space on DVR i had to delete.

I liked Stevie J in this game a lot…

Real football analysis! Recommended reading!

I don’t know why Gailey insisted on running plays from the gun so much last year. There has got to be a reason…like it really helps protection for these guys or it helps Fitzy see the safeties and coverage….or whatever.

BUT it was frustrating to watch, knowing that an O has more options from a QB under center formation. The numbers from this game are as good of proof as you could find to back this theory.

It seems obvious to me that an O needs to line up under center on third down and any distance under 7 yards. Gailey obviously has his reasons, whic I may never understand.

These types of articles are a LOT of work and I greatly appreciate it – it was a very enjoyable read. Time permitting, I would love to see more breakdowns of our defensive schemes and our offensive successes and failures.

Any chance we can do a game film breakdown of single players? For example, Fred Jackson breakdown in 2-3 games? How did he handle blitz pickup, etc.

I’m at work, so i read too quickly…great stuff though,

Didnt we hae a chance to seal the deal prior to OT but we turned it over?
Or am i thinkking of a different game…?

It looks like the Bills were pretty heavy on the run and this opened up their passing game. They seemed pretty balanced in the first half. How did the game plan look to be working? Game was close but Buffalo was winning…

Looks like they ran when they were under center then went Shotgun for all passes. By the end of the 3rd quarter Baltimore clearly caught on to this and took the lead. Any reason that Baltimore showed in the first half to make this plan look like it’ll work?

Fourth quarter looks like they went back to a mix of under center passing and shotgun passing and it looks like it showed better success.

The Bills were 11 for 17 on third down conversions (Ravens were 2 for 11 FYI).

That’s a huge plus. How bad have the Bills been on third down over the course of the last decade? Nauseatingly awful is how I would describe it.

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" Buffalo’s wide receivers torched Baltimore’s cornerbacks."
We are talking about our Bills and one of the better defenses in the leauge right? BASKING, BASKING, BASKING!!!

Stevie was just comeing into his “middle of the season dominence.” I dont think teams were really looking at him yet but they should have been. As long as our top four receivers are better then the opposing teams top four DB’s then I like the idea of playing out of the spred as long as it is a ballanced attack. This should be the case quite a bit next year as I am really liking the idea of Evans, Stevie, Parrish, and Nelson or Easley on the field at the same time. In order for that to work though the O-line has to be able to protect. If they can also get a little better at run blocking then that would maximize Freddies talents of getting a solid run out of a very small hole. With the defense having to worry about the four WR’s on the field there will be very little eight in a box so the rush attack could get some room.

Second point Fitz is going to be Fitz I am OK with him throwing a 1-2 Int game now and again if he can continue to points on the board. This is where the improved D comes into play. If teams are not up by one score or more at the half then they wont be pounding the rock at us 50 million times a game. Then we might actually get some turnovers from our DB’s. Wouldn’t it be nice to see our offense on the field in the second half running the ball down their throats for a change. (Sorry I was dreaming there!)

Third point Chan did have them set up in the gun too much last year IMO. I dont mind the spred, but we need to keep the defense honest and at least make them think we might run it on 3rd and 5 or less. I would like to see Fitz under center more this year. Also Chan did get away from the run a little quicker then I would have liked in some games. I think he just had very little confidence in his O-line run blocking. In his defense though he did say that he used the short pass in place of the run quite a bit, and I amOK with that in certain places against some teams.

Fourth point I hope Nelson gets another shot at being a contributor at TE. He has really had a rough go of it so far, but there is no dobt that he can be an impact guy if he can get on the field. How was his blocking in that game?

Fith point Agree completely.

Great post I love this stuff more than anything.

Should have previewed.
Obviously the last half of that was me. Not a quote.

this series is going to be amazing. Great idea Brian.

I was curious if anything stuck out to you about Leodis McKelvin on film that was of note. I’d be interested in hearing how you think McKelvin played last year as you go through this, with Drayton Florence a free agent and Terrence McGee potentially hurt, he could be our number 1 corner.

Not that I’ll have the time to ever do this myself, but I’m curious what your process was for reviewing/taking notes/drawing out overall themes. Did you re-watch any or all plays? It just sounds like a lot of fun to analyze, but also a lot of work. What was your system?

If I remember the game correctly, didn’t the Bills beat a couple of Raven’s blitzes, resulting in touchdowns?? I seem to remember both Evans and Johnson doing all the right things on a couple – I’m not sure of the slants were the basic playcall, or the adjustment to the blitz read…your thoughts??

The wrinkle that Gailey came up with where Levitre pulled on pass plays was brilliant. It was one of the first times where I saw Gailey as being different than Jauron. Jauron would just do the same thing game after game pinning his hopes on better execution. Gailey helped mask the weakness at RT while simultaneously giving Fitz great throwing lanes.

wearing my Bills gear. Since I live in Maryland this is one of the only opportunities I get to watch the team in person. What a great game, I only wish that the Defense had held up and that the lack of forward progress play were just that…oh well.

I can’t tell you how many Ravens fans told me they should have lost that game and that Buffalo was under-rated…