Alright! Welcome back to the 2007 Buffalo Bills. The NFL reshuffled all its players, but they forgot to include the Bills. So the Bills were assigned a bunch of street free agents.
We play the NFC East this season, we will close the season versus the Giants and Eagles, but for our
week 13 matchup we went to DC for the game against the Redskins.
In the passing game they have speedster Berrian, McCaffrey and draft bust Troy Williamson.
We seem to struggle the most against talented Half Backs and Willis McGahee is a pretty good back.
You might remember him as the University of Miami running back that got his knee destroyed on a tackle in the Fiesta Bowl versus Ohio.
But he showed great character, fought back and had a very good 10 year NFL career after that.
Today we play him as he was picked up in the fantasy draft by the Redskins. The plan was to clog the middle by positioning all 3 or 4 linemen inside and let the linebackers and safeties clean up all runs that bounce outside.
On offense we started a new Center.
Richard Collier is stronger and has better run blocking than
Dan Connolly, but he has even less awareness and is far less agile. I figured that doesn't really matter if we're going to run more and... well, he's a center.
On defense our best corner is
Alfonso Marshall. Opposite of him, I've been playing
Kalvin Pearson, with
Anthony Madison playing slot. For this game, I mixed this up, because Williamson is just a speed guy. So I matched
Madison up with him, making
Pearson a starter.
gruesomeWe won the toss and elected to kick as usual.
The defense woke up today and forced a quick 3-and-out.
I decided not to wait and start the game right off with body bag football. That means 7 linemen, 2 tight ends, a hand off monkey and a running back.
body bag football: coming to a town near youAfter
Rod Smart was tired after 4 runs,
Dee Brown came in; and on his first play he broke a tackle like... do you know that situation in the WWE when a wrestler is surrounded by 10 guys and then he cartoonishly throws them all off in one swoop?
That was how
Brown scored and broke a 71 yard TD run. It was honestly one of the most hilariously broken tackles I've ever seen.
if ya smeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tell them how you really feel, Bruce.The Redskins are a talented bunch, they have an excellent O-line and a complete group of skill players - so they quite easily scored, but only kicked an xp, instead of my 2, so 7-8.
The way though was very eh... Bills-like.
Berrian ran out for half a step and then his streak route. This next-level Pro move made
Alfonso Marshall's head spin so much that mid-play he decided to go to the bathroom to puke.
when you got to go, you got to goWe had to keep controlling the clock, mix 5 WR sets with our style of straight runs football; that's the only way if we want another win.
So I ran, passed short and ran some more. It's the only way, because playing with
St.Pierre at QB is maddening.
Another 8 points later and it was 7-16
pretty goodHowever, they scored on a 9 play 75 yard drive; making the score 14-16 at half time.
We were in it again at half time.
Now, before we go into the second half, here's a play that I absolutely love. It's the shotgun 5 WR set WR option play.
I audible the option WR to a slant, the trips receiver runs an out for as deep as you need it to be. If it's zone, 8/10 the defender will move outside leaving a void for the slot receiver to run into. If that's not there, your trips receiver can outrun the defender. If that's covered, then a corner or even post route can be found, or even an underneath receiver. If all fails and it's cover 2-man across the board, you can run with your QB if he has any wheels at all. (
St.Pierre doesn't).
#15 DeDe Dorsey is wide openOn one play though, I didn't read the MLB (Pierce) well and threw a horribly inaccurate pass that was picked. After that we just couldn't get many drives going, and the Redskins scored with some strong McGahee running. One of which was a 40 yard blast of a run.
After another pick, this game was pretty much done for.
St.Pierre is just such a horrible INT-machine, that I either play it even more safe, or abandon the passing game at all...
the answer is not DUnfortunately the score was 40-16. Next week we will play 2 first halves; maybe that will help.
MVP of the game will have to be
LeRon McCoy.
We only have 4 games left in the season, so before next game we will quickly look at the
State of the League and we will look forward to
the 2008 Draft before the Dolphins visit us for our
week 14 game.
They have Willie Parker. Mentioning Willie Parker in the building is like mentioning the Boogieman.
That guy will have to be contained.
Fun times.
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