Los Angeles Buffalo Bills Backers of Santa Monica
2012 Buffalo Bills:
Under Pressure
Moving in the draft to shore up their areas of greatest need, the Bills brought aboard two first round quality talents in Cornerback Stephon Gilmore and Cordy Glenn who the Bill's are expected to play immediately at the Left Tackle position. Down the board there are new players who will be immediate contributors on Special Teams as they work their way into the starting 22. The Bills continue to focus on getting faster and stonger with depth in the trenches and providing more weapons to an offense that shot out of the gate in 2011. Expectations are high for the 2012 team among the players, the team staff and the fan base. The aggressive offseason has brought much to a team that showed signs of good coaching and pockets of top talent last year. The ride into the 2012 season for the Buffalo Bills promises to be a thrill for all of us!
Bills go deep signing Mario
Williams in Free Agency
The oft-reviled and ever-questioned Buffalo Bills front office put a plan in place to sign free agent defensive end Mario Williams, with the final result being a ticker-tape moment for Buffalo and the Bills. The signing is definitive proof the team feels our roster and coaching staff is ready in 2012 to compete every week of the NFL season and make a credible push for postseason play.
The sports media is making Mario Williams the beginning of the story, but you have to turn the clock back to at least to the 2011 draft to measure the upswing of the talent level that’s providing management with the confidence to commit so much of the Bill’s future to a historic contract for a top defensive end. With the 3rd pick in the 2011 draft we picked up a powerful, immense yet quick interior defensive tackle in Marcel Dareus. Playing beside the unorthodox and disruptive Kyle Williams, the Bill’s defensive tackles opened up the 2011 season regularly forcing opposing QBs into poor decisions and giving our offense- for the first time in years- reduced pressure on each of their possessions. The benefit was obvious with big numbers on offense while the D was playing well early. This is the formula for most dominant teams in the contemporary NFL- a defense that gives the offense extra series while alleviating pressure on the offense to produce points every time they touch the ball. Unfortunately, an injury to Kyle Williams and the lack of any passing threat on the outside turned our front 7 into a 1 man show, and that’s too easy for even poor teams to shut down. The elite defenses have 3 real rushing threats on any passing down, and we played most of last year with just 1.
Mario Williams changes the equation. He’s a skilled run defender in addition to being a threat on any passing down not just to sack the QB but also to use his size to take away passing lanes with his hands. The Super Bowl just completed was a clinic in defensive linemen using their length and hands to disrupt a quick drop quarterback’s passing game. In 2012 we’ll present a veritable smorgasbord of pressure including a regular push into the pocket, a dangerous edge rush and the size to take down or redirect balls in the air. If we can get 40+ total games this season from the Williams/Dareus trio we will create matchup issues with every opposing offense, regardless of their effectiveness against the rest of the league.
Of course the offense isn’t the only unit that benefits from an elite defensive line- every linebacker and defensive back in the league would love the dearth of blockers beyond the line of scrimmage and the reduced coverage stopwatch these three will provide their defensive teammates. The Williams signing nearly eliminates the chance of the team reaching for a need pick at cornerback in the upcoming draft. The quality of the trio also opens up the likelihood for a young and natural 4-3 end like Alex Carrington to put up some impressive numbers on the side opposite our shiny new toy.
2012 is the really the first season of the new millennium where we Bill’s fans have a legitimate expectation to win every week. It’ll be a good idea to adjust the tension on that seatbelt that’s gotten awfully loose and sloppy the last decade.
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