While so much has gone right for the Bills on offense this season, little has gone right for Buffalo on the defensive side of the ball. For more on what might be happening within Buffalo’s defense, here are some highlights from defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier’s recent press conferences.
Q: It’s easy for us arm-chair analysts to sit back and pick apart what’s going wrong with your defense. But from your perspective, what’s gone wrong when it comes to the coverage issues and the struggles against the pass in general so far this season?
LF: Well, it’s a combination of a few things. Being able to play man coverage, we’ve struggled with that a little bit. We’ve even struggled in our zones at times. So you need a combination of rush and coverage to work together in order to have success in the pass defense and we haven’t been able to consistently put that together yet. So we’ll keep working at it, because you have to be able to play some man in our league and you have to be able to mix in zone and have success as well. But that comes back to your ability to rush and not let the quarterback hold onto the ball as long as he has at times, and then being able to get that tight coverage, or having the zone awareness, to make him be able to hold the football a little bit longer to buy our rush some time. So we just haven’t been able to put that together as consistently as we need to and it’s something we’ll have to continue to work on.
Q: We know that Tremaine Edmunds has not been playing at 100 percent in recent weeks. What has he not been doing that he was doing at the end of last season?
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TRACKING TRAINING CAMP
Bills Digest was there for all the big moments at training camp. Here are some observations …
‘We're constantly trying to evolve'
For more on what’s happening within Buffalo’s offense, here are some highlights from offensive coordinator Brian Daboll’s recent press conferences.
‘On the field you must flip that switch'
Here are some highlights from head coach Sean McDermott’s recent press conferences.
ALLEN GETS HISTORIC DEAL
Bills QB now under contract through 2028
Right back in the swing of things
It’s fair to say that this year’s Bills training camp looks wildly different from those of the past.
1st & Ten with STEFON DIGGS
Stefon Diggs had one of the best seasons ever by a Bills receiver in 2020, and he’s looking for an encore. Diggs was clearly amped up and ready to go as the Bills began their preparations for the new season, leading the huddle and supporting his teammates as they kicked off training camp in Orchard Park. Diggs recently touched on his goals for the upcoming season for both himself and the team in an informative discussion with members of the media. Here are the highlights from that discussion.
RUNNING BACKS: TOP AVAILABLE FREE AGENTS
Aaron Jones, Packers 5-9 • 208 pounds • 27 years old A fifth-round steal in the 2017 draft out of UTEP, Jones is equally proficient in the running and passing games. He rushed for more than 1,000 yards the last two years, and caught 49 and 47 passes, respectively. He’s also a touchdown machine with 30 TDs the last two years (25 rushing and 5 receiving). The son of two career Army officers, he’s a tough, driven player and the kind of guy players want on their team.
THE RIGHT STUFF?
Keeping two important starters is a priority as the right side of the O-line hits free agency
QUARTERBACKS: TOP AVAILABLE FREE AGENTS
Dak Prescott, Cowboys 6-2 • 235 pounds • 27 years old A solid starter who has a nice TD-INT ratio over his first five seasons (104-40), Prescott is an accurate thrower and very mobile. However, he’s coming off a compound fracture and dislocation of his right ankle, so it remains to be seen if this will impact his game moving forward.
TIGHT ENDS: TOP AVAILABLE FREE AGENTS
Hunter Henry, Chargers 6-5 • 250 pounds • 29 years old A very talented player, Henry has had issues staying healthy, unable to complete an NFL season, including missing the entire 2018 season with a torn ACL. But when healthy, he’s a terrific all-around tight end who really connected with Justin Herbert in 2020 with 60 catches. Henry is very good at finding holes in zone coverage.
