(09-24-2024, 02:41 PM)enigma Wrote: Hines-Allen and Walker have been immense disappointments for me this year... I had high expectations for both of them taking the next step and becoming focal points of our defense where plays could be made with their pass rush abilities.

But it's evident game in and game out that both of these guys just get engulfed by opposing tackles very easily and then they have no answer but to basically "give up" on rushing the passer. Josh Hines-Allen is not the Josh Allen we have been privileged to - and I don't know what the cause for regression is for him, but it's very disconcerting.

As far as Travon goes, I expected him to be a one-trick pony coming out of college - and he's absolutely been that and ONLY that, so we knew what we were getting with him. Don't forget the boneheaded penalties like lining up in the neutral zone...

Don't even get me started on Arik Armstead, for whatever reason this mountain of a man can't generate ANY push whatsoever. Maybe he has lingering issues with his injury, if we're taking the glass half-full approach.

This is a big frustration. I agree with Caldrac that the secondary is giving easy completions that's hurting the rush but the Bills 2nd TD was a perfect example. Walker was probably being held but that happens and you got to fight through it but there was no one else close to Allen. He had to time to hold the ball and let Kincaid run the whole length of the endzone to get open. That's on the rush.

Teams can find ways to counter a threat. Kick a G to help double team, scramble the other way but that always means someone has man on man protection and no one seems to be able to take advantage of those situations.

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