Here’s Hoping There Are Dogs to Let Out

By Grant W. | Friday, September 23, 2011 | ( 96 )

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The conversation on the sideline would have gone something like this… Campbell to Moore has just smoked McKelvin for another big play and Chan is talking with the Bill’s DC a.k.a. the two headed monster.

THM: We need to turn the dogs loose, he’s getting scorched!

CG: No. Think about it. That kid’s a rookie, he aint gonna beat ‘em again, just tell Leodis to give him a bigger cushion…

The two headed monster walks away in disgust screaming for McKelvin. Chan continues to play the game…

Many hope that scenario or something close to it played out last Sunday at the Ralph. Oh I want so much for the rumors (fantasy to be more accurate) to be true. The grand chess match does exist and we sit behind one of the players. One of the puppet masters trying to win the game before it starts. The game outside the game.

For the first two games of the season the Bills have been on a mission to stop the run. Who could blame them, they had to shut people up. Based on its level of media attention in the preseason, Al-Qaeda in the caves of Pakistan knew the Bills had an abysmal run defense last year and it wasn’t likely to improve much.

So stop the run they did. You could see it in every thing they did defensively, and of course the opponents were ripe for it. But everyone is still asking, where is the pass rush? What happened to that taste of “Light’s out” we got in the preseason? I didn’t expect him to do it for a full game, but a couple times at the start each week would be good. We saw he has at least that much burst left. Forget Merriman, the other guys we have pass rushed better than this last year! And where are all the exotic blitz packages the ‘Stash’ just had to be conjuring up all summer? Something is not right, they must be holding back!

If one were to believe the rumors this has been Chan’s plan all along. Lull the Patriots into a false sense of security on our pass rush, look average, show them nothing. No stunts, no schemes, nothing they can plan for, even if it makes Campbell look like the second coming of Brady. Leave them to believe the rush they have seen so far this year is what we will rely on. Then this Sunday, remove those shackles and let the dogs loose! A complicated symphony of human juggernauts hurled at the living Ken doll from all directions. Forget catching their players sleeping, catch their coaches sleeping. Cut off the head of the snake, or at least make it scratch its chin.

I’m not sure if this is the situation, but whether Chan planned it or not, it sure doesn’t look like the Bills have a pass rush.

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	No.1 Goose	09:45 AM 09/23/2011

	grant don't forget to check the Bills in the category and under NFL, this way it goes to the Bills forum...


	No.2 ddd	11:02 AM 09/23/2011

	There's no shame in losing to the Patriots this weekend. They are one of the best teams in the NFL with a HOF QB. Hopefully it...


	No.3 anello1960	01:41 PM 09/23/2011

	Ok I'll put this down in a more "restrained" way having come down from my treadmill runner's high while in the gym at lunch time...