ESPN’s Josina Anderson got some really good answers out of Bills DT Marcell Dareus on what went wrong with the Bills defense.
Rex Ryan is a defensive coach, but more times than not it was the defense that was the problem and not the offense.
Here is what Dareus had to say, it might surprise you.
“I feel like we should’ve been just more aggressive on defense…because that’s the kind of players that we have. We want to put our foot on the pedal and keep it down knowing what we’re doing, and being strategic on what we’re doing. Not trying to matchup with this team, or that team. We want to have our identity (knowing) this is who we are, and what we’re going to do.”
“It was just too much detail for a lot of guys, and I feel like for a lot of guys it was too much going on for them to check here and check there, if this happens and that happens. Then nine times out of ten, a team will throw something out there that we weren’t prepared for, and then the adjustment to it, we had to get use to and try to make it happen and make plays.”
There always was just constantly a change with whatever was going on and how everybody was playing it.”
I understand what Dareus is saying, it is the coach’s responsibility to make sure the system and players match and if the players aren’t getting it, adjust accordingly.
Ryan didn’t adjust and now he is out of a job.