Young Bills “D” Is the Key

Everybody is talking about how in 2009 the Buffalo Bills and its offense, led by Trent Edwards, is going to have to lead this team into the playoffs, but the news flash is Trent Edwards and Turk Schonert are baby-stepping their way into improvements. The point is if the Bills get anywhere it’s because their defense got them there. You can argue any way you want to, but Dick Jauron is a defensive minded coach who preaches ball control and sound defensive play. For the past three years Jauron’s play-calling has been pretty Vanilla.  Granted the Bills defense is fairly young and you don’t want to throw too much at them to overwhelm them. This year though, the play-book has to be opened. Donte Whitner and Paul Posluszny make a nice core to build around, but there are a lot of young players on the squad that need to really make a name for themselves. Leodis McKelvin needs to show that he can handle a full time role at CB.  Ashton Youboty and Reggie Corner need to step ... (link)