Archives for March 2021

‘“Ed’s playing really well, and if people want to just look at sack numbers, he doesn’t have those,” General Manager Brandon Beane said. “But he impacts the game, not only the pass game, but the run game, and he’s growing, he’s learning. But at the end of the day, the sacks will come, I think, as he continues to learn the game and learn how people are playing him and blocking him. Ed faces a lot of doubles, too, so it’s not the easiest road for him. But I thought he definitely took a step up from Year One to Year Two. He might have started slow, this year but I thought three-quarters of the year he played really well and helped our defense.”’

‘As it turns out, Watt had everyone fooled. The Cardinals were not on any list of finalists for his services. As late as Sunday, the Bills were seriously thought to be in the running. A report from ESPN suggested that Watt had narrowed his choices to three to five teams, and the Bills were among them.’

‘”I just said, felt like, you know, Josh Allen, your franchise quarterback, the offensive line, some issues there with free agency,” Kiper said. “You could get a versatile offensive tackle, might be the way to go.”‘

‘The account he found used the name “kJWatt,” the “kJ” perhaps a fun reference to ‘kilojoules,’ a unit of energy that Peloton uses to measure “total output.” Or maybe Watt and his wife, Kealia, shared the account and ‘kJ’ was a combination of their first initials. At any rate, the profile had nearly 17,000 followers and included a photo of J.J. Watt in his Houston Texans uniform.’

‘Milano, who turns 27 in July, is in the prime of his career. He’s the type of instinctual, three-down linebacker that every defense in today’s NFL needs. The Bills’ record when Milano played in 2020 shows that – the team was 12-1 when he was in the lineup, with the only loss coming to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship game.’