BullBuchanan

It's a non-issue. Play through the whistle. Pushing piles has been a part of football as long as I can remember. It's just getting more coverage now because of the special QB sneak rule. I remember it happening downfield my whole life.

You can't fix OL mid-season. So, you either try to improve in areas that can make up for OL deficiency (pass catchers) or do nothing and pray that what never worked before suddenly starts working now for now reason. It looks like we'll choose the latter.

I'd give him $6-$8. Why should he make as much as Milano when Milano is the far superior player?

People say this all the time, but his analytics against the pass throughout his career are terrible - less so this year, but still not "1 of 1" or anywhere approaching elite. I guess I'm just not wowed that he has athleticism that lets him be in a position to make a play if his brain never tells him when it's time to make the play. Being a "deterrent" against the pass is just not an impressive trait for me. I get what you're saying about how so few LBs have that athleticism, but give me a guy with 50% less athleticism that hits 25% harder and sheds blocks 25% better and I'll make that trade every single day and twice on Sundays. He's been in this league 5 years and we're still talking potential. He is what he is- which is a good not great LB that can sorta do one thing in a very specific defensive role. Don't ask him to tackle RBs or sack the QB because that's not his job. Just marvel at the way he drifts downfield with a TE while a player scoots by him to pick up monster yards on 3rd and long.

He's not being paid for his blocking abilities. You can always sign Lee Smith at a vet minimum contract to do that.

When you're the MLB and also praised for your otherworldly athleticism and physical gifts and are talked about like you're elite - it would be nice if you could shed a block or make an impact tackle once in a while. We defended the run just fine without him, and that's not a celebration of his backups.

I don't see many people hating Knox the player. I see a lot of people hating his contract and usage.

Maybe 10 years from now. I haven't watched him much this year, but through last year Rodgers was still plenty mobile.

Josh initiates most contact outside of the pocket. As long as he doesn't take an illegal hit, I'm really not worried about him getting significantly injured running the ball any more than I am him dropping back for a pass. He's 6-5 245. I'm more worried for the defender.

He's significantly better.

Do we want the jets to lose or would we rather they win and put more talented teams on the hot seat? They arent a threat to our postseason unless we lose. Same with the titans. I'm FAR more worried about the dolphins and even how we match up against the chargers.

He will need at minimum 1 and ideally multiple championships to get in I think unless he keeps up production for a crazy long time, like another 8 years. There are so many great WRs today that I don't know if he separates. He's at his peak right now and I don't know if I'd take him over a peak Adams, Hopkins, Julio, or even a guy like Antonio Brown in his prime. Against the stars of today like Kupp, Jefferson and Hill I don't know if you can make an argument that he's better than 4th. There's no question he's an elite player of his era, but I think he's going to have to collect some hardware to separate himself from the pack.

thanks for backing me up? exactly. was nice to see him finally get some minor involvement

I really liked what i saw from cook last night. I hope heavy usage continues for him down the stretch and we find more creative ways to involve him in the passing game.

Judon is an EDGE, not a middle linebacker. Almost like we played one of the worst QBs in the league last night 🤷‍♂️. Why do you think he's a "leader"?

Did we watch the same game? My favorite part was when he gives up on pursuit of this runner when he's within 2 yards of him. A close second is watching him perform his signature move - getting caught in the trash on this 3rd and 18 run:

You can't have an experiment when you've done literally 0 testing or analysis. What are you even talking about? He hasn't played.

You kind of have to throw Kelce out of the equation. He's so elite that it doesn't make sense to use him as a comparison for any other player. He might be the most dominant player at a given position that I've seen since Gretzky in that no other tight end is even playing the same sport he is.

I hated the extension terms. I thought he was worth half of what he got paid, but TE's are hard to come by in this league and they probably figured it was better to be all in on an above average talent than to not have one at all. I'm not sure if it's his fault or Allen's but I've never seen him catch a pass that he doesn't have to leap and outstretch his arms to to sideline for. He's not a threat as a route runner, doesn't have great hands and doesn't seem to have tremendous on-field speed, though he is pretty good with the ball in his hands.

Which ranked him 42nd in the league in BOTH total YAC and first downs. in 2020 he was 33 and 16th respectively. Those two solid, but unspectacular years that marked his peak as a player. At that peak he was a "solid" b+ tier player. At no point did he ever approach anything close to elite except in the minds of Bills fans. He had less production than Stevie Johnson did across all metrics.

Don't exaggerate my meaning. i didn't say that he was terrible at his peak, I said he "was never that good", and he wasn't. He was never an elite player at any point in his career where he never eclipsed 1000 yards, 6 touchdowns and just barely scraped by 350 yards of YAC once. If you needed a player to catch the ball and fall down, he was ok at that, but he had several clutch time drops too on key downs. He was an adequate player that benefited from a system where he saw heavy utilization - not unlike John Brown. He was a top 50 guy for a minute, but not the elite player that folks in Buffalo thought he was. A lot of players would have been as or more successful int he same position.

Dude is beyond washed up and he was never that good to begin with. We're better off without his 0 YAC.

Because the other guy got injured? How enlightening. They both played behind later round rookies. I actually really like Elam as a player and I think he's flashed some, but your reasoning here (or lack thereof) is ridiculous.

Rhodes has been unemployed in a passing league. Unless you're planning to turn back the clock to 2014, I'm not sure he's going to be the upgrade you think he is.

Why? Dawkins has been awful this year. His slow feet have been getting beat on the edge every game.