Victory Formation

I’m a bigger guy, bigger than most anyways, but I like to carry the mentality of a mouse. I try to deescalate these kinds of situations when I can. It doesn’t matter if you’re 5’5 or if you’re 6’7, I’m going to try and handle every situation peacefully. If you lay hands on me or my family or an innocent person, the tiger will come out of it’s cage though.

I hope they keep Davis Webb. I see great value in him as our potential long term backup QB. Trubisky is a guy I was high on coming out of the draft and he is a guy I wanted us to sign this past offseason. I haven’t given up on him, but Webb looked better. It may not be a bad idea to keep three QBs. Webb is decent. In many ways he’s a poor man’s Josh Allen. I do suspect that Trubisky will rebound though. If not, at this point, Webb looks better. As far as DL, I think you did a pretty good job, but I would like to see us keep Daryl Johnson. Physically he’s built a lot like Groot. Will he ever be a good starting lineman? No, but I do think he can be a 4-5 sack per year kind of rotational lineman and he is also a key contributor on STs. I think fans overlook that. Put Mario Addison on IR to start the year, maybe we can game the rules a bit and hang onto as many of our guys as we can. I would also like to point out that there may be some surprise cuts. There’s no doubt in my mind that Buffalo may be eyeing cuts from around the league, mainly at RB, WR, TE and CB. I don’t think we’re done yet. Maybe a few trades happen?

You do realize that Jerry is 33 and Mario will be 34 next month, right?

If it was me, I’d cut/trade Addison. Keep Hughes as our veteran/leader type presence on defense. Daryl Johnson is probably the weakest link, not Basham, but Johnson is a very good STs player and he is also a quality backup lineman. I do think there’s a chance that he develops into a quality rotational guy. If the Bills cut him, I think they’ll regret it down the line. Ultimately I think we need to see a youth movement along the DL. Groot, Epenesa, Basham, Obada and Johnson are our future. Even without Hughes and Addison in the game, the Bills DL looked dominant and deep all along that entire DL through all 4 quarters in the game. So why not deal Addison for picks? It seems like the transition this year for our younger players will be effortles, so why hang onto older vets who cost more and will not provide as much juice?

No doubt and how many snaps did he play? Sewell will likely be in the top echelon of linemen for the next 7-8 years. What Greg did was impressive.

I would assume that Daryl Williams would take over on the left side, but I am not convinced yet that that will happen.

Mhm, yep. Can’t say I disagree, but I think our DL killed us last year. I thought our safeties were going to get killed. I really felt bad for them and of course that affects TreDavious and Levi, but these dudes should be feasting on QBs this year. This Bills DL is decadently rich with talent, from 1st string all the way to 3RD string I’m expecting Tre to be top 20 next year.

He doesn’t look to be in football shape. Looks like he lost quite a bit of muscle.

Tre had a bit of a down year but he was still very good! Can’t wait to see this dude ball hawking behind this DL.

Yes, please.

Had Boogie not of landed on him, it would have been considered a great play by him. Also, it seems like he held his ground very well. All in all, I think this Bills DL is by far the deepest unit on the entire team. Seemed like no matter what the rotation was, they did good, real good. I’m also surprised by the depth we have at LB. Ultimately I’m hoping we can add a corner or two after rosters start to get trimmed down. I think this is our weakest unit.

He is good, not great, but he is certainly our best back. I’m not a big fan of anyone behind him though.

Motor has always been good, fans were hard on him for no reason.

Honestly? The one thing that stood out to me the most was our DL. Just seemed like through all four quarters of the game that they consistently brought it. We have very good depth here all across the board. Tyler Matakevich and Andre Smith to me looked awesome, if not very good. Seems like we have good depth behind Edmunds, Milano and Klein, so I feel pretty good about this unit as well. Davis Webb I thought looked good. Surprisingly athletic and he seems like an okay backup. I would rather have him than Fromm. Singletary was very good, and I’d rather have Antonio Williams than Breida.

Rousseau was great.

I’m a Trubisky fan. I think Bills carry Allen and Trubisky, no need for a 3rd QB. Fromm goes to the PS.

Dude, you just rhymed!

Yeah, but be honest. Who would you rather talk about? The Patriots have an interesting storyline and the Redskins have faded into obscurity for the last 30 odd years.

He was a great back, although I think his YPC is a bit lower than it would have been had he played in a different offense. The Colts ran the wishbone and single back formations quite a bit because it opened up options for Peyton by spreading the ball around and by giving him multiple receiver options. For power running teams, I think these are weak formations to run the ball out of, but it’s better for pass happy teams. Edge was good. Consistently good, similarly to the way Curtis Martin was, 4-yds and a cloud of dust. I think consistency and longevity says something. For this reason I think Gore will get in someday as well.

I think with what Edmunds brings to the table and what his role is and what we use him for, he just isn’t worth paying $13M, $14M+ a season to. I think if Edmunds gets paid big dollars, it’s going to be by a team that wishes to use him as a pass rushing LB. Similar to the way the Cardinals use Reddick and similar to the way the Bucs use Barrett. Edmunds will never be an Urlacher, Kuechly or Lewis type of MLB. He does not have the instincts for that. He could thrive however in a defense where his responsibilities are dumbed down a bit, but we just inked Milano to a blockbuster deal to fill that void, so I’m having a hard time thinking that Buffalo will also sign Edmunds to big deal as well, given that we run lots of two LB sets with a big nickel, so he will primarily be a Mike if he stays here and not a WLB. Edmunds has not reached his ceiling, mainly because he is playing out of position. He has more value to other teams than he does Buffalo. Once again, as a pass rushing LB who can drop into coverage, he’s quite useful, especially since he has positional versatility and experience as an ILB as well, but ultimately, the Bills chose Milano to fill that role here, not Edmunds. Paying Edmunds big money to play out of position could prove to be deadly for Buffalo. Not only because Edmunds is a liability at MLB, but also because we would be paying big money to keep him, especially when he would have more value playing for other teams at a different position, ie WLB. Ultimately, I think we made a mistake keeping Milano. Buffalo should have drafted or signed a true MLB and Edmunds should have been bumped out to WLB.

Precautions I’m sure. Once the season is lost, I’m sure they’ll put him right in. Gardner Minshew is Fitzmagic 2.0. He doesn’t have the tools physically of a good QB, but there’s no denying that he is smart. Let Lawrence pick his brain for 6-7 games and then trade Minshew for picks next year, I’m sure someone would take him.

Once again, I think it’s because of the level of difficulty that they face. QBs like Allen, Rodgers, Mahomes and Prescott were essentially thrown into the fire as college QBs, so when they went to the NFL, it almost made things easier in some ways because the talent differential equalized. It’s much different when you have Nick Saban as your HC and your fed baby food throughout your career. By the time they get to the NFL they still can’t handle solid food.

Or Wyoming. Generally speaking though, big programs like Alabama and OSU produce very few decent QBs, let alone great ones. Too many star players around them and when they get to the NFL, they no longer have that edge and it’s not so easy anymore. Obviously you can’t rule out X player because he went to X school. If we did that, we wouldn’t have Allen, but the difference is, Allen stood out as a man amongst boys on a very weak roster. Burrow, Hurts, Jones and Tua etc were literally just cogs in the machine.

Oh, that’s right… his pec. Was it Ford who had the shoulder issues? Anyways, I’m right with you on Ford. I think he’s average at best, but he’s their golden boy, they traded up to get him so they’re reluctant to admit that he sucks.

Feliciano? Was it his pec? Or was it his shoulder? I don’t remember. I will say this, I am excited to see him at LG and Ford at RG. This makes sense to me. Anyways, as far as Williams goes.. I don’t see him as an elite player but I’d put RT only behind LT and OC as far as importance goes on the OL. He’s making what? $8M-$10M a year? That’s great value, I can’t complain.