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The Bills had pretty much a top 5 defense during Edmunds tenure. So its hard to say he was misused, just differently. Why would the Bills feel the need to change that if it was working? Now with a change to Bernard they are adjusting to what will make the D most successful, which has been much more blitzing Bernard and putting Bernard in better position for these types of plays. Also people have such short term memories. Last season first three games vs this season were much tougher yet the D possibly played even better...just look at the QB's last year vs this year. 2022 LAR - 10 points and 240 yards with 7 sacks and 3 turnovers to Stafford TEN - 7 points and 187 yards with 2 sacks and 4 turnovers to Tannehill MIA - 21 points and 212 yards with 2 sacks and 0 turnovers to Tua 2023 NYJ - 22 points and 289 yards with 3 sacks and 1 turnover to Zach Wilson LAV - 10 points and 240 yards with 0 sacks and 3 turnovers to Jimmy G WAS - 3 points and 230 yards with 9 sacks and 5 turnovers to Sam Howell

It is true. Edmunds blitzed 18 times all last season. Bernard has already blitzed 7 in 3 games. The way Edmunds was used did impact the number of splashy plays he made. Honestly he made more of those plays early in his career when he had less responsibility. You can watch some of the earlier film on him and he is all of the field when they have him blitzing, etc. Then he became a guy that just manned the middle of the field and sometimes dropped back with the safeties.

Not to mention only 1 catch. So 1 drop, 1 catch and 1 int when targeting him.

Word is Harty had a very good 2021 and McK had a 2022 solidifying we need to get rid of him. I would argue the stats are not much different and even if they were exactly the same the narrative would be the same. Its the old "we know player x, we dont know new player y they just signed he must be awesome". 2021 Harty = 36 rec, 570 yards, 3 TD, success rate 50%, 23 1st D 2022 McK = 42 rec, 433 yards, 4 TD, success rate 59%, 27 1st D

Why are people so quick to say it’s a Dorsey thing not Harry? He has been in the league 5 years and his best year is 36 rec for 500 yards. That is basically McK production from last year. The guy has like 800 yards total in his fifth year and it’s not him but we are not using him right? I guess no one has used him right then.

Agree 100% on Harty. I was never high on him but still expected some speed on punt returns or occasional use as a speed guy. But on Sunday there was a play he could not even get separation with a LB on him. The end arounds and short stuff to him has shown nothing. Honestly looks slower and less running vision than McK. Bernard has been on an upward trend since the second half of the Jets game. He has proven to me he can be a cover guy, blitz, etc. Still not sure how it goes vs a team that tries to bully us and establish the run. But the small sample size has been trending in the right direction.

What happened to the Fins have Tua who cares?

Lets see how they look this week. I dont count NYJ, LAV or WAS as good indicators of anything. We have allowed essentially the same amount of points as last year through 3 games but last year it was LAR, TEN, MIA and actually held them all to less yards than this year. People quickly forget...

All the numbers mean is both teams are good. The Dolphins numbers indicate they likely have a more exp0losive offense, Bills likely a better D. But three games worth of stats dont mean much other than confirming what was expected of the teams so far. Wilson, Jimmy G, and Howell... What he said

Someone posted the rushing yards per carry. I have no idea why Wash did not try to run the ball. You look at the first few drives or even the entire first half when the game was still close. The first drive had two runs for 7 and 5 yards, yet they threw on 6 of 8 plays. The next they go out and its run, two passes and punt. The next drive is 1 run not including he end around in 8 plays. Then 3 straight passes ending with an int. Lastly a 10 yard run to end the. So they essentially had 4 drives and gave Robinson the rock 5 times for 20 yards in what was mostly a close game. Too little too late when they come out and have more success in the second half running it 5 times for 46 yards on the first drive that still ends in an int when they go back to passing in the end zone. Next drive they run twice for 6 and 13 yards before passing it 4 straight plays again. Meanwhile its still only a 16-0 game...I have no clue why Wash thought they had Mahomes back at QB. If they just ran the ball this is likely a much closer game.

I am happy with the D. But we cant ignore 9 of our 12 sacks came in the last game. That skews the numbers quite a bit. Not to mention 4 of the 9 came when the game was 30-0. But like I said I think the D is looking solid. Lets see how this goes next week.

Wilson had his best game of the season vs us and passer rating of 81.4 Jimmy G was a 68.9 and his game was below average. Howell at 41.5 stunk and drives the average down a ton. Was easily his worst game of the season.

Facts bro. Just facts.

But he is not married...

They have a ton of cap room next year and its a big dead cap hit so I see him there at least this year and next. They can get out in 2025 with under $5m in dead cap so that will be when they either restrux or cut him loose. Likely depends on where team is at that point. Are they paying Fields or another QB? They have to spend the money somewhere.

A.J. - Must be first name in Beane's phone...

From that pic you can see Milano is an easy 25lbs+ heavier than Bernard.

That sucks. We do have a knack for getting guys to retire. What the heck are we saying to these guys.

He has given up 9 yards on 5 receptions in coverage. That is less than 2 yards per

Thats the tank plan. Then they draft Marvin Harrison Jr to pair with Chase and Higgins.

Way too early but... Edmunds 2 Tackles for Loss to Bernard 0 Edmunds 15 solo tackles to Bernard 7 Edmunds -3 yards after catch to Bernard 29 yards Edmunds 1.8 yards per completion to Bernard 11.7 per

That stat is an odd one. So player A chases down a guy on a sweep after 3 yards all the way to the sideline and his depth = 3.0. Player B is too slow to get to the sideline and guy turns the corner for 10 yards and it does nothing to Player B depth. Same goes for run up the middle you fight off a block and get the tackle after 2 yards = depth 2.0. Other guy gets completely blocked and makes no play so no impact. Maybe after 10 plus games this creates some meaning but its kind of useless. You get taken out of plays and it has no impact, but you make a tough tackle and your depth can look bad? Especially for ILB. Maybe a DT this has more meaning.

The funny thing about this board is everything has to be extreme. The Bills did not sign Edmunds so he has to suck, be worse than Bernard, Bears are stupid, etc. It cant be that he is a good player, the Bills would have love to keep him, just were not wanting to spend $20M on him or any MLB. If they signed him we would still have an anti-Edmunds group but many that now say he is not worth the money or Bernard is fine would be celebrating how we got him for less than Roquan Smith. Its ok for him to be good and not be on the Bills anymore.

But Garoppolo is a winner. All he does is win yet no one wants him...

This Edmunds guy must be out of the league if he is not making that play.