Brand J
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That’s tough. REALLY tough seeing NE listed under “division leaders.”
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At least the Texans beating the Titans will distract from this performance a bit this week. But I think it’s obvious: the Bills are not a Super Bowl contender this year. They’re a good team that plays great against lesser squads, but I don’t have faith in them winning it all given their ails.
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If you told me Trubisky would be in the game running the O in the 4th Q I would’ve expected a Bills blowout.
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Belichick takes away the one thing you do best on offense. Seems the Bills D just runs their nickel zone regardless of the opponent.
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Is Vernon Butler still making close to $10M/yr? How big was that paycut he took?
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Do the Patsies* led by a rookie QB, trail this same Colts team 7-38 on this day?
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Maybe if the Bills had waited until after the season to extend Allen, they could’ve got a discount 🥴
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We’re 0-3 in one score games. 6-0 in all others. Today the Bills got curb stomped after looking lackluster since the Titans L.
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Josh has been off all game.
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The inconsistency in calls is what’s maddening. This L isn’t on the refs, but Indy has had drives extended by calls whereas the Bills have not - and deserved some calls.
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Stadium looks MUCH more empty. Can’t blame the fans.
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Has Epenesa been on the field? Too many day 2 draft whiffs by Beane, we’re seeing the result of that this season.
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1 minute ago, CorkScrewHill said:
My goodness .. you stated anything else is speculation and then speculated he came back because the Bills were good last year and his wife was nagging him .. did he tell you this or do you know because you work at Facebook or GOOGLE.. since they know everything about everyone?
Star himself said he was sitting at home watching the team’s success and wished he was a part of it. He also mentioned his wife nagging him at home. I just incorporated that into my speculation - and that’s all it was meant to be: my perspective. Chill out.
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11 minutes ago, JohnNord said:
If it was too dangerous for him to play with the threat of COVID last year with his condition, why would he decide to play with the threat still being there and not take the best prevention against it?
Only Star can answer that, anything else is speculative. I speculate he used the virus as an excuse to take the year off. I remember reading a quote that “Star doesn’t love football, he loves his family.” After watching the Bills have success all the way to the AFC Championship game and getting nagged by the wife at home, he realized he wasn’t ready to hang up the cleats and even said something to that effect at the start of the year. It gave him a fresh and renewed desire to play and he got himself into the best shape of his career coming into the season and was posting numbers that weren’t seen since his earlier years in Carolina. His play has tailed off a bit, so I do hope he doesn’t take months to recuperate like Dawkins. He needs to come back to playing at a high level ASAP.
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If Star does have a pre-existing condition, his heart may not have anything to do with it.
Quote"Testing performed a week [after the combine] ... showed that, compared to the tests previously obtained, the heart muscle function appeared to have improved," Stehlik wrote. "A treadmill stress test showed normal response of the heart to exercise, and an ambulatory EKG monitor revealed normal findings. This evaluation suggested that the initial heart function abnormality was likely transient, possibly resulting from a viral infection.
"A follow-up heart imaging test obtained on March 27, 2013, showed complete normalization of the heart muscle function."
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/utah-dt-star-lotulelei-cleared-for-football-without-restriction/
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Just now, YoloinOhio said:
Colts aren’t that healthy. They have a lot of guys who are playing injured. Not unlike a lot of teams at this point of the season.
Just read Leonard has been in on 9 turnovers for the Colts all while playing on a bum ankle the entire season. Wow.
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6 minutes ago, msw2112 said:
Lynch is an NFL legend who played for the Bills, but he's not a Bills legend. Thus, although I like what Lynch has "matured" into, I don't see him being the right guy for this kind of honor. In Seattle, yes, in Buffalo no. That said, I'm most interested in what goes in during the 60 minutes of the game and don't expend too much mental energy on fluff stuff like this. The coaches and players can focus on the Colts and the marketing department can focus on Marshawn Lynch.
Yeah I agree. He’s much more a Seahawk than a Bill and will retire with Seattle if he hasn’t already.
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I’m all for a Singletary/Breida or Moss/Breida approach to the running game, but I don’t like Singletary/Moss as I feel they’re too similar. Would have liked to see one of the two moved, but I get it - we’re not getting much in return for either. Perhaps the mistake was drafting Moss a year after spending a 3rd on Singletary when both run in the 4.6s.
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8 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:
I dont think it was a mistake to pick up Edmunds' option. But I dont think he deserves much of a 2nd contract either. If we can get him on a team friendly deal, like we have with Milano, Dawkins, and White, then I'm for keeping him around. Just not at top LB money.
Sure, it is tough to know exactly what is being asked of Edmunds vs how he is performing, but, we do have an easy comparison to make with Luke Kuechly who played the same position in the same defense, and who had the same Draft Position and similar grading. And as far as my eyes tell me, Edmunds is not performing as well as Kuechly did.
However, even if he is underperforming, it seems that LBs take a longer time to "season" and often can turn major corners in their careers at the 6-7 year mark. That's why I'm up for keeping him around on a reasonable deal.
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12 minutes ago, 34-78-83 said:
I don't feel like Erik has a bias toward any of the Bills players. He's been doing this for a while now and they focus specifically on the Bills because of the demand for this content from Bills fans. They do reviews of other NFL teams too. He is just an example, not alone on an island. And he's been doing it for a long time. And He was critical of Edmunds shortcomings prior to this season. Mostly, you can see the scheme responsibilities with your own eyes by watching our team in depth. I use my 42 years of watching the game, many of those in our stadium, my understanding of schemes from researching, and a little bit of coaching kids and having to tech these schemes to them (just the basics) and I use the all 22 that was finally added back into gamepass to help with validation of things I think I see during the games. I don't stay stats are for losers, but stats based on grading and assumptions are fairly useless. Like coverage rating against. Sam Monson himself has explained that THAT stat is decided upon by the defender closest to the receiver at the time of the reception. How freaking valid do you think THAT is in a scheme such as this? How much man coverage do you think TE is involved in? People that still believe Edmunds isn't a well rounded player, performing at a high level THIS season are quite simply stuck on things that they are not actually witnessing.... Or maybe just maybe grading systems that are flawed. All in all he is getting the D into the proper sets pre snap, reading his keys and gap responsibilities well, taking away masses of passing opportunities (WATCH THE VIDEOS WITH THE SOUND OFF IF YOU THINK THERE IS SOME NARRATOR BIAS) and flying around with violence to the ball carrier game in and game out. Baldy has some good breakdowns too. Do you think these guys like Erik and Baldy get some benefit for lying and saying that a certain Bills player is performing better than they actually are? So yes I CAN refute things like "passer rating against" by utilizing these film reviews combined with my own watching of the game and the all 22. I am not alone here there are a ton of astute fans on this forum that understand the game at a high level. If you like I can take some time and present a massive pile of examples of misleading stats that happen all the time for you. Theres quite a few sitting right there in our own Bills/Jets game from yesterday. Although you have declared it as an "I'll go with my stats and you go with your film reviews" end of debate, they are not of equal weight. NFL teams buy the RAW data from these statistical and analytics providers, not the grades. They grade the same way these folks like Erik Turner do. Analytics is indeed massively important for getting an edge in a lot of ways. The Bills seem to understand and use the statistics properly.
Not going to go back and forth with you on this since it’s clear we disagree on Edmunds’ assessment. I don’t feel he’s an all pro, or even pro bowl caliber linebacker. You probably do and that’s okay. The video above where Erik breaks down what Edmunds is doing right can easily be countered by another video that highlights the times he fills the wrong gap, overruns the play, fails to disengage from blocks, misses the tackle (he has a high number of these btw), and so on and so forth. The Bills defense is playing well, so there’s praise all around. Edmunds isn’t a bad linebacker, he’s just not the difference maker or game changer you think he is. He’s just not. The fact AJ Klein could step in and the defense doesn’t miss much at that position (with Star out) is pretty damning. I believe Klein had 2 TFLs in that game alone, while Edmunds has 3 total on the season! It’s not “I’ll go with stats, you go with film review” because as I said you can find anything to fit a narrative. If I had the time and game tape I could easily put together a lowlight video that would make Edmunds look like the worst linebacker in the league. You could do that for any player. Short videos highlighting the instances he did his job successfully - on those particular plays - do not define the player just as a lowlight video would not.
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Love Cover 1 and the effort Erik puts into his evaluations, but are you saying he’s the only one who understands our defense? You can find video (or stats) on anything to support a narrative. I guarantee you Sam Monson and the folks at PFF could put video together on Edmunds that you couldn’t refute. But I’m sure you’d chalk it up as “not understanding Edmunds role in the defense” since they’re not as high on the player as Erik. I’m not only citing gradings, I’m citing Edmunds’ actual stats on the season as well, but go ahead and tell me stats are for losers. You have your perspective and I have mine, neither is going to change the other so we can leave it at that.
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33 minutes ago, 34-78-83 said:
Wake up people, He's playing well against the run and pass this season. Look at the film reviews. use google and search cover 1 Bills - there is plenty there both visually and as described (often by Nick Turner). He's doing way more than you give him credit for. Sudden, aggressive, physicality. Its all there. He's done exactly what they want him to , and probably more. This is not opinion. Its only opinion when you're guessing or things are left for interpretation. Its there on video for you to see. They not only show the plays but they describe what he is doing according to the scheme. Facts are facts, they are not debatable and you don't get to decide that they are not true. Game Pass is great when the all 22 works. I have it. It Helps. But the good news is you don't even need it because of these video film reviews out there, as referenced. This is a matter of people admitting they have a predetermined narrative. Those that do will see the major difference in Tremaine this season. Those that don't will blab on.
I don’t hate Edmunds and any criticism of his game shouldn’t be looked at as such. Some around here are staunch defenders of him, no matter how he produces on the field. He’s an above average linebacker, nothing more. And that’s mostly due to his measureables, not his instincts. He has 3 TFLs in 8 games this year despite playing nearly 100% of the defensive snaps. I’ll remind you he plays MLB. He has 2 passes defensed, 1 INT, 0 QB sacks and 0 QB hits for the entire time he’s been on the field (can’t count the QB hit he was called for on a personal foul even if I didn’t agree with the call). Those are facts and not debatable. We don’t like PFF around here, but the league uses their research and numbers, you even see their positional group rankings at the start of prime time games. Edmunds is currently graded as 50 on the year, which leaves a lot to be desired. Do they hate him as well? Before this season started Coach McDermott said they needed more splash plays out of him and Ed Oliver. Edmunds best year statistically was his rookie season, he hasn’t come close to those numbers since. Again, I don’t hate the player, I wish he was an All Pro for selfish reasons. But he’s not. Not even close. Despite what some around here would like to believe.
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Thought Allen’s INT was indeed an INT until that last replay that showed the reception from an endzone angle. That ball absolutely hit the ground. Did the player have full control when it happened? I didn’t think so.
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12 hours ago, LABILLBACKER said:
Well said and all true. Tremaine is probably the best pass coverage mlb to ever play in Buffalo. But he is different from Klein. He does more of the traditional things a mlb is known for. I'm not denying this is a very frustrating scenario for fans. But in the end it will be Sean's call as to Edmunds future?
I agree Edmunds is much more of a coverage linebacker than a downhill one, but it’s only because of his sheer size to dissuade pass attempts. He doesn’t deflect many passes (3 PD all last year and 2 this year so far) and QBs have a high rating when throwing his way. There were plenty of passes over the middle this last game with Klein in there, but the same was true of the Titans game when Edmunds was in there.
11/21 Colts at Bills, Postgame Postmortem Thread
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I would’ve been all for a defensive gameplan that sold out to stop the run. I don’t care if you put 8 or 9 in the box, don’t let Taylor beat you. Bills played 4 down lineman all game, 7 box looks the majority of the game. Never adjusted.