Rubes

Gotta appreciate the honesty here.

Yep, kinda the whole point of the thread...

If that's the case, why are we so stinkin' bad at stopping the run??

Right…and most people, I would argue, were really interested to see how Poona and Settle would perform in this defense, given their promising careers before coming here.

Seems like it’s been a long time since the Bills had a difference-maker at DT. Not for a lack of trying, though—the Bills have drafted guys (not many) and brought a bunch in as free agents over the years, but almost entirely without substantial success. Oliver had a really good year in 2023, but that’s about it. DaQuon was looking pretty good that year too until the injury. Other than those two performances, the best we’ve had is really just average, with most performances ranking below average. We’ve brought guys in with varied backgrounds and skill sets, only to watch most of them disappoint or perform below expectations. Going back to 2020 that list includes guys like: Brandin Bryant Star Lotulelei Vernon Butler Poona Ford Tim Settle Austin Johnson Jordan Phillips Dewayne Carter Linval Joseph Granted, almost none of these guys were known to be, or were expected to develop into, difference-makers. I mean, for the most part we’ve gotten what we paid for—average, at best, though you could argue it’s even less than that. Then you look at what Poona and Settle did after leaving the Bills and having impact years, it starts to make you wonder… Is it the Bills defensive system more than the players? Is this a system that just doesn’t bring out the best in this position? If we drafted or brought in a true blue chipper at DT, would he just also underperform or disappoint? Or is it really just that we have underinvested in the position and it’s purely the lack of high-end talent that is the limitation?

In the world where you're trying to make an argument about a "trifecta"...😛

If only you had just left the Lions off of your list...

Yeah but 3034 would mean over 1000 void years on a single contract...

3034 is a pretty long time away...would they even allow that many void years?

I think this is just his way of highlighting the "It's time to move on from McDermott" thread.

Just as long as he promises to double check with the refs whenever he declares himself as eligible on a play. 😛

Not that it matters, but you youngins don't recall that waaay back in Super Bowl XII (Cowboys stomped the Broncos 27-10, the defense forcing 8! turnovers) they awarded the MVP to two players, Harvey Martin & Randy White from the defensive line. The DL dominated in general, but they gave it to those two. According to history, "The voters actually wanted to name the entire 11-man starting defensive lineup as co-MVPs, and asked the NFL if this was acceptable. The league said no, and so two players were picked for the award." I could have seen something like that happening this year, but maybe it was just too tough to pick two of them. FYI, Denver QB Craig Morton's passer rating for the game was 0.0, the lowest in Super Bowl history.

The irony of it all is that they just needed one more TD to make the Super Bowl. (or one more stop, but still.)

Holy smokes…

All I want is for us to grab a difference maker on defense and then go out and have a 1985 Chicago Bears-style season next year to close out the Ralph. Is that asking too much???