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5 hours ago, HOUSE said:

Edmunds is clearly injured, off season surgery would not surprise

His shoulder isn’t making him leave his gap, take false steps and overrun plays.  He’s been horrible this season.  Watch some All 22 and focus on him.  His biggest issue is that teams keep running counters and cutbacks to his gap and he keeps taking himself out of plays by running with the initial flow. 

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16 minutes ago, Kwai San said:

 

Jeebus WHY do they let these PS guys start threads???  For the love of god why???

 

Ummmmm perhaps cuz he is injured???  You ever play the game?  Ever get hit real real real hard like as in seeing starts hard?  Gimme a break - the guy is injured....playing hurt and yer dissing him....smfh.

Huh? I have been a member of this forum wayyyyy longer so im not sure if you're referring to me starting the post. 

 

But ok lol

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2 minutes ago, BarleyNY said:

His shoulder isn’t making him leave his gap, take false steps and overrun plays.  He’s been horrible this season.  Watch some All 22 and focus on him.  His biggest issue is that teams keep running counters and cutbacks to his gap and he keeps taking himself out of plays by running with the initial flow. 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.buffalorumblings.com/platform/amp/2020/10/23/21527770/all-22-analysis-buffalo-bills-lb-tremaine-edmunds
 

 

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6 minutes ago, Sharky7337 said:

Huh? I have been a member of this forum wayyyyy longer so im not sure if you're referring to me starting the post. 

 

But ok lol

 

Ummmmmmmm 219 posts?????

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Just now, Sharky7337 said:

Glad you can count. Now go back to the bench rookie.

 

Beautiful....just beautiful.  You just stated my case.....

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Just now, Kwai San said:

 

Beautiful....just beautiful.  You just stated my case.....

No you clearly came in here with a toxic attitude. If you don't like the discussion dont post.

 

You painted the picture of who you are more clearly.

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Just now, Sharky7337 said:

No you clearly came in here with a toxic attitude. If you don't like the discussion dont post.

 

You painted the picture of who you are more clearly.

 

Sorry you are so butthurt....

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4 minutes ago, Kwai San said:

 

Sorry you are so butthurt....

Lol hurt over a internet post? 

 

Now that is funny.

 

The point is I have played linebacker and I wasn't near as good as these guys but I know a shoulder doesn't stop my brain and instincts.

 

Clearly I made the post a little over the top to get discussion going.

 

But if you want to contribute in a constructive way versus being a pretentious post critic, please do.

 

I don't expect everyone to agree. I will call people out for acting mightier then others for legitimate discussions. 

 

Which is what I did.

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I’ll never understand why ppl want to have these discussions mid-season. We have all off-season with nothing better to do than argue about this.


Right now, we need them both. Edmunds needs to step up and Milano needs to get back healthy. Ceilings, contracts, potential, injuries, all be damned right now. Let’s just focus on the football at hand

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I think he's our most important Defensive player...

https://theathletic.com/2160660/2020/10/25/bills-jets-jerry-hughes?source=user-shared-article

Bills’ third-down revival and Matt Milano’s return are not coincidental

So, what was a big reason for their third-down revival? The presence of linebacker Matt Milano sure helped. After a two-week absence, the Bills welcomed Milano back on a pitch count against the Jets. He wasn’t an every-down starter just yet, but there was a clear plan of attack from the coaching staff for Milano to make the Bills a better defense. Milano took only 15 snaps, all coming on third downs, on fourth downs and at the end of each half. He provided excellent run support, and his read on fourth-and-1 helped force the running back wide to get the Jets off the field. He was also solid in coverage, and when asked to, threatened the Jets as a blitzer. The statistics backed up how much better the Bills were when Milano was on the field. The Jets gained 190 yards total. They gained only 16 of those yards when Milano was playing. The Jets tallied, on average, only 1.1 yards per play when the Bills used Milano. While that’s very likely an unsustainable figure, it simply reinforces the point about Milano’s wide-ranging importance to the Bills’ defensive operation. Without him, the Bills are a different team.

 

 

 

 

But he can't stay healthy!!!

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1 hour ago, GoBills808 said:

 

It's a good article and an interesting read.  But picking the Jets and the Chiefs game to assess Edmunds...I kind of feel like in the latter game, Skarkrow is kind of skating over Edmunds role in some of the problems we had

 

I'm sure his point is well taken that AJ Klein being out of position or late to the party was part of the problems because I've seen it and it's been called out elsewhere.

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https://theathletic.com/2157883/2020/10/24/matt-milano-bills-contract?source=user-shared-article

Milano seems to be the glue that holds the Bills’ defense together, the straw that stirs the drink. Nobody will admit that publicly, not in an NFL locker room. McDermott and the players don’t want to excuse their lackluster defensive play by pinning it on Milano’s absence in three of the team’s six games this season. Anytime the conversation turns to a player missing time, players and coaches instinctively jump to “next man up.”

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“He does it all for us,” safety Micah Hyde said.

Added Tre’Davious White: “When he’s on the field, you have total confidence he can cover the slot receiver, cover the back coming out of the backfield and get into the backfield and make big time plays. Any time you’re missing a guy like that with that type of talent, it’s a huge blow to the team.”

 

And Jordan Poyer: “Matt is one of the best linebackers in the game.”

 

Milano’s absence is providing a glimpse of what life would be like without him flying around the field. Milano, in the final year of his contract, has been an incredible bargain as a fifth-round pick. But he’s the only member of that 2017 draft class who has had to play out the final year of his rookie contract. Both White and Dion Dawkins got new deals before the season started. In August, Milano said he “wouldn’t want to be anywhere else” other than Buffalo but also said he wasn’t focused on a new deal. He figured the business side of football would take care of itself as long as he continued his strong play.

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“Matt knows everybody around the league knows what type of player he is and what caliber player he is,” White said. “He doesn’t have to come in and try to press or do things uncharacteristic to try to prove that he’s this type of player because he’s in a contract year. Everybody around the league already knows what type of player he is when he’s on the field. You already know you’re going to get one of the best outside linebackers in the league. That’s something where everybody in this building is confident in him and he’s confident, too.”

 

Spotrac estimates the market value for Milano’s next contract at four years, $52 million, for an average annual salary of $13 million. That would put Milano in line with the contracts signed by Panthers linebacker Shaq Thompson and 49ers linebacker Kwon Alexander. 

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The Bills, meanwhile, could be tight on cap space. If the NFL salary cap is at the $173 million floor, the Bills would have just under $6 million in space this offseason. Signing Milano would mean the Bills need to shed other contracts. It would also leave less space for re-signing players like Tremaine Edmunds.

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7 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

OK, lots of LBs miss games in multiple years.  How many games, that's what I'm asking.  1 game?  3 games?

It's not just the games he misses. He's been knocked out of plenty others as well.

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6 hours ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:

I’ll never understand why ppl want to have these discussions mid-season. We have all off-season with nothing better to do than argue about this.


Right now, we need them both. Edmunds needs to step up and Milano needs to get back healthy. Ceilings, contracts, potential, injuries, all be damned right now. Let’s just focus on the football at hand


Well said Stable and to add they compliment each other.  It’s not an either or, and they are both playing hurt.  I’m just hopeful the four we need all play Sunday (Edmunds, White, Milano, and Smoke Brown).

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Fact is the Bill's are in the middle of a season where their AFC East winning chances are high and they are really thin at linebacker. They're both really important right now, what they are ultimately worth will be determined in the next couple months. Stay tuned.

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8 hours ago, Sharky7337 said:

Lol hurt over a internet post? 

 

Now that is funny.

 

The point is I have played linebacker and I wasn't near as good as these guys but I know a shoulder doesn't stop my brain and instincts.

 

Clearly I made the post a little over the top to get discussion going.

 

But if you want to contribute in a constructive way versus being a pretentious post critic, please do.

 

I don't expect everyone to agree. I will call people out for acting mightier then others for legitimate discussions. 

 

Which is what I did.

 

And that is why you get no love.  Kudos to you that you played, I too played - I seriously think that people who have played versus people who haven't have a better perspective.

 

We can agree to disagree - I personally think there is more upside to Edmunds and while I certainly will not dispute Milano is an excellent player and a huge bargain for the Bills it would seem that when the Bills are pushed up against the cap both will not be able to be signed.  Personally I would trust the Bills current brain trust to settle this situation more amicably than you and I sitting in front of a screen.  Would be sweet to see both retained.

 

Go BILLS! 

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I think that if we had a solid DL, Milano wouldn’t have to take on as many lineman and have a greater chance of staying healthy. 
 

IMO, fixing the DL would also help keep Milano on the field. It all starts in the trenches and our trenches always seem to start with the LBs. 

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I agree with your assessment but the problem is Milano is a china doll.  We are in desperate need of linebacker help.  Klein is horrible.  I cannot stand that the commentators call Edmunds a tackling machine.  He is but it is 5 -10 yards down the field . He cannot shed blocks. It would be nice to get a guy like Kerrigan from Washington 

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