klos63 Posted December 3, 2020 Posted December 3, 2020 4 hours ago, TC in St. Louis said: I am eating crow this morning. you and 100% of Bills fans.
Saxum Posted December 3, 2020 Posted December 3, 2020 Let us hope this leads to "AJ Klein named AFC Defensive Player of the Month" 2
Buddo Posted December 3, 2020 Posted December 3, 2020 Congratulations to AJ. Well deserved for not just last week, but the previous couple of weeks as well. Â While I didn't jump on the bandwagon of criticism, I would have to admit having been decidedly unimpressed with his play previously. Â Credit, and some annoyance, should go to the coaching staff for actually now putting him in a position where his strengths are being used. The annoyance is for it taking as long as it did. Â I think there's a genuine case to be made for having all 3 LBers on the field a lot more, when Milano returns, particularly against run heavy teams, where Milano could be dropped into coverage when the play calls for it.
NickelCity Posted December 3, 2020 Posted December 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, Buddo said: Credit, and some annoyance, should go to the coaching staff for actually now putting him in a position where his strengths are being used. The annoyance is for it taking as long as it did. Â I think there's a genuine case to be made for having all 3 LBers on the field a lot more, when Milano returns, particularly against run heavy teams, where Milano could be dropped into coverage when the play calls for it. Â Absolutely. And I'm eager to see how it shakes out when Milano is back (in terms of how and when they use Klein). 1
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted December 3, 2020 Posted December 3, 2020 7 hours ago, A Firm Tree Does Not Fear said: but the bag of donuts... upgraded to a pallet of doughnuts 1
sven233 Posted December 3, 2020 Posted December 3, 2020 Congrats to him. He is playing much better than he was early in the season. Credit the coaching staff for changing the way they were using him. They are playing more to his strengths and are trying to hide his weaknesses.  Make no mistake about it, though......if Milano is healthy and ready to go, he plays and it isn't even close. A good team with good coaching could easily find a way to exploit Klein as he is still below average in terms of athleticism. Not knocking him or his improvement, though. It will be good to have him and use him and his positives in certain situations, though.
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 3, 2020 Posted December 3, 2020 3 hours ago, Niagara Dude said: Talk to me after the Steelers game I will  (if I remember)
billsbackto81 Posted December 3, 2020 Posted December 3, 2020 7 hours ago, dave mcbride said: He had a very good game, but this award is a joke.  Joey Bosa deserved that award, and it ain’t debatable. Only winners get awards. Maybe there's a second place ribbon lying around somewhere. It took awhile but Frazier finally figured out that AJ is best suited as a "seek and destroy" player and not it coverage situations. He's been awesome in Blitz packages and keeping plays in front of him. That one sack last game when he side stepped the blocker on his way to the QB was beautiful.Â
CSBill Posted December 3, 2020 Posted December 3, 2020 8 hours ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said:  My God. Rex Ryan was right when he said.. The Bills Defense will improve as the season progresses   First thing Rex got right about Defense and Bills in 6 years. 1 2
JerseyBills Posted December 3, 2020 Posted December 3, 2020 He's a ferocious blitzer. I'm convinced his turnaround and the D as a whole came when Edmunds got fully healthy. I want to say it was the Sea game where I noticed Edmunds looked way different 10 minutes ago, CSBill said:  First thing Rex got right about Defense and Bills in 6 years. FactualÂ
BananaB Posted December 3, 2020 Posted December 3, 2020 Good for him. I think everyone ***** on him at some point this season, nice to see him start playing better. He had a heck of a game Sunday.Â
Ray Finkel Posted December 3, 2020 Posted December 3, 2020 9 hours ago, TC in St. Louis said: I am eating crow this morning. You are not alone.
Saint Doug Posted December 3, 2020 Posted December 3, 2020 9 hours ago, dave mcbride said: He had a very good game, but this award is a joke.  Joey Bosa deserved that award, and it ain’t debatable. Which defensive player had the bigger impact on the outcome of the game?
without a drought Posted December 4, 2020 Posted December 4, 2020 I think I may send him a bag of donuts, a hot pretzel and a hot dog . Â
machine gun kelly Posted December 4, 2020 Posted December 4, 2020 Happy they found a way to get him used to his strengths.  Now that Milano is practicing, they may be able to use Milano in a pitch count to ease him back this Monday so we can try more base defense against Pittsburgh.  A good problem to have, but I wouldn’t expect sweeping changes as the abills strategy has been all along to have a nickel defense.
Doc Posted December 4, 2020 Posted December 4, 2020 I think making him into LoRax 2.0 would be the smart move.
PrimeTime101 Posted December 4, 2020 Posted December 4, 2020 Lust wondering.. When Milano is back do we run 3 LB sets now and then?
Motor26 Posted December 4, 2020 Posted December 4, 2020 Glad that Frazier and McDermott decided to change the scheme to play to his strengths. Dude looks like a beast coming in on the blitz.
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