Mark Gaughan: Jerry Hughes remains as critical as ever to Bills' front four

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

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The 33-year-old Hughes remains as critical as ever to the success of the Bills’ front four.

 

Hughes still has the best pure speed edge-rush move of the six defensive ends on the roster. He still leads the team in pressures on the quarterback, and he still leads the defensive ends in playing time – the truest test of who the coaches trust the most.

 

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Hughes has played 58% of the defensive snaps. Last year he played 59%. Rookie Greg Rousseau is second among defensive ends at 50% of the snaps.

 

 

[NewEra]

Beast.  Dude is firing off the ball just as fast as when he was a kid 

[The Jokeman]

He and Addison are cogs in the rotation and feel both also teachers to our young guys. I'd welcome one back next year at a reduced salary and maybe other as a coach.

[Patrick Duffy]

22 minutes ago, The Jokeman said:

He and Addison are cogs in the rotation and feel both also teachers to our young guys. I'd welcome one back next year at a reduced salary and maybe other as a coach.

I don't think Jerry will be here next season. Possibly Addison either, but imo if one of them stays I think maybe Addison could have the better chance than Jerry unfortunately. 

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

8 minutes ago, Sheneneh Jenkins said:

I don't think Jerry will be here next season. Possibly Addison either, but imo if one of them stays I think maybe Addison could have the better chance than Jerry unfortunately. 

why?

 

cap space 2022 $15,358,479

 

Can Jerry be replaced with that?

 

(I thought that they had more)

 

 

2023 cap space

$76,745,875
 

[Patrick Duffy]

Just now, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said:

why?

 

cap space 2022 $15,358,479

 

Can Jerry be replaced with that?

 

(I thought that they had more)

 

 

Honestly don't know. Just a prediction basically I think they may move on from Jerry after this season. 

[Freddie's Dead]

Jerry Hughes should retire as a Bill.  

[JohnNord]

What I can’t understand is why Hughes always has a high pressure rate but never seems to get very many sacks.  I know that sacks can be a deceiving metric but you’d assume that a pass rusher of his ability would end up with a higher total.  
 

[billsfan89]

Hughes is still a quality player.

[delirious]

Jerry is up there with FredEx, E. Wood, and Meatball on my list of favorite players that played in the drought era.

[JohnNord]

2 minutes ago, delirious said:

Jerry is up there with FredEx, E. Wood, and Meatball on my list of favorite players that played in the drought era.

I remember when we traded for him back in the day.  What a deal.  It’s pretty crazy to think that he’s going to go down as one of the great Bills players of the past century 

[Buffalo ill]

His body is still in great shape due to all the holding he is a victim of.  It cuts down on violent impacts with QBs

[Apocalypse Nuts]

25 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

I remember when we traded for him back in the day.  What a deal.  It’s pretty crazy to think that he’s going to go down as one of the great Bills players of the past century 

Can’t even remember that underwhelming linebacker we traded for him but that was a steal without a doubt!  Jerry Hughes will always be one of my all-time favorite Bills players.  

[Robert Paulson]

38 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

What I can’t understand is why Hughes always has a high pressure rate but never seems to get very many sacks.  I know that sacks can be a deceiving metric but you’d assume that a pass rusher of his ability would end up with a higher total.  
 

if he wasn't held every play he would have the sack numbers. he gets slowed down just enough to get the pressure but not the sack

 

[DCbillsfan]

I believe Bills will find a way to bring Hughes back next year.  His numbers are too good to let him leave and he's playing at a high level.

6 minutes ago, Apocalypse Nuts said:

Can’t even remember that underwhelming linebacker we traded for him but that was a steal without a doubt!  Jerry Hughes will always be one of my all-time favorite Bills players.  

Kelvin Sheppard

[Ethan in Cleveland]

I looked it up before posting. My impression was that Hughes seems to convert a significant number of his sacks into fumbles. Now I just have totals so I can't say which fumbles were strip sacks and which were not.  But look at these numbers below.  When Hughes does get home he makes a differnce.  TJ Watt is just incredible...

 

Hughes  15 Forced fumbles on 57 sacks 26%

JJ Watt 26 FF on 102 sacks 22%

Myles Garrett 10 FF on 53 sacks 19%

Nick Bosa 3 FF on 16 sacks 19%

Joey Bosa 8 FF on 51 sacks 16%

Josh Allen 2 FF on 17.5 sacks 11%

TJ Watt 20 FF on 58 sacks 35%

[NewEra]

1 hour ago, Sheneneh Jenkins said:

I don't think Jerry will be here next season. Possibly Addison either, but imo if one of them stays I think maybe Addison could have the better chance than Jerry unfortunately. 

We better replace him with someone other than our current roster. In recent weeks, jerry has been our best disruptive imo

[Hapless Bills Fan]

44 minutes ago, Apocalypse Nuts said:

Can’t even remember that underwhelming linebacker we traded for him but that was a steal without a doubt!  Jerry Hughes will always be one of my all-time favorite Bills players.  

 

 Kelvin Sheppard.  Bills 2011 3rd round pick.  Colts waived him a year later (2014).

Sheppard went on to play 2 years for Miami and then for the Giants.

[billsbackto81]

Bills Fans say: 

The 33-year-old Hughes remains as critical as ever to the success of the Bills’ front four.

 

Hughes still has the best pure speed edge-rush move of the six defensive ends on the roster. He still leads the team in pressures on the quarterback, and he still leads the defensive ends in playing time – the truest test of who the coaches trust the most.

 

NFL Referees Association says:

Yeah!  So What!

 

[StHustle]

24 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

 Kelvin Sheppard.  Bills 2011 3rd round pick.  Colts waived him a year later (2014).

Sheppard went on to play 2 years for Miami and then for the Giants.

 

To his credit he was a starter for most the of 6 years he played in the league after that trade. Game impacting numbers were super pedestrian tho with just 10 QB hits, 3 sacks and 2 INTs in his entire career (he played LB) in comparison the oft criticized Edmunds has already topped him in all the game impacting stats and a few games away from topping him in career tackles. Edmunds is 23 years old.