Ed Oliver has been a beast the last few games...

[Hebert19]

Man does he look explosive out there.  He is constantly blowing up running plays and is impacting the passing game.  

[Southern Bills Fan]

I agree. He has really popped the past few games. 

[Coach Tuesday]

He has been wrecking offenses by himself.  The Colts used his aggressiveness against him so he’ll have to figure that out but he’s been a revelation the last month or so. 

[Virgil]

If you take away defensive holding penalties this season, his sack total would double 

[billsfan5121]

5 minutes ago, Virgil said:

If you take away defensive holding penalties this season, his sack total would double 

Lol, then he’d have 2? That’s meant to be humorous because I do agree. I feel like Oliver has been in the backfield a lot lately.

[BuffaloBillyG]

He's made picking up his option a no brainer for sure.

 

Funny that now that he's seeing the majority of snaps and not purely rotating he's popping off. 

[Matt_In_NH]

He has gotten much better this year.  
 

but he was a “beast” vs. the Colts?  

[Hebert19]

10 minutes ago, No Place To Hyde said:

He's made picking up his option a no brainer for sure.

 

Funny that now that he's seeing the majority of snaps and not purely rotating he's popping off. 

This.  As a pass rusher and defender you need to get into a groove.  Set up the defender.  Coming off every other play makes that hard. 

[CSBill]

He did, and I would suggest having the big guys in the middle, Bryant and Ankou occupying people, helps him. I hope they keep them around even after Star returns. Beef in the middle helps a lot.

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

38 minutes ago, Hebert19 said:

Man does he look explosive out there.  He is constantly blowing up running plays and is impacting the passing game.  

He looks like he's using his hands really well now to separate.

[MrSarcasm]

Too bad the refs treat him like Jerry Hughes and refuse to call holding.

[bmur66]

Yea. Finally got his first half sack of the year 

[Kaenon]

1 hour ago, Coach Tuesday said:

He has been wrecking offenses by himself.  The Colts used his aggressiveness against him so he’ll have to figure that out but he’s been a revelation the last month or so. 

 

What he's been doing is exactly what I've been hoping for having watched him down at U of H when I lived in Texas. 

I was so pumped when I moved back to Buffalo and we took him that same year.

 

Oliver had a learning curve based on competition, but seems to be finding his own now. He can play any spot on the d-line, and to me, he can be a massive disruptor that opposing offenses must gameplan for.

[Brennan Huff]

Edmunds (gasp) has also been missed the last couple games. He was all over the field last night

[tbonehawaii]

Did anyone notice McDernott yelling at him to shut up in the postgame speech? Seemed really irritated with him. 

[SCBills]

1 hour ago, CSBill said:

He did, and I would suggest having the big guys in the middle, Bryant and Ankou occupying people, helps him. I hope they keep them around even after Star returns. Beef in the middle helps a lot.

The fact we can just throw two guys like Bryant and Ankou out there in the middle of the season, is why run stuffing DT’s typically don’t get drafted until the middle rounds… but I absolutely agree, even with Star back, keep one or both of them.  Cut useless Butler, if needed, whatever… 

 

A). If Tre is done, we need to make sure we can stop the run without bringing safeties up.  
 

B). It’s obvious that Oliver needs to be a playmaker who’s not being asked to hold double teams.   Whether it’s Star, Bryant, Ankou etc., make sure he has someone like that next to him.  

[Niagara Dude]

If Tre White is gone and it looks that way based reports this morning ,  we need other players to step up.  Thre Bills play zone but need guys in the front 7 to start making plays on the QB.  

[Gugny]

5 hours ago, Hebert19 said:

Man does he look explosive out there.  He is constantly blowing up running plays and is impacting the passing game.  

 

I wonder what @Beerballthinks about this.

[Big Turk]

5 hours ago, Hebert19 said:

Man does he look explosive out there.  He is constantly blowing up running plays and is impacting the passing game.  

 

Amazing what can happen when he is not playing out of position like he was last year and is allowed to penetrate and disrupt next to Star/Phillips

[NewEra]

4 hours ago, mattynh said:

He has gotten much better this year.  
 

but he was a “beast” vs. the Colts?  

No.  He flashed but got wrecked the majority of the game