Shaq is back! A one-year deal

[KHAN]

One last time.

 

[John from Riverside]

I mean....when is AJE going to get playing time?

[Mr. WEO]

2 hours ago, wjag said:

Rex Ryan Doug Whaley is smiling..

  

 

fixed

1 hour ago, BillsSbSoon said:

I think people forgot the swagger and dog that shaq had on our defense. This is not going to be a soft front anymore

 

the what?

[The Wiz]

7 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:

I mean....when is AJE going to get playing time?

Depends on his next DC that we trade him to. 

[Locomark]

So are they going to try to convert Epenesa to LB now? 

[Mr. WEO]

16 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:

I mean....when is AJE going to get playing time?

 

3 of their top draft picks the past 2 years go to D-line and they are signing 1 year deals for retreads...

[John from Riverside]

Would it shock people to see a trade in this DE stable?

[The Wiz]

3 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

3 of their top draft picks the past 2 years go to D-line and they are signing 1 year deals for retreads...

I also hate it when we sign players for cheap that still have skill and add depth to the defensive front.  I'll meet you outside 1BD tomorrow with a sign tomorrow, cool?

 

Edited March 17, 2022 by The Wiz

[Patrick Duffy]

9 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

Depends on his next DC that we trade him to. 

Lol, shhhiiiiyyyyt, don't think anyone would be interested in trading for him at the moment. 

[Mr. WEO]

6 minutes ago, The Wiz said:

I also hate it when we sign players for cheap that still have skill and add depth to the defensive front.  I'll meet you outside 1BD tomorrow with a sign tomorrow, cool?

 

 

 

Well..the point was they have to hedge their last 3 draft picks with these temps.  

 

You think they will be benchwarmers behind those other 3 guys?

[Big Turk]

33 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

collectively no one.  But he was so bad they decided to release him.  Houston cut him as well.  Not good signs.  

 

Sometimes it's all about who you are lining up with around you. We already know he is a good fit for what we do here. Can't say that for other places.

 

You'd be surprised how many times a player goes to another team and is asked to do things he isn't very good at because of the scheme they run.

[OldTimer1960]

2 hours ago, FilthyBeast said:

 

I also think Epenesa will be cut or traded this summer even if he looks good in camp again. Too smallish of a player and seems like a bust unfortunately.

 

Speaking of rotation, I know that McD and Frazier seem to value this concept but you don't sign a guy like Von Miller to be a situational pass rusher. He's definitely getting 60% of the snaps minimum each game which means a lot of these other guys will have to make the most of their time on the field.

 

Also going to be a juggling act each week in terms of the inactive list again and which both Lawson and Phillips will have to embrace during their 2nd tour of duty here if they are in fact on the final roster.

Too smallish?  He lost like 20lbs from his weight in college because that is what the Bills asked him to do.

 

I think he will be here and play well when given the opportunity.  He will be the #3 or 4 DE (Basham will be the other).  Epenesa showed significant flashes in preseason and some in the regular season despite being stuck behind 2 vets whom the coaches wanted to play out of respect.  
 

Now, I could be wrong, but that is how I see it.  He isn’t likely a starter with Miller and Rousseau ahead of him, but I think he can be a solid reserve.

[Big Turk]

37 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:

I mean....when is AJE going to get playing time?

 

When he earns it?

[quinnearlysghost88]

3 hours ago, Freddie's Dead said:

Meh.

Cheap rotational players who know the system. 

[Big Turk]

3 minutes ago, OldTimer1960 said:

Too smallish?  He lost like 20lbs from his weight in college because that is what the Bills asked him to do.

 

I think he will be here and play well when given the opportunity.  He will be the #3 or 4 DE (Basham will be the other).  Epenesa showed significant flashes in preseason and some in the regular season despite being stuck behind 2 vets whom the coaches wanted to play out of respect.  
 

Now, I could be wrong, but that is how I see it.  He isn’t likely a starter with Miller and Rousseau ahead of him, but I think he can be a solid reserve.

 

Starter and backups don't really have much meaning with the way we rotate defensive linemen. He will play significant snaps most games.

[BuffaloBill]

3 hours ago, wjag said:

This is crazy....  

 How do they get these contracts under the cap?  They still need a QB#2 and a CB#2. Maybe they get the CB through the draft but not the QB.

[Royale with Cheese]

1 hour ago, Jay_Fixit said:

I mean he is quite bad.

As bad as Carlos Mencia’s stand up?

[Orlando Buffalo]

When Shaq and Phillips were here in 2019 they were starters, now they are definitely backups. We have definitely improved ourselves along the line though sometimes it does not seem it 

[Malazan]

54 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:

I mean....when is AJE going to get playing time?

 

When he shows he deserves it.. Competition. Competition. Competition. 

[DapperCam]

This tells me that they aren't 100% sold on AJE and Boogie. They are bringing in serious competition that could cause them to not make the roster, or be healthy scratches (like Boogie was a bunch last year).