The 2023 - ??? Edmunds Report

[Virgil]

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Edited November 20, 2023 by Virgil

[Low Positive]

 

[LabattBlue]

15 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

 

….but the wingspan AND he is only 19 or 20.  
 

All of his defenders during his time as a Bill should be embarrassed.  

[Logic]

Pretty crazy that Edmunds is in his 6th year and is still just 25 years old.

Unfortunately, like his "physical freak who got drafted really young" predecessor Amobi Okoye, he never quite became the player that his physical talents suggested he had the potential to become.

Ya win some, ya lose some.

Luckily for the Bills, Brandon Beane and his scouts were right on Terrel "too small to play linebacker, looks more like a safety, total waste of a draft pick" Bernard, and here we are.

[BarleyNY]

13 minutes ago, Logic said:

Pretty crazy that Edmunds is in his 6th year and is still just 25 years old.

Unfortunately, like his "physical freak who got drafted really young" predecessor Amobi Okoye, he never quite became the player that his physical talents suggested he had the potential to become.

Ya win some, ya lose some.

Luckily for the Bills, Brandon Beane and his scouts were right on Terrel "too small to play linebacker, looks more like a safety, total waste of a draft pick" Bernard, and here we are.

 

Smaller LBers are becoming the norm in the NFL. It is one reason that the run game is making a relative resurgence. I would argue that we are already seeing premiums on DTs that can keep those smaller LBs clean. 

[Beck Water]

1 hour ago, LabattBlue said:

….but the wingspan AND he is only 19 or 20.  
 

All of his defenders during his time as a Bill should be embarrassed.  

 

Actually right now, I think the ones who should be embarrassed are those who wanted to take Beane to the woodshed for his total waste of a 3rd round pick on Terrel Bernard (and Dorian Williams seems to be showing some promise as well - knock wood)

 

1 hour ago, Virgil said:

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Edited November 20, 2023 by Beck Water

[LabattBlue]

1 hour ago, Beck Water said:

 

Actually right now, I think the ones who should be embarrassed are those who wanted to take Beane to the woodshed for his total waste of a 3rd round pick on Terrel Bernard.

 

So all the Edmunds apologists are forgiven now that he was kicked to the curb by the Bills?

[FireChans]

1 hour ago, Beck Water said:

 

Actually right now, I think the ones who should be embarrassed are those who wanted to take Beane to the woodshed for his total waste of a 3rd round pick on Terrel Bernard (and Dorian Williams seems to be showing some promise as well - knock wood)

 

 

 

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I forgive no one!

[Beck Water]

8 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

So all the Edmunds apologists are forgiven now that he was kicked to the curb by the Bills?

 

Sorry, I'm not usually too much into toting around other people's receipts so I don't think about "forgiving".  It's also a thing that some here are very binary in their take.  You're either a "hater" or an "apologist" or whatever.

 

I can tell you that there were a lot of posts I saw where people were totally over-the-top in their takes that Edmunds was a terrible, horrible, no good very bad player.  Well, if that's true, I doubt the Bills woulda picked up his 5th year option nor that he'd be given the 5th highest ILB contract in FA.  FO's do make mistakes but overall the market is efficient, and Bears HC Eberflaus does know something abaout D.

 

Note I'm not saying he deserved that contract, or that the Bills should have kept him.  And I suppose there were some people who argued that he was an exceptional player, but most of what I can recall as "apologists" seemed more along the lines of "he doesn't suck, he's not a bad player, he actually plays decently" which is not exactly overpraising him.

[TwistofFate]

 

 

Classic Edmunds from 3 years ago.  I'm glad he's gone. 

 

For as terrible as Bernard was last year, he's made huge strides.  Bernard is is more productive in his first year as a starter than Edmunds in his third. 

 

Oh, and Bernard Tea Bagged the Jets Qb, something Edmunds never did. 

[Richard Noggin]

6 minutes ago, TwistofFate said:

 

 

Classic Edmunds from 3 years ago.  I'm glad he's gone. 

 

For as terrible as Bernard was last year, he's made huge strides.  Bernard is is more productive in his first year as a starter than Edmunds in his third. 

 

Oh, and Bernard Tea Bagged the Jets Qb, something Edmunds never did. 

 

Couldn't even finish the fairly short lowlights video. He was such a "looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane" player in years 2-4. And that's with sincere apologies to players named Jane (and women in general). He had some flashes early, and a few physical plays in his fifth season...but what a waste of a specimen overall.  

 

Inexcusable the way he saw blockers as a genuine problem. Like he intentionally stopped his momentum to engage with them. Consistently stood up and pushed back. So bizarre when much smaller guys like Milano and now Bernard can look beyond the blockers and continue to attack the play, going right through obstacles at times. It's more about what's between the ears.  

[section122]

Dont look now but he had a pick 6 today and is up to 4 ints on the year.

 

 

Bears defense has transformed since the trade for sweat.

[benderbender]

14 minutes ago, section122 said:

Dont look now but he had a pick 6 today and is up to 4 ints on the year.

 

 

Bears defense has transformed since the trade for sweat.

He’s a good player…once you trade for a 1st round pick defensive end. Got it. 

[bigduke6]

i dont miss Edmunds much at all.   i surely dont miss watching him get trucked by smaller players regularly.  i dont miss watching him make plays 6 yards past the 1st down marker.   i dont miss watching him take the wrong hole or gap and let a RB gash us over and over.   i dont miss watching him play without understanding leverage.  i dont miss him falling backwards on every tackle.   i possibly miss watching him cover guys,  but thats only because Milano is down.  

[mrags]

1 hour ago, bigduke6 said:

i dont miss Edmunds much at all.   i surely dont miss watching him get trucked by smaller players regularly.  i dont miss watching him make plays 6 yards past the 1st down marker.   i dont miss watching him take the wrong hole or gap and let a RB gash us over and over.   i dont miss watching him play without understanding leverage.  i dont miss him falling backwards on every tackle.   i possibly miss watching him cover guys,  but thats only because Milano is down.  

💯 

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

who?

[Xwnyer]

2 hours ago, DaBillsFanSince1973 said:

who?

Who who lol

[Drew21PA]

Classic giving up on the play and letting cooper score 

[Philly McButterpants]

6 hours ago, section122 said:

Dont look now but he had a pick 6 today and is up to 4 ints on the year.

 

 

Bears defense has transformed since the trade for sweat.

If you watch that play, it’s typical Edmunds. He’s standing around, doing nothing and the ball popped into his hands. Kudos to him for running like mad once he had it, but he didn’t do anything special to cause the turnover. 

[Dopey]

On 10/30/2023 at 2:12 PM, FireChans said:

In fairness, there were a lot of people who loved Edmunds in Bills land.

 

they have disappeared and walk among us in shadow now. 

I’m one of them and have never back away from my thoughts. He was never as bad as the mob claimed. Same folks said Oliver is a bust. Anyway, that bears defense has been kicking ass the past 5 weeks and so has Tremaine. 

Apparently we’re too busy complaining about our team to remember this thread. I thought it was going to be a weekly “let’s make fun of Tremaine” thread.  You guys disappoint. 
104 tackles, 4 ints, 1 forced fumble
4-1 in their last 5 games. 
Haven't given up more than 20 points in that stretch. 
Giving up an average of 15 points per game in that stretch. 
2 interceptions and 1 forced fumble in that stretch. 
Da Bears were actually in the playoff hunt until last week. 
 I don’t think this happens without him.