[Name Only Title] AJE (future)

[akcash]

I feel like we might lose this guy in the offseason.  I hope somehow we can get him back. I feel like he is just starting to bud and and I would hate to see another team reap the rewards.

 

I just feel like he is a major piece to this team this year and I hope we can get him on paper somehow in the future. He is very valuable imo. It's really something we have him as our 4th DEnd. With 6.5 sacks last year in a limited roll that's impressive. He looks alot more confident this year too.

[NickelCity]

Needs to work on maintaining containment. Seems to have had a good camp but quiet preseason. An interesting player for sure.

[Dopey]

I don’t agree with those asking to have him traded. We’re all in this year and need the depth we have.  

[JohnNord]

Just now, akcash said:

I feel like we might lose this guy in the offseason.  I hope somehow we can get him back. I feel like he is just starting to bud and and I would hate to see another team reap the rewards.

 

I just feel like he is a major piece to this team this year and I hope we can get him on paper somehow in the future. He is very valuable imo. It's really something we have him as our 4th DEnd. With 6.5 sacks last year in a limited roll that's impressive. He looks alot more confident this year too.

There’s a good chance the Bills lose Epinesa and I think they are likely ok with it.  I don’t think you’ll ever AJ as a starting DE on most rosters.  I do think he can be one of those depth ends that comes off the bench to spell players, pitch in on ST, and maybe to start in a pinch.

 

As far as him “budding,” I just don’t see it.  People have been expecting a breakout season for him the past two years and we basically get the same type of player.  He’s solid player but completely replaceable 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

4 minutes ago, akcash said:

I feel like we might lose this guy in the offseason.  I hope somehow we can get him back. I feel like he is just starting to bud and and I would hate to see another team reap the rewards.

 

I just feel like he is a major piece to this team this year and I hope we can get him on paper somehow in the future. He is very valuable imo. It's really something we have him as our 4th DEnd. With 6.5 sacks last year in a limited roll that's impressive. He looks alot more confident this year too.

I have felt this way about him coming into every season (after his rookie year), but he can’t seem to put it all together. Shows huge flashes, that’s for sure. 

[Saxum]

His first two years he was constantly changing his body type with one of those years without the training camps and preseason games some consider not important.  Some also think players should be released or  whenever they wish but that is another issue.

 

He has not been the starter for a lot of games (1 in 2020 and 2 in 2022) but has been on 1/3 of defense game stops as well as playing on special teams.

His performance got better last year and I still think he is on the upslope.

Bills should offer him an cap friendly extension now with incentives able to be earned and if he is not interested let him take his chances in free agency.

[Giuseppe Tognarelli]

I saw his name written as "Espenosa" on a published article on Buffalo Rumblings today. How is this even possible?

[Saxum]

Just now, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:

I saw his name written as "Espenosa" on a published article on Buffalo Rumblings today. How is this even possible?

 

Lack of editors.

[WEATHER DOT COM]

Saw him at Bar Bill once and the hostess offered him and his guest a table right away, but he insisted he be added to the wait list like anyone else who walked in. 

 

[ToGoGo]

2 minutes ago, WEATHER DOT COM said:

Saw him at Bar Bill once and the hostess offered him and his guest a table right away, but he insisted he be added to the wait list like anyone else who walked in. 

 

I saw him try to save a puppy running down the street without a leash.  
 

He couldn’t chase it down. 

[balln]

Yea let him get signed and we get a comp pick 

[Giuseppe Tognarelli]

9 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

 

Lack of editors.

But how is it possible for someone to think his name is Espenosa? It's inexplicable

[Saxum]

55 minutes ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:

But how is it possible for someone to think his name is Espenosa? It's inexplicable

 

Espenosa and Epenesa are both last names and not oddest last names in NFL.

 

Espenosa is a much more common last name from medieval Spain. AJ Epenesa is Samoan-Polynesian.

Epenesa is not in any of my reference books from college.  I used to teach ESL and would look up each student in books.

There are many alternate spellings but Epenesa is not one of them.  It is possible the spell checker changed it to Espenosa.

 

[BBFL]

Cracks me up the amount of pass rushers/defensive ends we have acquired or had ties to since he got drafted in 2020, has done relatively nothing for a decently high draft pick yet so many people give him a pass for being asked to change things and his “potential”. 
 

Dude isn’t it. Plain and simple. Wished it worked out for him here but I don’t see how unless he has a massive year why you would resign him. Can’t think of a single game changing play other than injuring Tua. 

Edited August 29, 2023 by BBFL

[akcash]

For limited snaps he gets near the QB somewhat often. I'm not saying hes a superstar but hes definitely got a decent floor and a decent ceiling.

 

 

I think if he has a year similar to last year say maybe a little better it's definitely not out of the question he could get decent money on the open market as a low end number 2 pass rusher on a team. 

 

He definitely is a valuable piece to our defense this year.

[Doc Brown]

His future hasn't been written yet.  No one's has!

[SCBills]

1 hour ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:

But how is it possible for someone to think his name is Espenosa? It's inexplicable

Espenosa and Bedford are going to be important for the defense this year. 

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

So far he’s a miss imo. Too high a pick for rotational DE4, and of course the body remake gamble. 
 

this is one you expect they’ve learned from. 

[schoolhouserock]

AJE was a great Hawkeye. Fun fact: AJE’s first sack for Iowa was against Josh Allen.

 

He has flashed from time to time as a pro. Here’s hoping for consistency.

[Jauronimo]

2 hours ago, WEATHER DOT COM said:

Saw him at Bar Bill once and the hostess offered him and his guest a table right away, but he insisted he be added to the wait list like anyone else who walked in. 

 

Some say he's still waiting for his table.