Why not give Milano the “dot” and let him make the defensive calls?

[Desert Bills Fan]

We have heard all preseason about the MLB having to be up to speed enough to make the calls. And with Kirksey signing , onto the PS “till he learns enough to make the calls in the middle”. 
Milano is smart & experienced enough to make the calls, right?

Is there a reason why the caller has to be the MLB? Maybe his location, so all the others can hear him better? Or his vision of the offense alignment, or QB ?

just doesn’t make much sense to me, that the least familiar guy (with scheme & personnel) has to make the calls….

I am hoping some of defensive guru’s on here could enlighten me.🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[NewEra]

My guess is that it’ll take away from his playmaking ability.  He’ll have more to think about, process and communicate.  If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.  

[DrDawkinstein]

4 minutes ago, Desert Bills Fan said:

We have heard all preseason about the MLB having to be up to speed enough to make the calls. And with Kirksey signing , onto the PS “till he learns enough to make the calls in the middle”. 
Milano is smart & experienced enough to make the calls, right?

Is there a reason why the caller has to be the MLB? Maybe his location, so all the others can hear him better? Or his vision of the offense alignment, or QB ?

just doesn’t make much sense to me, that the least familiar guy (with scheme & personnel) has to make the calls….

I am hoping some of defensive guru’s on here could enlighten me.🤷🏻‍♂️

 

 

Dont "Peter Principle" Milano. Just let him keep doing his thing.

 

 

[FLFan]

To my understanding it is highly preferable to make the calls from the middle of the field.  MLB or ILB is ideal, but I have also seen it with a safety, although this requires that that safety often has a good distance to move before the snap.  

[ajmac]

Milano is a rather introverted player on the field and plays with instinct and reactionary right brain, feel type keys.

 

If you listen to the guys on the inside, they say he wouldn’t be good in this role and it would ALSO take away from his style of play. If he started thinking about who is doing what, he would slow down too much and lost his edge 👍

[MasterStrategist]

You want a vocal leader on the field, with the dot.  Not saying Matt doesn't communicate/do his job, but he's not the "vocal commanding" type.

 

Just my 2 cents, I'd think if anyone it would be Hyde (if not a MLB).

[Florida Bills Fanatic]

15 hours ago, Desert Bills Fan said:

We have heard all preseason about the MLB having to be up to speed enough to make the calls. And with Kirksey signing , onto the PS “till he learns enough to make the calls in the middle”. 
Milano is smart & experienced enough to make the calls, right?

Is there a reason why the caller has to be the MLB? Maybe his location, so all the others can hear him better? Or his vision of the offense alignment, or QB ?

just doesn’t make much sense to me, that the least familiar guy (with scheme & personnel) has to make the calls….

I am hoping some of defensive guru’s on here could enlighten me.🤷🏻‍♂️

 

I was thinking the same thing.  I also believe that Poyer or Hyde could handle this.

[oldmanfan]

1 minute ago, Florida Bills Fanatic said:

I was thinking the same thing.  I also believe that Poyer or Hyde could handle this.

I agree with Poyer or Hyde.

[Matt_In_NH]

I have heard it described as a personality thing more than anything.....he is quiet but I am sure he could do it.  I trust they will figure it out.

[RyanC883]

I can't imagine Milano couldn't handle it, or that it would take away from his play.  He knows the defensive plays and alignments, he would just need to communicate them.  If not him, give the Dot to Poyer or Hyde and let them communicate, then just put the best LB next to Milano.  Enough with trying to find a player who may not play as well but who can communicate.  

[Jauronimo]

17 hours ago, ajmac said:

Milano is a rather introverted player on the field and plays with instinct and reactionary right brain, feel type keys.

 

If you listen to the guys on the inside, they say he wouldn’t be good in this role and it would ALSO take away from his style of play. If he started thinking about who is doing what, he would slow down too much and lost his edge 👍

Milano is a special player.  You can toss a partial deck of cards up in the air and Milano can tell you how many cards are still in your hand and which cards they are a nano second after the last card hits the ground.  He can recite pi out to 365,783 decimals without breaking a sweat.  But if you ask him to go into a Starbucks and order a latte he pisses himself.  Not everybody is meant to be a vocal leader.

[Thurman#1]

19 hours ago, Desert Bills Fan said:

We have heard all preseason about the MLB having to be up to speed enough to make the calls. And with Kirksey signing , onto the PS “till he learns enough to make the calls in the middle”. 
Milano is smart & experienced enough to make the calls, right?

Is there a reason why the caller has to be the MLB? Maybe his location, so all the others can hear him better? Or his vision of the offense alignment, or QB ?

just doesn’t make much sense to me, that the least familiar guy (with scheme & personnel) has to make the calls….

I am hoping some of defensive guru’s on here could enlighten me.🤷🏻‍♂️

 

 

 

Being heard better in the middle sounds too simple, but it's not, it's key. That's most of the reason it's the MLB or occasionally a safety who plays in the middle and close on a huge majority of teams.

[Process]

Prefer he continues to focus on breaking QBs in half

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

I’m sure there is a reason this has not happened. 

[JakeFrommStateFarm]

Bernard will make the defensive calls

[iccrewman112]

20 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Dont "Peter Principle" Milano. Just let him keep doing his thing.

 

 

The “Peter” principle published in 1970 by “Pan” books. How could this not get the classic two bills drive link of all links?

 

http://pixyland.org/peterpan/photo_closeups_pp2.htm

[TBBills Fan]

2 hours ago, Jauronimo said:

Milano is a special player.  You can toss a partial deck of cards up in the air and Milano can tell you how many cards are still in your hand and which cards they are a nano second after the last card hits the ground.  He can recite pi out to 365,783 decimals without breaking a sweat.  But if you ask him to go into a Starbucks and order a latte he pisses himself.  Not everybody is meant to be a vocal leader.

 

That only happened once

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

If I am not mistaken, he is Italian. So there is that.

[MJS]

Maybe they will. Maybe they won't. I'm sure they'll figure it out.

[NoSaint]

20 hours ago, NewEra said:

My guess is that it’ll take away from his playmaking ability.  He’ll have more to think about, process and communicate.  If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.  

but it is broke and we have to fix it- at least with regards to who is going to call plays. 
 

beyomd Milano, even a poyer or Hyde could contribute as guys that are experienced, don’t come off the field and read the whole offense anyway. 
 

MLB would be ideal but suddenly we may be cycling through several at varying levels of nfl and bills playbook experience. 
 

I think it’s at least a fair an interesting question in the offseason