Terrel Bernard Appreciation Thread

[Freddie's Dead]

Just now, FireChans said:

What haterz are out there? 
 

feel like almost everyone has been pleasantly surprised at his play, even if it hasn’t been necessarily perfect

 

They're out there.  I can feel them...

[Kmart128]

4 minutes ago, mjt328 said:

Josh Jacobs led the NFL in rushing last year.  He had -2 yards yesterday.

 

When a team gets smaller at linebacker, it's supposed to be a liability in the run game.

Not necessarily a lot of college teams are going smaller and having success stopping the run. It just the future of the sport... NFL is a passing league. Its better to have speed to help in coverage. And with such speed linebackers can hit holes faster before they close up. And the more experience Bernard gets the more faster he will play when he starts to recognize things and play more instinctively. 

[Doc]

6 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

Yep. Exactly this. Pre-snap, still concerned. Post-snap pleasantly surprised.

 

We knew there would be this/growing pains.  But we were also worried that along with that, he'd also be a concern post-snap.  The first will work itself out with more playing time.

Edited September 18, 2023 by Doc

[finn]

13 minutes ago, FireChans said:

What haterz are out there? 

I'm not a hater, but Buffalo Rumblings did a piece last week that showed his leading the team in tackles was a deceptive stat in that he was making most of them way behind the line of scrimmage after being destroyed by blockers, including tight ends. 

 

I think the lesson is that he could be special IF he's kept clean by the DL. 

[FireChans]

17 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

 

They're out there.  I can feel them...

I may end up hating Bernard but I’m having too much fun hating Edmunds from afar. He gets at least a two year grace period.

[DeltaDigital]

Nobody listens... you need JAG performance to replace Edmunds... as it stands Bernard has the same amount of INT's as edmunds did all last year. Depth of tackle is superior to edmunds also. Remember kids, just because something looks dangerous, and freakish, doesn't mean they can play. 

[Warriorspikes51]

Well, he certainly hasn't been a liability at least!   His int of being in the right place at the right time and securing the ball really changed the momentum of the game in a huge way 

[BillnutinHouston]

13 minutes ago, DeltaDigital said:

Nobody listens... you need JAG performance to replace Edmunds... as it stands Bernard has the same amount of INT's as edmunds did all last year. Depth of tackle is superior to edmunds also. Remember kids, just because something looks dangerous, and freakish, doesn't mean they can play. 

 

What was it that Chuck Dickerson used to say - "looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane".

[Airseven]

He’s been decent. I just wish he wasn’t looking around confused with his back to the line of scrimmage when the ball is snapped.

[NewEra]

10 minutes ago, Airseven said:

He’s been decent. I just wish he wasn’t looking around confused with his back to the line of scrimmage when the ball is snapped.

After rewatching the game, that would be my only negative regarding his game.  Many of the times he wasn’t confused though, he was barking orders and communicating.  I just thought it was strange how often he basically turned around when the ball was snapped  

[DeltaDigital]

28 minutes ago, BillnutinHouston said:

 

What was it that Chuck Dickerson used to say - "looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane".

100%

 

[ngbills]

Nobody is wrong about him. MLB is still a need for the Bills. He did less to hurt them this week than last. That was mostly because the DL dominated not him.
He had 6 tackles as a MLB. It’s not like he was flying all over and had 20 tackles. Not all interceptions are created equal - unlike Milano his was luck and just right place right time. 
Bills one. The D played well. So his play is noticed less. That is good. But I doubt anyone was watching saying wow, look at that 43, he is baller. 

[TheyCallMeAndy]

41 minutes ago, BillnutinHouston said:

 

What was it that Chuck Dickerson used to say - "looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane".

Mario Williams was 6’8’’ 288

Jerry Hughes was 6’2’’ 250 

 

Tremaine Edmunds 6’5 250 

Matt Milano 6’0’’ 220

 

Marcel Dareus 6’3” 331

Kyle Williams 6’0” 301

 

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight…

[Brand J]

21 minutes ago, ngbills said:

Nobody is wrong about him. MLB is still a need for the Bills. He did less to hurt them this week than last. That was mostly because the DL dominated not him.
He had 6 tackles as a MLB. It’s not like he was flying all over and had 20 tackles. Not all interceptions are created equal - unlike Milano his was luck and just right place right time. 
Bills one. The D played well. So his play is noticed less. That is good. But I doubt anyone was watching saying wow, look at that 43, he is baller. 

They say luck is when preparation meets opportunity. I wouldn’t call his INT luck though, he had great awareness of the play. If you go back and watch, he was crashing the line of scrimmage, recognized the RB, put the brakes on to cover him and kept his head up, catching and securing the ball. I’m 78% sure Edmunds doesn’t make that play because he would’ve kept crashing in with zero awareness of the RB, or he wouldn’t have caught it. Bernard showed some nimbleness to put the brakes on and move to the ball there. 

[Biden is Mentally Fit]

1 hour ago, ngbills said:

Nobody is wrong about him. MLB is still a need for the Bills. He did less to hurt them this week than last. That was mostly because the DL dominated not him.
He had 6 tackles as a MLB. It’s not like he was flying all over and had 20 tackles. Not all interceptions are created equal - unlike Milano his was luck and just right place right time. 
Bills one. The D played well. So his play is noticed less. That is good. But I doubt anyone was watching saying wow, look at that 43, he is baller. 

He was on the field for 34 plays. The remaining 5 plays LV ran were against backups. How many tackles should he have racked up?

[HOUSE]

Trumaine Edmunds had 8 tackles yesterday and he has lots of money 

[SCBills]

1 hour ago, ngbills said:

Nobody is wrong about him. MLB is still a need for the Bills. He did less to hurt them this week than last. That was mostly because the DL dominated not him.
He had 6 tackles as a MLB. It’s not like he was flying all over and had 20 tackles. Not all interceptions are created equal - unlike Milano his was luck and just right place right time. 
Bills one. The D played well. So his play is noticed less. That is good. But I doubt anyone was watching saying wow, look at that 43, he is baller. 

That interception was not simply right place, right time.  
 

He had to show ball skills to secure that.. and did.   Something in his second game, that we rarely ever saw from our “pro-bowl” MLB of the past five years. 

[Big Turk]

Just now, SCBills said:

That interception was not simply right place, right time.  
 

He had to show ball skills to secure that.. and did.   Something in his second game, that we rarely ever saw from our “pro-bowl” MLB of the past five years. 

 

Bernard has been a revelation through 2 games...is this why the Bills seemingly with no hesitation named him starter after training camp?

[FireChans]

1 hour ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:

Mario Williams was 6’8’’ 288

Jerry Hughes was 6’2’’ 250 

 

Tremaine Edmunds 6’5 250 

Matt Milano 6’0’’ 220

 

Marcel Dareus 6’3” 331

Kyle Williams 6’0” 301

 

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight…

Mario Williams had a way better career than Jerry Hughes, turrible example for a solid point.

[Nephilim17]

I was hoping whoever mans the middle will not be great, even good, just merely competent. So far so good (competent game 1) for Bernard...

 

Miami should be a big test. If Bernard can help ensure Mostert doesn't have a big day that will go a lot further to convince me he's the guy (the secondary will have its hands full with the WRs). But it's not the crap show many predicted. At least not yet.