Ed Oliver is playing out of his mind this season

[racecitybills]

Ed Oliver is a Menace to Society this year- fantastic-

 

Thats his new nickname-

[TheyCallMeAndy]

54 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

who will be playing next to him the majority of snaps?   Poona?  Phillips? 

Likely Puna and Settle

[DJB]

I need to see the production without D Jones before I declare him a success

 

Hes been mostly invisible except for a game or two so far in his career

[ChrisWatson#21]

I just hope he avoids this injury bug that has hit the defense hard🤞🏼

[BillsPride12]

A healthy Ed Oliver is a bad muthaf***a 

[BigAl2526]

2 hours ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

who will be playing next to him the majority of snaps?   Poona?  Phillips? 

Oliver and Phillips play the same position - 3 tech.  Lots of fans continue to think that Phillips is a nose tackle because of his size, but his game is not well suited to the nose tackle position.  Ford and Settle will rotate at 1 tech, Settle getting more snaps than Ford.  Phillips mostly rotates in to give Oliver relief.  

 

[Buffalo716]

53 minutes ago, BigAl2526 said:

Oliver and Phillips play the same position - 3 tech.  Lots of fans continue to think that Phillips is a nose tackle because of his size, but his game is not well suited to the nose tackle position.  Ford and Settle will rotate at 1 tech, Settle getting more snaps than Ford.  Phillips mostly rotates in to give Oliver relief.  

 

Settle always played better as a 3t in his career too 

 

Poona was a split 1t/3t in Seattle

 

We're gonna need a committee and Ed will be playing 1t again at points which will wear him out 

[Andrew Son]

6 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

Settle always played better as a 3t in his career too 

 

Poona was a split 1t/3t in Seattle

 

We're gonna need a committee and Ed will be playing 1t again at points which will wear him out 

Isn’t the conventional wisdom that it’s not too hard to find a pure 1T?  Just a space eater keep LB’s clean and eat up blocks.  The dynamic interior pass rushers are the more unique skill set.

 

i can’t figure out why we struggle to roster sufficient beef at the position.

[Buffalo716]

6 minutes ago, SWATeam said:

Isn’t the conventional wisdom that it’s not too hard to find a pure 1T?  Just a space eater keep LB’s clean and eat up blocks.  The dynamic interior pass rushers are the more unique skill set.

 

i can’t figure out why we struggle to roster sufficient beef at the position.

The game has been changing a lot over the last 10-15 years 

 

There aren't as many pure 0/1 techs as there was in the past

 

Even huge guys like Phillips is a 3T... the days of Vince wilfork is not completely gone but the amount of guys is less

 

Ed Oliver was playing 0 tech and 1 Tech mostly at Houston lol

 

Just like the two down linebacker is getting phased out.. the two down defensive tackle is getting phased out

 

Leaving a lot of tweaners between one and three technique... more flexibility is what a lot of coaches want

Edited October 10, 2023 by Buffalo716

[Andrew Son]

3 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

The game has been changing a lot over the last 10-15 years 

 

There aren't as many pure 0/1 techs as there was in the past

 

Even huge guys like Phillips is a 3T... the days of Vince wilfork is not completely gone but the amount of guys is less

 

Ed Oliver was playing 0 tech and 1 Tech mostly at Houston lol

For sure.  But I think the guys are out there, they are just under valued.  There is benefit in being stout and controlling the LOS even if you have limited pass rush ability.  The NFL does not seem to value that.

[EmotionallyUnstable]

31 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

The game has been changing a lot over the last 10-15 years 

 

There aren't as many pure 0/1 techs as there was in the past

 

Even huge guys like Phillips is a 3T... the days of Vince wilfork is not completely gone but the amount of guys is less

 

Ed Oliver was playing 0 tech and 1 Tech mostly at Houston lol

 

Just like the two down linebacker is getting phased out.. the two down defensive tackle is getting phased out

 

Leaving a lot of tweaners between one and three technique... more flexibility is what a lot of coaches want

This is the key. 
 

It’s a similar thought across the entire league. It’s like that with our safeties and our LBs…heck even Taron Johnson is techniqually filling the LB shoes many times.

 

49ers and the Fins run essentially a positionless offense. 
 

The interior line design was much the same thinking, when we have Jones and Oliver.

[Nelius]

3 hours ago, DJB said:

I need to see the production without D Jones before I declare him a success

 

Hes been mostly invisible except for a game or two so far in his career

I’m sorry, “a game or two”? Are you just ignoring the information in this very thread? He has been lights out every game this year and showed flashes last year. At minimum you can gripe about only half a dozen games, but a game or two is ignoring reality.

[PromoTheRobot]

 

 

[C.Biscuit97]

17 hours ago, dave mcbride said:

I think he was playing great last season but got hurt down the stretch — arm injury — and it really affected his play. But the Bills knew how good he was when healthy. This isn’t directed at you at all, but I think a lot of fans see unevenness over the course of a season and chalk it up to inconsistency when it’s really injury. I’ll never forget Bills fans being down on Robert Woods and Chris Hogan in their last seasons here for—respectively—a decline in explosiveness and drops, but then it turned out that Woods was playing with a torn groin for half a season and Hogan with torn wrist ligaments for more than half the season. The Bills never reported the extent of injuries once all season, and only at the end of the season would they list Woods as “probable (leg).”

That’s fair but injuries are part of the evaluation. For a guy who was supposed to be Aaron Donald light, 14.5 sacks (Dareus had 28.5 at the same point, same he didn’t love football ball) through 4 years was disappointing. Also, visions of the bills getting bullied by good running teams danced in my head. 
 

either way, good on the Bills for seeing his potential. He’s been a top 5 player for us this year

10 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

 

You think they might have a sense of humor but the nfl doesn’t haha. i bet he gets a small fine. 

[DJB]

13 hours ago, Nelius said:

I’m sorry, “a game or two”? Are you just ignoring the information in this very thread? He has been lights out every game this year and showed flashes last year. At minimum you can gripe about only half a dozen games, but a game or two is ignoring reality.

Reading comprehension my friend. I was referring to prior to this year with D Jones

[GunnerBill]

17 hours ago, BuffBillsForLife said:

Ed only playing well after getting paid is pretty bizarre, but boy am I glad he's stepping up.  Hopefully he keeps it going and makes his contract look like a bargain.

 

He was playing well before it. He played hurt a lot last year and he was still playing better than the pure production numbers. At some point that always evens out.

[Nelius]

4 hours ago, DJB said:

Reading comprehension my friend. I was referring to prior to this year with D Jones

 

You didn't indicate that at all. You straight up said he's only had 1 or 2 good games in his career, there was no caveat that you were only talking about prior to this year. I'll accept the backpedal however.

[3rdand12]

23 hours ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

who will be playing next to him the majority of snaps?   Poona?  Phillips? 

Poona is the 1tech and Phillips is the 3tech
so it will depend.

 But I am in the minority as a Poona Fan

Go Ford

he is the guy that will take two, and did in his limited reps few weeks ago.

And allow Ed to do his thang

Go Ed

22 hours ago, BuffBillsForLife said:

Ed only playing well after getting paid is pretty bizarre, but boy am I glad he's stepping up.  Hopefully he keeps it going and makes his contract look like a bargain.

at least its not a contract year right ?

 Kind of impressive really !

 

19 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

Settle always played better as a 3t in his career too 

 

Poona was a split 1t/3t in Seattle

 

We're gonna need a committee and Ed will be playing 1t again at points which will wear him out 

Poona said he did not care much for the 3 tech role

no link

Let him eat at the One

19 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

Settle always played better as a 3t in his career too 

 

Poona was a split 1t/3t in Seattle

 

We're gonna need a committee and Ed will be playing 1t again at points which will wear him out 

I dont think Ed will be.

They will push Phillips more.

[Freddie's Dead]

22 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

A healthy Ed Oliver is a bad muthaf***a 

 

Shut yo' mouth....

16 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

 

 

That'll cost him....

[Warcodered]

16 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

 

I do enjoy it because I can't say he's wrong, at the same time he's got to be careful, the fine might mean nothing to him, but pissing off the refs wouldn't be good for him.