Who was the Bills next best edge rusher after Bruce?

[GreggTX]

Pretty self explainatory. Was it McDole? He played LE. Hanson? Schobel? Hanson? Mario? Hughes? I was thinking about and realized that outside of Bruce and Hughes, the cupboard has been pretty bare at RE. The LE and ROLB (Paup) positions have fated much better overall.

Edited 3 hours ago by GreggTX

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

For one single season, Bryce Paup. 

[colin]

schobel for sure.  he got hurt late in his career, his feet i think.  if he played on an actually talented team, and especially if he were around today because of how d's play now, he'd have had some really gnarly stats

[OldTimer1960]

I think Phil Hansen would be up there.  

[BobbyC81]

Mario Williams

[jjmac]

How about Ben Williams?

[Bills!Win!]

1 hour ago, colin said:

schobel for sure.  he got hurt late in his career, his feet i think.  if he played on an actually talented team, and especially if he were around today because of how d's play now, he'd have had some really gnarly stats

Schobel was crazy good. Reminds me of the Hutchinson/Hendrickson/Bosa type 

[GunnerBill]

Mario. Not close.

[Andrew Son]

Had to be Chris Kelsay

[strive_for_five_guy]

1 minute ago, Andrew Son said:

Had to be Chris Kelsay

The Nickelback of defensive ends

[Spiderweb]

15 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

Mario. Not close.

Schobel - by a mile!

[Kirby Jackson]

Mario was the best. Schobel may have had the best career here but Mario was the best player.

[BobbyC81]

21 minutes ago, Bills!Win! said:

Schobel was crazy good. Reminds me of the Hutchinson/Hendrickson/Bosa type 

I thought he was overrated.  He’d have 10 or so sacks in a season but maybe 6 would be in 2 games vs crappy teams.   Teams didn’t have to game plan for him.

[GunnerBill]

4 minutes ago, Spiderweb said:

Schobel - by a mile!

 

If you are giving longevity points, sure. But Mario's first 3 years in Buffalo were better than Schobel's best three years. If the question is who was the best rusher at their peak after Bruce, it's Mario Williams. Peak Mario was the best Bills player of the drought era (talking pure drought so excluding those who played on the last playoff team pre-drought and then into the drought).

[Solomon Grundy]

2 hours ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

For one single season, Bryce Paup. 

Forgot about Paup!! Either him or Mario

[Spiderweb]

1 minute ago, GunnerBill said:

 

If you are giving longevity points, sure. But Mario's first 3 years in Buffalo were better than Schobel's best three years. If the question is who was the best rusher at their peak after Bruce, it's Mario Williams. Peak Mario was the best Bills player of the drought era (talking pure drought so excluding those who played on the last playoff team pre-drought and then into the drought).

Yes, it was definitely based on overall production and length of service. Mario got ruined by Rex Ryan, who used Mario to drop into coverage? I recall how upset he was with the way Ryan used him. 

[BobbyC81]

3 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

If you are giving longevity points, sure. But Mario's first 3 years in Buffalo were better than Schobel's best three years. If the question is who was the best rusher at their peak after Bruce, it's Mario Williams. Peak Mario was the best Bills player of the drought era (talking pure drought so excluding those who played on the last playoff team pre-drought and then into the drought).

I just flashed back to Mario’s red contacts.

 

Bad things, man!

[gjv]

Ron McDole

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

For the 1 year Paup. For the window Mario and for the length Jerry Hughes. The Lorax had that magic run for parts of 1 year but there hasn’t been much. 

[ddaryl]

2 hours ago, OldTimer1960 said:

I think Phil Hansen would be up there.  

Phil Hansen was a good edge setter and a great compliment because of Bruce. I think guys like Rousseau are in the mold of Hansen, but Greg has the wingspan and has put up a little better numbers than Hansen sack wise