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Then beard trimming scissors. Don't use clippers on anything you don't want to turn gray about 5-10 years premature. Even the best clippers just shred the end of the hair rather than cutting it clean........and the body responds with more coarse hair.

The WR cuts around the league are going to be among the most interesting. Josh Imatorbhebe was cut and IR'd by Jax last week and passed thru waivers.............there was a guy on here insisting with me during the draft process that he was a generational talent because he had a 48" vertical jump. Nobody even brought him in for a look. I really don't think it's a given that Stevenson gets claimed if the Bills cut him. Plenty of guys have a couple nice KR's in preseason and get cut. He didn't set the field ablaze and had about 4 different injuries in limited snaps. Nice prospect, but after 3 very strong WR drafts there are a lot of them in the NFL now Going to be a lot of guys out there that teams/scouts were intrigued by.

But it's harder to finish near the top of the league in team defense (yards allowed) like the 2018 Bills if your special teams aren't so woeful that they allow opposing offenses the best starting field position in the NFL. @GoBills808 would say that special teams make your defense worse!

Yeah, Houston has been more individually impactful.......injuries leveled him up with Addison at times but when healthy he's just superior to Mario. 8 sacks......including 2 safety's..........a FF and 2 FR's (Addison was a zilch in those columns). He basically made more than twice as many big plays. If a pass rusher like that is only worth $4M then a guy with like 60% of his production on similar snaps isn't likely to be getting 60% of that..........he's likely to be getting the league minimum.

Part of coaching is not having your team quit on you mid-game. Not Levy's finest moment.

Shaq is the opposite of a glue-guy...........Dolphins and Texans figured that out. Not easily motivated......not dedicated to his craft........he upped his effort for his contract run in 2019..........the Bills were wise not to re-invest in him.........he has otherwise been pretty much the same JAG in every other season of his career. He doesn't play teams either and really doesn't have much athletic upside left. Johnson was much cheaper and has a year of that cheap team control left (well, technically Shaq does too if you want to pay that guy $9M in 2022).........he was definitely worth getting back the 5th rounder they used to get him at least.

Teller was a better prospect........some considered him as a guy who should have gone in the early rounds of the draft.........but it appears that they traded the young, high ceiling player to retain a vet who is on his last legs.........which is what Spencer Long was as well when they dealt Teller. I will be surprised if not cutting bait on Addison last winter ends up looking like a good move in the long run. Maybe he bounces back this year though. I liked the signing initially because he was a consistent producer and the contract was easy to get out of. @GunnerBill did not like the signing and he looked correct on that one last season. One of the few, lasting bad memories of last season was watching old Mario flail around chasing Kyler Murray allowing him to get off the Hail Murray throw. They got smaller and less athletic at the position today.

https://www.cleveland.com/browns/2019/08/browns-trade-for-wyatt-teller-bills-guard.html

Not even close, talent wise. That 90's team was the best roster in the AFC for many, many years and the entire NFL for at least the first two SB runs...........well run teams could really stack rosters prior to free agency..........post free agency there is more parity.........and this roster is good but it CLEARLY lacks the star power on both sides of the ball. Josh Allen is a force of nature though..........and the QB is much more important to team success now than it was in the early 1990's........so the overall roster doesn't need to be as dominant. The 1990's teams were poorly coached.......clearly out-coached in SB's...........and their defensive scheme was weak and the offense was totally talent driven after Marchibroda left. This team is much better coached and the schemes are better and more sustainable.

Justin Houston only got $4M as a free agent this summer..........Addison's market is probably vet league minimum.

This is disappointing........he made excellent strides this summer and they had another year of team control.

THIS is a good example of why John Wawrow called you a slapdick.😂 Of course they haven't brought competition in for him........they spent a mid first round pick on him and he's by any account one of the 10-12 best MLB/ILB in the league and playing on a rookie contract. He doesn't stink..........he's the most physically gifted MLB in the league but his inconsistency and lack of big plays are undeniable. And no, the fact that he has underachieved relative to his talent and may become grossly overpaid for his performance is NOT irrelevant to the conversation. It could soon be the most important part. And the entire reserve LB corps might end up being guys the Bills signed in free agency......for decent money.........by this time next week. And you are ignorantly declaring that they haven't signed any. You don't seem to be able to think things thru before you have to emotionally post them..........it ends up being nonsense.

It was very hot. I sit 2 rows into the shade at 1pm and then the shadows creep down during the game so we had it made........but the sunny side(visitor sideline) was basically vacant by the 4th quarter. We came out to the tailgate with 4 fingers up to let the scorched sunny-siders know we go all 4 quarters on the home side.

I hate to say it because I was a big fan of drafting him and was hoping he'd be the great cornerstone pass rusher they needed...........but the best thing that could happen would be someone like an Andre Smith having to step in for a long period and then perform at a high level and make enough plays to earn the job away from him. Probably the biggest key to the Bills defense is having two very reasonably priced playmakers at safety for all these years. They basically have both of them for the annual money that the Seahawks have in Jamal Adams alone.......and the Seahawks also expended 2 first rounders to get him. As far from expectation that he has played to this point........it's hard to envision a situation where Edmunds playing at $20M per season at MLB will be anything but a limiting factor for the team going forward.

My point is that it's not the system that prevents Edmunds from making plays. He isn't an instinctive player so he doesn't get himself in position to make as many as he should.................but he gets balls thrown to him, tipped to him, fumbled at his feet.........he just doesn't make the plays when they present themselves. I went to the first open practice and watched him drop a gift wrapped interception in the 11-on-11's. It's his MO. The MLB has a lot of opportunity to make plays in this system. He was hurt early last year........but also 3 years in the book was out on him in coverage and teams attacked him scorching him for 4 TD's. He can be manipulated and if you throw at him the worst that's likely to happen is the ball ends up on the ground. If you don't make plays teams will challenge you.

Let us know. Start at google.com. 2020 Bears + "base defense" is a good start. He did lead the NFL in tackles that season. Extraordinary!

Meh, that's just yardage. The 2018 and 2020 defenses allowed 374 and 375 points, respectively. Middling. By contrast, the 2017 Preston Brown MLB'd defense allowed just 359...........and that was DESPITE averaging an astonishing 45 points allowed per game in the worst 3 game defensive stretch in Bills team history. I guess we just couldn't quantify Preston's impact either. The 2019 team had the easiest schedule the team has had since the league went to 16 games...........that created their low yardage + low points aberration.

Ohhhhhhh.......ok......... let me know how your film review of these vastly different defenses goes. 😉 There hasn't been less variance between defense's in the NFL in decades.

Well you know, the whole "his impact is hard to quantify" thing works a lot better when the results on that side of the ball are extraordinary.

I'm not judging him against a mid-1990's MLB..........I'm judging him against his peers. There is a level of exceptional MLB's who quote "get the job done" and also make game changing plays............Edmunds is not in that level.........mainly because of the lack of big plays but the reality is that he had a 110+ passer rating against and got carved up by QB's last season. By contrast, fellow classmate Roquan Smith had a 59.6 passer rating against, 2 interceptions, 1 FF, 4 sacks and 18 TFL. Half the people arguing about how Edmunds gets a bad rap don't even know who else plays the position. Fortunately for Edmunds and his agent, most of the best MLB/ILB's are in the NFC. Edmunds is still probably a top 10 or 12 MLB/ILB.........because there aren't many above average players at the position.........it's devalued for a reason.

Anyone who can't acknowledge that his lack of game changing plays is conspicuous is NOT being the least bit objective. I miss the weekly updates from the TSW homers on how much better off the Bills were for selecting Big Mike instead of the near universally favored Bryant McKinnie. 😆

1) They only play 2 LB's 90% of the snaps........they have plenty of them and an excess of depth. 2) Ridiculously wrong. They signed Klein to a rather lucrative contract. He was Kuechly's understudy in Carolina prior to going to New Orleans. They also signed Tyrel Adams this offseason coming off a 120 tackle season as a starter(and cut him early because they are flush with reserve MLB's). Andre Smith got a $2M+ per year deal and Tyler Matakevich's deal averaged $4M before it was adjusted. Ain't nobody working for the minimum in that LB corps. 3) Because they are committed to turning his All-Pro physical traits into a commensurate MLB even it it takes a 4th or 5th season. If there is only one answer, then I guess the reason that Levi Wallace didn't get any veteran or high draft pick competition is because they think he's like having another first rounder out there? The whole "he gets the job done" mantra belongs with players like Eli..........not players you invest first round picks and potentially a $20M/yr contract too.

Excuses are what you are making. Here's how it works: - Highly invested-in young player performs below expectations - Homer fans rush to make excuses - Said player continues to underachieve and it soon becomes indisputable - fanbase begins to over-react and assign the failure of every failed play near him to said player - Homer fans try to spin the over-reactions as proof that player isn't underperforming Bottom line..........Edmunds hasn't made game changing plays...........and the excuses why he doesn't are wearing thin.

Important to note that the Bills are near the bottom of the waiver claim list.

As I pointed out during the draft process.........Etienne had a lot of mileage on him. *Maybe* this injury happens regardless of those 800+ college touches.......touches which produced significantly diminishing returns in his final season, btw.........but round 1 RB fans need to face this reality: The best players on the field don't play RB anymore. The money has moved the stud RB athletes of yesterday the defensive side of the ball to stop the passing game..........or in some cases to WR on offense.........a guy like Etienne would have been reserve RB 25 years ago. What I find most perplexing is why people over-valued his speed/quickness numbers etc...........if he played CB or WR with those measurables at his size, he might have been a late round pick or even UDFA. Not to say he wouldn't have carved out a niche at another position but you don't put a #1 on that player anywhere but at RB. And then the Jags moved him to WR.