MarlinTheMagician

See my post "Tremaine Must Remain" from October 4. Majority responded positively, but you can identify the haters (who seem a bit abashed today).

I feel like the people that are anti-Edmunds overlap to a large degree with the folks that wanted to draft Josh Rosen. They always know better than the Bills. And I HATE the posters that pigeon-hole Edmunds as a player only of "immense physical gifts." Dude is a worker, He shows up, balls out and runs the defense. He is so much more than just a physical specimen. He is a steady, constant force dominating the middle of the field. Agree with the poster who said we win that Jets game in a walk with him on the field. Minnesota too for that matter. We will not let him go to another team if it is our choice, my only fear is that he may want out of Buffalo for some reason. Hopefully he never looks at this board and feels appreciated in Buffalo.

Edmunds is a great linebacker. Great. Perfect for the modern NFL, though he is different than the old school Butkus, Nitschke, Lambert bloody-nosed run stuffer. But it is a passing league first, and in that realm Edmunds is the best middle-backer in the league. For that matter, I can't think of one better against the pass in any era. And he was plenty stout against the run last night too. Been saying all year: Must sign this guy (and we will). Been getting flamed for it all year too.

He was fantastic. What a difference with Groot, Edmunds and Tre White. Groot is a star, and he is going to be a superstar.

Could not possibly agree with EBall more. McDermott and Beane are the indispensable keys to the Bills resurgence and strong current performance, more important than any one player (and have such great respect for Allen it takes a lot for me to say that). Best GM/coach combo in the league for my money. They both need to be appreciated, and God forbid we ever lose either. I want them here a decade plus!

FIrst, the 8-3 Bills owe no excuses to anyone with their fine record. Second, of course there are excuses - missing much of your secondary, missing your best pass rushers and having your MVP QB dinged affects everything. Who cares about "man games lost" - lies, damn lies and statistics. Any fan can see we are very affected by injury and have been for much of the season.

I hope he is not gone for a few years yet. Plenty of tread left. I do understand: It is all a question of $$, you can't sign everybody, no second contracts for RBs etc etc. For me, that just goes to price. Within what Beane might be willing to pay, I hope he can get it done because Motor is a glue guy, a gamer, he does the dirty work, he moves the chains, and he is a great teammate. He is part of what makes these Bills. Keep him and Cook together and we could have a very nice backside combination, and maybe we can even stop drafting running backs for a couple years.

Me too. The tough losses separate the wheat from the chaff. Hang in there.

This thread is far from factual. The only fact is the first post.

When Edmunds went down D was missing six starters: Hyde, Poyer, White, Edmunds, Groot and Elam. Put any four of them in and it is a different game. I hate the negativity.

Coaching staff is great. They didn't have a good day today in a couple of spots.

This thread is so stupid.

Buh-bye

This board is unbelievable. I understand disappointment. But three weeks ago, all were ready to crown Josh. He made some bad throws against the Pack in the 2nd half and now he is pressing. You can see it in his face, body language and decision-making. But he will sort it out. Needs to start having fun and let the game come to him. He will. Everybody need to chill.

Love Shakir, but Sunday was not McKenzie's fault, IMHO. Knox, McKenzie & Cook open short A LOT, Josh insisted on looking long. He will get that fixed.

We going to be all good!! Super Bowl? Who knows, but we are winning the division and will host a playoff game or two. Anything can happen from there.

Oddly, not the least bit worried about those games. 1. Miami - quirky game with the heat and injuries. Bills going conservative on 3rd and 22 and Miami thus completing their one deep pass to Waddle. Balls slips from Josh's hands with McKenzie open. We outplayed them significantly and won't give them air in Buffalo like we did in Miami. 2. Jets - Josh really did us in by trying to force the ball down the field when he had options short. Kubiak's analysis in the news hits this perfectly. Josh will adjust, he was just being pigheaded and it cost him and us. So long as our boy Josh is healthy, very, very confident in these two at home.

There is no window. I am sure every NFL GM/Coach combination feels the same way, but Beane and McDermott seem uniquely able to build, develop and structure players and contracts so that we can remain competitive all the time. I believe they would have found a way to be in the hunt even if we missed on Josh. But we didn't miss on Josh, they hit it out of the park. For a decade, sky is the limit. If Beane and McDermott still want to be doing this long in the future, I have every confidence they will identify and obtain a quarterback that will put us right back in the hunt. Though I doubt we will ever see another one quite like Josh in my lifetime.

Love the young man's attitude. His press conference is inserted in the thread a couple pages back and it was perfect in my opinion!

Screw the Jets.

Hines is only 25 too.

Does not really mean anything for Motor and Cook other than more competition. Hines has no guaranteed money after this year. Bills can keep one, two or all three of them, whichever they like and can afford. For example, I can see them restructuring Hines, give him some guaranteed money and signing Motor too. Cook will still be pretty cheap. They have lots of options. So I love this, even if Hines proves to be only a rental, a 5th/6th is not too high a price. Moss is no give at all.

Sad to her. Does he have children? Mafia time? RIP.

I love this post and the one it replies to. Hilarious! Love that Bills fans have long memories. And at least some are as old as I am - Jimmy Cefalo 🙂 I continue to be impressed by the depth and validity of our production in this thread. But Eli? That one surprised me.

The Dancing Bear. Bear for obvious reasons. Dancing because he can really move for 3-fitty.