Freddie's Dead

He has at least two PD's this year, both rejections, one against Rapelisberger and the other against the Muffler (or maybe it's not a PD because Muffler caught the rejection?). I missed most of the Miami game and my DVR died during it, so I don't know how he played there. A few years back, I did The Zebra Report, a tape review of the refs.

Trap game....

I'm reporting what I see on the tape, so if you disregard the grades, that's objective. The grades are my subjective way of trying to quantify good v bad plays. Since I have no idea what his assignment is on any play, the grades are completely subjective. I'm doing this because I was an Edmunds hater. I've reviewed two game tapes that told me that some of my conclusions on his play were invalid. Clearly you disagree. You have very lofty expectations for 49, and he's not meeting them, so you're bummed. I get it. Can't help you there.

49's coverage abilities really stand out once you review the tape. They simply don't throw his way, and when they do, it's a minimal gain (save the PIT tight end seam route that went for 24 yards week 1). You can also see them think about it, pull the ball down, then throw it elsewhere. It's Dave Mason time.

Samurai Tailor was the best.

Mad Max just retired, maybe we could coax him back. We could use some speed.

Best outcome for us? Cheats loss, with a career-ending injury to Brady. I want that cheatin' prick gone.

We've gone from "I don't see any splash plays" to "I want him to physically dominate and wreck a game". OK. I think you've set an impossibly high bar for 49 to meet, but that's your right. I used to buy into that logic, thinking that Edmunds was terrible, picking out the plays where he does look terrible and magnifying them to the point where I excluded all else. The tape review has belied some of that. Edmunds makes as many good plays as he does bad ones. To me, a third down stop is a game-changing play, because it creates a turnover in the form of a punt. You don't see it that way, and that's fine. We're clearly just gonna disagree on this.

How would you characterize it then? London Fletcher spent 7 more years with the 'skins, at the top of the league in tackles every year. But sure, they were downfield. Don't forget that he singlehandedly derailed the Bills 2011 season when he hit Fitz so hard he cracked his ribs. One of the stupidest moves the Bills ever made. It started a merry-go-round of wasted draft picks to find the next MLB. Now that we've got a good one, the same arguments are being ginned up to run 49 out of town. I don't want a ticket for that ride again.

One man's severely overpaid is another man's bargain.

It's only you and me and we just disagree.... I saw four plays that 49 made one-on-one. He stopped Gibson in the hole for a 2 yard gain, he tackled Logan Thomas and #13 short of a first down, and he rejected Muffler's pass, that Muffler then caught, and 49 cleaned up with a 1 yard TFL. How many one-on-one plays should he make a game? Do you have a %age of snaps that would be acceptable?

They yearn for the days of John "It's not delivery, it's" DiGiorgio.... This just reminds me so much of the bull#### that got London Fletcher shipped out. I freely admit, I was an Edmunds hater, but watching the tape makes it clear what he does well and what he doesn't. He's a decent MLB, but he's not a run-stuffing thumper. Maybe we should ask which NFL MLB you'd swap him for?

Be careful what you wish for. We ran London Fletcher outta town in much the same manner. How'd that work out for us? DiGiorgio, Posluszny, Kelvin Sheppard, DirtyKiko, Preston Brown (another guy we ran outta town like we want to run 49 outta town) followed. You want to start the MLB merry-go-round all over again?

I decline to use ED, since that is also a medical condition.

What'd he do, break a window?

Thanks Dawg. I reread the report, and I see I used TE at the bottom for tight end. Sorry, really tried to avoid that. How about TED? Sucks for me, it's an extra character (I take all the KB shortcuts I can).

I've seen the "no man's land" comment twice now. He's not dropping into no man's land. Against WTF, he drew constant coverage against Logan Thomas. Thomas had 4 receptions for 42 yards, one of which was completed against TE (9 yards, TE made the tackle to force 4th down). TE does his job in coverage. He is not hurting the Bills at all there. As far as "instinct", that's hard to quantify. TE is often not at the point of attack on running plays. One thing I noticed but did not mention is how many times TE did not line up over center. More often, he was on the left side of the D. Believe it or don't, Cookie lined up over center more than TE did. I will keep better track of that in the next Edmunds Report.

I didn't see it and they never bothered replaying it, even through the massive delay. Did you get it elsewhere?

The QBing of the D is almost totally discounted by the haterz. Edmunds is one of the few defenders taking every snap. That says a lot about the faith they have in him. I'm coming around to that point of view.

Allen - duh Emmanuel "Colonel" Sanders - growing on me. He and Josh have good chemistry. Need him to stop false starting for unconditional love. Cole Beasley - just play Cole, just play Matt "Cookie" Milano - earning every penny of that $11M/yr, and like Josh Allen, another steal for the Bills front office Taron Johnson/Jordan Poyer/"Dr. Jekyll and" Micah Hyde - terrorized receivers and ball carriers all day (save the screen pass), 2 picks, TFLs, plays all over the field SO much better🤪

I had to go back to correct it because a few WFT's had slipped in.... You've made an astute observation. There are lots of things to see when iso'ing on TE, but it's like you say. He absorbs blockers, then others routinely make the play. I also wonder if it's coaching, because while he sheds blocks from time to time, he most often just absorbs them. It's weird.

Short Circuit reference....