BullBuchanan

i couldn't think of a better way to destroy a potential franchise qb than to do that

Because when you air it out and miss, you get pushed out of the league. If you protect the football, some coach will look at you and think you can be a backup or spot starter. See: Tyrod Taylor. He did the exact same thing when faced with the prospect of losing his job and he's turned it into a career that's much longer than it probably should be based on results.

Schopp and Bulldog work well together, but Bulldog on his own is so boring. He's better as a B guy. I've always liked Schopp, and I've always liked Jim Rome both of which are pretty unpopular around here. I don't really have the opportunity to listen to them much anymore, but I try to catch their post games

That's disrespectful to how good Milano is. He does work to keep himself clean. Edmunds was in position to make the play too if he was able to get leverage on the blocker

Sorry, but he's playing far from flawless. You're right, he is having his best year as a pro. I don't think anyone will debate you on that. However, he's still not performing as well as Milano is right next to him, so clearly there is room for him to play better. He still processes the game too slowly, he still can't shed blocks, and he still misses straightforward tackles or makes them downfield. The difference this year is that he's started to make impact plays and has had less critical errors, but all of the negative traits he's had since his rookie year are still present. I've got the guy on my fantasy team because he has been impactful, but it's hiding the fact that his traits that make him a liability have not gone away.

Did anyone else see Brady snap at Beasley and wave him off when he walked up to him while he was reviewing plays? 😂

Well at least the first part is obvious enough. The second, i disagree with, but it doesn't matter. I just hope Edmunds has a career year and gets top money from someone else the Bills can't match. My worst case scenario is that he falls off just enough to be here another 5 years.

and here I've been cougar hunting my whole life.

Maybe when he retires your argument would make sense. Until then it doesn't. He's still one of the 10 best in the world competing against and besting players who are young enough to be his kids.

What do you think?

I wouldn't expect it to be either. It should be pretty much the same. They basically play a Tampa 2 defense, so edmunds has one side and milano has the other

She already had her career - She was the top super model, then turned that into various massive business. whatever she does next is phase 3. I've never known hyper successful people to stop doing things because they have kids. It should be a lot easier when you're stupid wealthy.

umm, because in the current defense there's no need to do that.

Milano is one of the best linebackers in the league. He'll be here through at least one more 4-5 year deal. Hell, he could probably play Edmunds spot if needed.

When your parents are just about billionaires, I think they'll do just fine. Two Christmases and birthdays and each one trying desperately to buy their affection? I'll be their kid.

Definitely another year of stat padding. If your wife doesn't support your dreams, then she isn't worth keeping around. He'll have millions of others to choose from.

That's why boarding school was created. Just raise them like British royalty.

If Peyton Manning's body hadn't failed him, he'd still be playing and winning Super Bowls.

If your wife leaves you because she wants you to quit your job as the greatest in history to do what you do, good riddance. Family is overrated.

Milano has out performed Edmunds every year and it isn't close. The data actually shows Edmunds has been a very poor coverage linebacker for most of his career, especially the last 2 seasons where QBs and receivers ate him alive while Milano thrived right next to him.

It's an indisputable fact that completely disproves your statement that he isn't one of the highest paid ILBs in the league. The "why" isn't relevant to the "what" in this case. It's not possible to have a better argument. As for who my alternative is, I would have preferred that we bring in Wagner and ship off Edmunds, butt hat didn't happen. My Edmunds replacement likely comes in the draft unless Beane swings a trade for a top-end LB like Leonard, Warner or Smith.

Oh so it's the scheme's fault that he can't shed blocks, make impact tackles, or read plays? I didn't realize until now those were things that stopped in the 1980s. He processes the game too slowly, has bad judgment, doesn't shed blocks and is a soft tackler. None of those things should be highly controversial after watching him do them for 4+ seasons and all of them are bad traits to have in player youw ant to build your defense around. All of his best traits are things he was born with: size, speed, length. he has the #1 base salary in the league for an ILB, commands the 4th most cap and makes the 6th most total money overall.

I'm not even sure what point you're trying to make here. People are raving about the 4 best games of Edmunds career and he still isn't even the best LB on his own team. He's finally performing adequate, but he's now compensated to be performing like a superstar. Like I said, if he has that in him I'll be happy to see him reach it playing for the New York Bills, Raiders, Dolphins or whatever other team is going to blow top dollar on athleticism and potential. If I'm paying a MLB top 5 money, I want them to dominate games. I don't think that's a ridiculous ask.

So doing what a MLB in a Cover 2 should be doing? Cool. Look, if he was a rookie/2nd year player doing this and didn't have a lengthy body of work as a liability, maybe I'd be excited. However, he's one of the highest paid linebackers in the league and still isn't playing up to the level we need him to be. I'll be thrilled to watch him go chase his potential elsewhere.

Does that give you a better view of Edmunds taking bad first steps and getting caught in the trash?