FireChans

Where do you rank Ed Oliver among DTs in the NFL? Do you think Ed Oliver has lived up to his draft status? Do you think Ed Oliver is at least the third best IDL drafted in the first round of his draft class?

Beane’s “never been bad enough to pick a Jamar Chase”

We’ve never had the horses on the DL. The last SB caliber DL in Buffalo was in 2014.

Last years defense wasn’t close to statistically dominant.

Yeah the SB was the perfect storm. The Eagles front played the game of their lives and Mahomes/Reid got completely flustered. It’s not really dissimilar to the Bills performance vs the Bengals in the playoffs. Just one of those days where nothing goes right.

Today I learned two QBs passing a total of 47 times for 381 yards is a shootout

Sure we can. Just believe the next defensive draft class is gonna make the difference. Despite the last defensive draft class barely being allowed to play last year. Just give them another mulligan! Bills fans have no choice but to enjoy the wacky ride. Other teams fans don’t.

Classic Pennstate guy imo

Meh, it’s the same reason Adrian Peterson is remembered so fondly. Those guys were 1 man offenses on teams with much less star power than the 90s Bills. It’s just cannibalism of nostalgia. How many players can the average fan name from those teams

Yeah, it’s the reason why expectations should be tempered for an Elijah Moore. Guys who bounce around multiple teams rarely put it all together on their fourth or fifth stop. Not saying it can’t happen, but it’s unlikely.

Yeah a lot has been overstated on Claypool’s talent. He looks the part with very good size, strength and speed. That’s what got him drafted. But he was never viewed as an elite “receiving” talent. He was quite raw in college. At this level, looking the part isn’t enough to be consistently productive. Combine that with his mental issues, and now this latest injury, he is probably done in the NFL. Guys don’t get unlimited chances, which is why it’s important not to waste the few you do get being a knucklehead. Because if you do eventually get your head on straight and get an unlucky injury, you may never get another chance.

What OSU player is going to be the namesake??? congrats dude

I would say an elite pass rusher is the one thing McD and co have been missing in these last 9 seasons. We have the elite QB We had the elite WR (for a while anyway) We have the very good/borderline elite LT And we had the elite CB1, maybe twice if Benford keeps this up. The one thing we have never had is the elite edge guy.

Well, I've laid out my thoughts as concisely as possible a few times and I have far too many posts in this thread. Have a nice holiday!

I suppose that’s true. But even still, after 2018, I don’t think was ever a chance that we have more or equal SB appearances to KC. Maybe something like KC has 2 rings and we have 1? I just kinda look at the SB matchups outside of KC. I don’t know if we are beating that 2020 Bucs team or that 2023 Niners team. Maybe we beat the 2022 Eagles. I don’t think we are beating the 2024 Eagles. I guess the point is, even if we ended KCs season 40% of the time, are we convinced we win the AFCCGs or SBs they won? Or that they lost?