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There are only so many sacks to go around which is why the top 4 team in sacks didn’t sack Mahomes once in the postseason? This is the argument? As far as Ed is concerned, he was also a no show in the playoffs. The Bills need to get players who can make high level, game-changing plays if they want to be anything better than 4th best. The only defender that made a spectacular play was Poyer and he’s 100

Better player. 10.5 sacks in a season? That’s like 2.5 Rousseau years

I guess sort’ve? I’m a big believer in stars winning Superbowls. I don’t think the Bills have enough stars. Rousseau, much like Edmunds, was a guy with superstar potential who is not yet a superstar. You can make that a referendum on whoever you wish. I simply don’t think Chris Jones elevates in the postseason because of Spags. I think he is just a dawg. And we don’t have any. this man hits the nail on the head. why are the Bills consistently a good but not great team? Too many good but not great players, period.

Everything we talk about is a fruitless exercise, unless @DrDawkinstein is secretly Brandon Beane. Not only do you not understand the thread, I’m afraid you don’t understand message boards in general. I’m not sure we do. There’s no coaching explanation for why Ed was able to have such a great year, a career year, and then get erased by the KC IOL (who are great). They were just better than him, all night. I thought the KC OT’s were their biggest weakness going into that game, and yet Groot was a ghost. Also not good enough.

“Mildly better than Kingsley Jonathan,” is not the trump card you think it is.

Just Josh. Maybe Milano. Which is why I am nervous about overpaying good players to get 6 sacks in the regular season.

James Cook had 5.6 yards per touch. Derrick Henry had 4.5. James Cook had 200 more yards from scrimmage on 27 less touches. James Cook had a better catch percentage than Derrick Henry, 81% to 77%. James Cook had 1 less first down than Henry, 69 to 70 (again with 27 less touches). James Cook had 10.1 yards per catch, Henry had 7.6. James Cook had more 20+ gains rushed than Henry, 6 to 5. They run differently, and I think the world of Derrick Henry (despite thinking RB is relatively useless) but there are a lot of stats that demonstrate that Cook was a more productive back last season. I would still take Henry I think and we would have the best RB room in football.

The topic isn’t about if he’s “going anywhere.” Imagine complaining about a topic you misunderstood lmao

If you don’t want to read TBD and the “meaningless chatter” in the off-season, there’s a big red X in the top right of the screen.

I’m kinda not as interested in paying big money to players who don’t show up in big moments. $40M+ cap hit on the DL in 26 for Eddy and Greg to not breathe on opposing QB’s in the postseason? Woof.

The Edmunds comparison continues to grow.

The concern is what “good players” cost. Greg’s fifth year option is going to cost $13M. Danielle Hunter (a more productive but older player) is projected to get $20M AAV. What will Greg get the year after? Do we pay Rousseau $20M a season to be a “good player?”

I liked Greg a lot coming out of college. Great physical traits with a lot of room to grow or low floor/high ceiling has been the Beane MO and I think it’s the right one. Josh, Edmunds, Rousseau, Elam have all fit that mold and when those players do hit, the benefit is that they are supposed to hit big. But obviously we have been hit or miss in that first round. And perhaps even more bothersome, they have not hit “big” except for Josh. Edmunds is an NFL player but he wasn’t the defensive All-Pro they thought he was going to be. And Rousseau seems to be going that same road. I have this debate all the time on here about players “who can be 8-10 sack guys.” 8-10 sack guys are INCREDIBLY rare. It’s not very common for 6 sack guys to just become double digit sack guys because they play more or anything else. And Greg is that perfect example. He played 3 more games than last season and had 3 less sacks. He played more defensive snaps than he ever has in his career and a higher percentage of snaps. And his year was just… alright. But anyway, besides that, we are running into the Edmunds problem where the fifth year option decision is coming. I would assume Greg is going to play on it, but based on his production, are we sure he is going to get an extension? Or is he going to be an Edmunds, where we let a solid player get overpaid by a bum franchise because the juice isn’t worth the squeeze?

Calling Greg Rousseau a pass rusher is quite generous. they should really label him a great edge setter.

Because they are 150 Ty Johnson’s out there and they are barely JAGs?

They don’t know who we are drafting until FA ends lol

3 DB’s in this list? Who are you and what have you done with @Bill from NYC

Is this really @Cotton Fitzsimmons??? Never meet your heroes….

According to @Bob Jones, she sucks and shouldn’t have wasted her time. She should’ve just complained on a message board.

If the choice is only one, then it’s kinda obvious that I would want you to pick what is the “most important.” Unless you think it makes sense to say “all three but I’m gonna pick the second most important for some reason.”

Imo Josh Allen has felt like he arrived after 21. I think he wants to win badly, but it’s a lot harder to motivate yourself to work even harder when you feel like you’re at your peak

The smart thing to do is donate money if you feel strongly about helping somebody, and not give a ***** what people who don’t lift a finger say.

Raiders planted this to void his salary. Dirty dogs.

Doing what? Losing?

Because you can help instead of complaining that other people aren’t helping enough (like you).