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TailgateChef

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  1. 5 hours ago, Mat68 said:

    He adds a dimension the offense lacked.  Teams that have problems securing the edge will have big issues with Breida.  His speed will greatly add to the boot action behind the outside zone. He is making good on his opportunities.  His ability, added to the higher concentration on running helps the offense.  

    Good observation Sir.  It is, indeed, the ultimate chess match out there.  We can now exploit a particular weakness of some teams that may have previously had the upper hand.

  2. 29 minutes ago, Augie said:

     

    I think Morse is the only question on the interior, and agree we are set at tackle. Morse I believe has another year on his deal and they may bring someone in to learn behind him. I met his uncle (I believe it was) on the flight to the opener and he said he’d be gone next year. I mentioned I thought he had one year left and he just shrugged and said “well, you know…” Maybe with his concussion history and career earnings he’s decided to get out while the getting is good? 

     

    If Morse IS gone, then you are correct and the number will be three. Regardless, I hope he is well and he can have a long, happy and healthy life with his family after football. 

    Watch Iowa.  I want Tyler Linderbaum.  I would even accept a trade-up.  He would be our Q. Nelson.

     

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  3. 46 minutes ago, JESSEFEFFER said:

    Tyler Dunne is a good writer.  In 9 days, when it's 3rd down and the crowd gets extra loud to help the defense make a play, we should all cheer extra loud if it's Efe who made it.  Because making that play will be extra important to him.

    I sure hope the people in my stinkin' seats do just that.  Stupid closed border....

    Great story BTW.  If he gets the sacks, he will have a forever home.

  4. 1 minute ago, Shaw66 said:

    The never ending Edmunds debate. 

     

    I'm convinced that most people misunderstand Edmunds role in the defense.   I'm not certain, but I'm pretty sure.  

     

    I said something like this in the thread about today's game:  I think if you the Bills would talk to you frankly about Edmunds, they'd tell you that outside the red zone, his focus is primarily to defend space laterally and behind him.  Only when the opponent is inside the 10 is Edmunds' role primarily to defend in front of him.  

     

    That's not at all how most of us, including me, understand the role of the middle linebacker, but that's what I think his role is.   Given his size, speed, and quickness, he's good in the role he's asked to play.   

     

    It's obvious to me that McDermott thinks winning in the NFL is all about passing and stopping the pass.  Edmunds is an excellent player in a defense designed to stop the pass.   He doesn't need to defend a lot of passes, or intercept a lot of passes.   He needs to cover a lot of territory and discourage teams from throwing in that area of the field.   He does that.  

     

    Some people will say, "What about Kelce and the Chiefs?"   The Chiefs ran plays designed to option off what Edmunds did.  They outplanned the Bills, but the Bills will have an answer for that scheme.  

     

     

     

     

    Boom.  Mind blown.

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  5. Most of the fans I know are "average":  they know around half the starters, they attend a few games a year (some even have season tickets), and they follow the coaching and GM hires.  I would say the majority of us on this forum are not average.  We have, as some described, "the Sickness".  I would say we're all pretty pleased that there really is no cure:  one Super Bowl victory will only make us hungry for another.

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  6. 1 minute ago, GunnerBill said:

     

    I wasn't suggesting I was giving up on him. I was suggesting he was always a long shot to win the job from Levi this summer and the Bills might wanna have an insurance policy vet around. If Tre went down tomorrow our starting corner situation is a serious concern.

    On that we're agreed.

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  7. 8 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

    Personally I never had this as an even competition. Dane was always a long shot. A 2nd year player taken in the 7th round with fewer than 200 NFL snaps to his name was going to have to pull a major upset to beat out a guy like Levi who has been a starter for 2 and a half years, who knows the system and has the coaches trust. 

     

    I still expect them to add a vet corner to the mix too at some point before the season either in a trade or post cutdowns. Dane as the senior backup outside corner still feels like an unnecessary risk to me unless he is smashing it in camp (which it sounds like he is not). 

    Don't give up on Dane yet.  Remember, the aforementioned Josh Norman, who had very similar combine numbers to Dane, in his sophomore season was the 3rd corner for the 2013 Panthers before messing up on a key play later in that season and getting benched by Rivera till the next training camp.  It wasn't until his 3rd season that things really started to click.  If Dane continues to do his homework and bust his tail in practice, absorbing everything he can from one of the best in the biz in White, he may pan out yet.

  8. 2 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

    Curious that the mother waited for so long.  Perhaps "ulterior motives" are involved, but perhaps the boy was simply to terrified to speak up until now.  As others have stated, Mingo deserves appropriate justice, whether innocent or guilty.

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