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I think the inverse is true actually, which is also why top DTs get paid more than top MLBs. There’s no faster path to the QB than inside, so if you get a good one, they’re gonna get paid. I think Eddie O is a good player, just too inconsistent. He has too many games where he disappears and you wonder if he’s even playing. When he’s on, he’s on, but we need to see it more often.

Scary thing is, he had offers to move back in the 2nd and would have, but was hell bent on drafting Boogie if he made it to their pick. I really, really wish some other team had taken Basham.

Noooo… I want NO part of Edmunds at the contract he got versus Oliver at his, even if Oliver is a rotational DL. I’ve seen Eddie O take over games, albeit not many, but he has. Edmunds has had 1 game where I felt like he was all over the place. Oliver is better at his job than Edmunds was at his and is cheaper.

Not at all surprised. Hopefully they get something decent in return.

IIRC, they tried to cross train Dion on the right during camp when he was a rookie and the result was not good. He’s much more comfortable on the left. His skills/athleticism aren’t the problem, it’s his bad weight/conditioning.

No, that’s Andy Isabella. Unless someone said Sherfield isn’t making the team?

He didn’t play last week either.

What is he even doing on the Diggs catch? His zone looks to be the immediate middle of the field, yet he blocks his own man and takes himself out of the play. And because he blocked his own man, the other receiver would’ve been wide open too.

“Once in awhile”? That was the best hit of his career, the first time I stood up and yelled “let’s go, Tremaine!” To my knowledge, watching every snap he’s played since he was drafted, he doesn’t have another prime time hit like that in his 5 year career.

This joke has run its course, like the Patriots franchise post Tom Brady.

Beane has burned quite a few picks trading up and the only one that has proven worth it is Josh. Dawson Knox is not what I would categorize a big payoff and it’s too early to determine for Kincaid.

I remember when Turk Schonert was literally The Turk and had to tell players coach wanted to see them. I thought that’s where the name came from, didn’t realize it was league wide until years later.

The Pro Bowl matters when it’s time to negotiate a new contract, agents will reference it. Aside from that, you’re right. It’s not indicative of a player’s talents, skill level, and positional value like it once was. The biggest laugher was Saffold and the Ravens backup QB, Huntley, making it last year. Doesn’t matter if they were alternates either, a pro bowl nod is a pro bowl nod.

CHI had one of the worst defenses in the league last year, but it was nice for the O to get back on track.

I’ll never understand why teams don’t take a 7th round flier on these sort of athletic prospects. I remember how everyone here was screaming to draft Jason Peters because he tested off the charts at his size. We were lucky to get him as an UDFA. If Beane is happy with his preseason tape, make room for this guy if he’s cut.

Are those 10 mins or so of preseason action riskier than the 1,020 minutes of football all starters will play over a 17 game regular season?

Yep

He’s got the size and speed, but the criticism at draft time was that he was more of an athlete than football player. MLB in general needs to be the most instinctual position on the defense and if he lacks that football IQ, he’s going to struggle there. Not sure how accomplished he is as a pass rusher, but a player of that size and athleticism should always have a spot somewhere.

Not surprising given how they looked last week.

Simmons might not have worked out in Arizona, he seems like a position-less man, but it would’ve been nice to have that sort of speed available for the Bills defense. I would’ve made the move for a 7th, or even a 6th.

I wanted Hodgins kept, but the Bills valued Kumerow’s ST ability more. Hodgins is a starter in NY, but I do agree it’s because the talent around him isn’t great. I see him ultimately being their 3rd-4th WR. He’s been in Daboll’s system for 4 years, so he knows it very well and was able to go off for 8 catches for 105 yds and a TD in their playoff win vs the Vikings. He doesn’t suck, like some here repeat over and over. Maybe Tyler Boyd is his ceiling?

That’s certainly a glass half empty outlook 😅

How ironic would it be if Isabella makes the team and starts to steal Harty’s reps? One was a FA signed almost immediately, the other was essentially out of the NFL, waiting for a call.

The one thing I’d like is for the Bills to get faster. WR and TE are probably fine, but the most glaring lack of speed is in the secondary. And maybe on the edges at DE (without a healthy Von factored in). Dolphins have one of the fastest teams in the league.

Bernard sure looks like a safety, doesn’t he? Also great to see Von with the pads on, although it looked like he was walking gingerly.