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Promo is on a roll, let's see where this goes.

I'm sure that your rant is backed up by the stats, right?

Which game? Cinci, Miami or Eagles?

There's a 6 minute video above that shows the DL on running plays vs Miami. It ain't pretty. If Peko sucks so much and Star is the least of our problems, why are Peko's snaps going up and Star's going down?

Do you actually watch any games or better, the All22s before you form your firm opinions? Oliver is by far not the biggest problem with this D This should be the most logical moves work the pieces already in place.

Wood brought up an excellent point on the radio broadcast. He said that the Ertz/Goedert combo made it very difficult for Bills to match up because that kept Lorax on the sidelines and gave more playing time to Marlowe. Eagles then countered with the run and the hurry up offense to keep the Bills D lineup the same. Imagine the flexibility and options Frazier would have if Milano and Edmunds were outside backers?

Running game won’t work until the QB is more consistent in throwing the ball intermediate or deep

They need 1 true space clogging run defender. Star has just given up. If he does nothing else but stay in one place that would be an improvement over his play as of late.

I didn’t watch the game. I have a stinking suspicion it will be a replay of last week. The OCs have figured out the BIlls’ weakness and will exploit it until Bills show they can stop the run up the middle.

Here's a video of the 23 running plays through mid 3Q when the game was still close. I didn't have time to cut into two separate video for Star & Peko. To help out in the video clips, Star's snaps are 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19 (both are in) Peko is 3, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 Notice the pattern above? Essentially Star got benched after the halftime adjustments. When you watch the tape, his lack of effort truly stands out, especially when you compare Peko's clip #14 to Star's clip #15. It was after that sequence that Star's snaps were greatly reduced. Also notable is that the majority of 'Phins big runs were straight up the middle, so you have to take a deeper look at the DTs and MLB. Good thing it was only the Dolphins.

Every D politician in the NYC area.

This is a great summary.

Later this weekend. My review shows very little difference in performance between the highest paid Bills defender and the lowest.

Just for kicks, look at the endzone replay of these 2 plays from Dolphins' opening drive in the second half 1 10 BUF 45 Mark Walton left tackle for no gain (tackle by Levi Wallace and Lorenzo Alexander Peko at DT 1 10 BUF 31 Mark Walton left guard for 7 yards (tackle by Lorenzo Alexander) Star at DT Peko was triple teamed, but still had the dexterity to knife in for the tackle assist. Star, OTOH was easily run off the play by a single blocker and made little effort to regain his ground, which Walton happily occupied.

I don't think it's fair to compare running plays to passing plays, especially when Bills don't even think of inserting Star in on passing downs (which should give you a hint of what they think of his abilities). If you go through the running plays, you won't see too much difference between the two, and Peko is slightly better in actually penetrating into the backfield. Funny how you're turning this thread into a slam fest of J Philips, who's been playing well and leads the team in sacks. If I have time this weekend, I'll put together reel of Star's greatest hits for all to analyze.

A Schmitz in Brazil, huh?

Underrated by whom?

But do they impact the direction of the airflow? I imagine there has to be some kind of a vortex effect created that alters the wind patterns in a way that wouldn't exist without the windfarms?

All these guys do much more than eat up space and actually show up on the stat sheet. FWIW, Malcom Brown makes about half of Star's salary for more production. You dispute that good space eating DTs can be had for $4 million/year, yet Danny Shelton was available for a song this offseason, as was Hankins. You are arguing against visible game tape that clearly shows Star's diminished utility and then bring up comparable players who do more for less pay. Star was the #57 ranked DT in '17, and coincidentally that's his Spotrac rank of DT salary value this year. That and not seeing any drop off in the defense when Peko is on the field indicates that either Star is not that good, overpaid, or both.

As usual, the point flew over you head. Don’t even bother trying.

Nope, people are too dug in to think rationally (on both sides)

You can’t be serious? That sack came solely from Philipps’ timing the snap just right to beat the LG to the hole. The center picked up Star. Star is the only DL who does not win matchups or push the OLs back. He occupies space and sometimes engages a couple of blockers. Often he gets shoved out of the play completely. That’s not what a $10 million DT is paid to do. There isn’t much drop off between him and Peko.

Something came up, so I didn't go. Decent seats were going for about $60, which is cheap for MSG.

The Dolphins started the game with double teaming Star, but went away from it in the second Q. He was basically neutralized by a single blocker for the rest of the game. They figured out that it's very easy to just push him out of the way because he cannot stop his momentum once he gets off the snap. Peko still commanded double teams and made a couple of decent plays knifing down below the block to stop the runner. I don't think you want to die on this Star hill.

This schedule is wearing them down already. They will be gassed tomorrow too.