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Then the Bills should trade Edmunds now because that is what he excells at. He's one of the best in the league at taking the middle of the field away.

I wonder if Bernard eats into Edmunds snaps on 3rd down and obvious passing situations.

This is Edmunds year to showcase that he’s got anything other than “wingspan” and “freak measurements.” If he does then pay him, if not, let him walk.

How much of this applies to position scarcity and quality of available replacements. Anyone honestly arguing you wouldn't want prime Adrian Peterson on your team or Antonio Gates? To me, it's that there are very few of those players available and a very wide middle where the difference between the 25th best player and the 75th best player at the position is negligible. Of course I also understand position importance, like you don't pay your kicker qb money, but I watched the Cowherd clip when it was first on YouTube and you pay Dawson Knox. Also, people are wrong on Edmunds...same people who were wrong on Allen, Knox and Oliver. You're like polar bears on ever shrinking ice caps...

GM of the year, he's not. He can be wrong, change his mind and still keep his job. Glad he's not building our team. IMO, build up the middle. Both trenches and on defense, building up the middle. Someone is going to love working with Edmunds if we don't sign him. 2nd edit: he said a whole lot of nothing on this subject.

Does Cowherd know that Bills have 2 LBs so both are outside linebackers and Edmunds covers area in middle and outside?

I still think this is a sneaky attempt at a 'backdoor' Dump Edmunds! thread.

He was saying you don't pay them top money in the league... Edmunds and Poyer are not top money players. Poyer is in his 30's, Edmunds is...

Cowherd explains how you build Superbowl contending rosters. Should Buffalo let Poyer, and Edmunds walk?

Can’t wait to read his notes: “Diggs is really good” ”Cook is really fast” ”Josh has a strong arm” ”Edmunds is a good sideline to sideline LB”

As a result, 'dump Edmunds!' threads at TSW only appear every other week.

I don't like predicting this early. I try to go no further than the next game. The big test will take place against the Rams. I do think his article missed on a couple details...such as how they addressed the DL by signing 3 veterans at tackle. The only contract issue right now is Poyer. I think Edmunds, Knox, Oliver and Singletary will use this year to earn extensions. That's not a problem; that's a motivator. By the way, finishing number one in defense, no matter who's on the schedule, is a great achievement.

Hopefully Knox is the one to be signed. Not sold on Edmunds or Oliver for that matter. I'm not sure there's ever been a player MORE overrated by bills fans than Ed.

NFL: 1. Rams follow up super bowl win by missing the playoffs 2. Kyler Murray wins NFL MVP 3. Ravens win top seed in AFC, only to lose in Divisional round 4. Jaire Alexander finishes with most INTs Bills: 1. Groot leads the team with 12 sacks 2. Diggs and Davis each eclipse 1k receiving yards and 10 Tds apiece 3. Edmunds has a breakout season: 4 Ints, 3 sacks and 2nd team all pro. Leading to offeason extension 4. Bills defense leads NFL in turnovers

It's easy for Bills fans to be very optimistic about the upcoming 2022 season as the Bills do have the best young QB in the league IMO. Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert are also right up there with the likes of Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes now. Me? I think Allen is the best after what the kid did to the Patriots in that playoff game...47-17. Wonder If the hoodie still thinks Allen is trash? Anyway, look closer at the Bills last season to realize that last years team really played very poorly in several games. That Jags 6-9 loss hits me first...how on many levels? The literal drubbing by the Colts 41-15 tells me that even though the Bills defense was statistically number one overall...they stuck it up big time many times during last season. Look who they beat last season to garner that #1 overall defensive ranking. WK 1)Loss to the Steelers 16-23. WK 2)The Dolphins by knocking out the starter in Tua and destroying backup Jacoby Brissett! WK 3)Beating Washington 43-21 because they faced backup QB Taylor Heinicke! WK 4)Houston with Davis Mills at QB, 40-0 rating of 23.4...like facing Nathan Peterman. WK 5) Chiefs 38-20 with Mahomes still reeling from that SB loss to the Bucs. WK6) Tennessee, close loss 31-34. WK 7) BYE WK Eight) Miami, Tua showing he was not ready to face a good team. WK 9) Jacksonville. 6-9 loss How the eff??? To a rookie QB who threw for 118 yards. WK 10) NY Jets with Mike White at QB...who? WK11) Indy Colts rushing 46 for 264 yards, 4 rushing TDs. Wentz threw for 106 yards!! WK12) NO Saints, Trevor Siemian at QB...who? threw for 163 yards WK 13) Patriots, loss to a rookie QB in Mac Jones who threw for 19 yards!!! WK 14) Bucs, 33-27 loss in OT Buffalo came alive in the second half. WK 15) Carolina, faced a washed up Cam Newton. who threw for 156 yards. WK 16) NE, the rookie again who threw for 145 yards. WK 17) Atlanta, sacked Matt Ryan 5x. WK 18) NY Jets with the real rookie QB starting in Zack Wilson who went 7 of 20 for 87 yards. sacked Zack 9x!! Buffalo finished 11-6...when they could have easily beaten the Jags and finished 12-5 like Tenn, KC. Or, if Tremaine Edmunds isn't alone on pass coverage against Bucs WR Breshad Perriman. Josh doesn't slip against Tenn. Buffalo lost the opener to Pittsburgh that they should have won. That #1 defense doesn't look so hot after beating up on a bunch of scrub QBs all season. That #1 defense gave up 552 yards of offense to the Chiefs in that playoff game. 2022 opponents, Rams*, Titans*, Dolphins, Ravens, Steelers*, Chiefs*, Packers*, Jets, Vikings, Browns, Lions, Patriots*, Jets, Dolphins, Bears, Bengals*, Patriots*. Much tougher schedule with no rookie QBs with 8 of 17 games against 2021 playoff teams. Buffalo had better be much better at stopping the run as so many of the teams they face will try and do what the Colts did to Buffalo last season.

Bills - Bills beat the reigning Super Bowl champs by 30 week one Josh Allen has four 1000 yard receivers ... Diggs, Davis, Knox, Cook Tre' Edmunds will be a first team all pro The Bills only punt once all season and punting God boots a 78 yarder that goes out at the 1. League - Pete Carroll gets fired mid season Lions win the NFC North Thursday night football ratings plummet Tyreek Hill will whine a lot in Miami and look average catching Tua balls

OK, guess I was thinking those guys signed before camp. So maybe not anything different yet then than prior years. I'd imagine signing Edmunds would free up the most cash of all, but could be they are far apart on agreed value.

Looking at the last 2 years Josh Allen 8/6/21 Tre White 9/5/20 i do think they get either Knox, Edmunds or Oliver into a new deal at some point prior to the season starting. I think poyer is a wild card and one of those young guys likely goes the Milano route and signs once his contract is actually up.

Wow, lived in Rochester for 30 years, been gone now for about 15 years. Don't recognize any of those names. Admittedly breweries weren't that popular yet 15 years ago. As Bob Dylan once said, The times they area changing! Will say, I am surprised that haven't yet heard of any extensions . I thought there's be a good chance before camp opened would have heard about extensions for some of the following; Edmunds, Oliver, Proyer, and Knox.

Von comes off as the guy who wants to learn everyone’s name and nickname so I get him being annoyed by given two options. I understand Edmunds wanting to tell him both monikers he goes by as well. He didn’t want it to be weird if Von heard people calling him something else. Either way I get your point and I felt Von also wanted the young man to make a decision cause Tremaine sounded wishy washy. I also thought it was a weird exchange to include in editing but no big deal in the grand scheme.

Next year he will be a LB already on the roster with a year’s experience in the system. I predicted that they’d take a player like that this past draft (because it should have happened a year prior). It helps whether or not they try to re-sign Edmunds as it gives the team at least a little negotiation leverage.

That too is possible, but I think less likely. I don't think he's big enough to play the middle. He's not likely to be able to cover the ground Edmunds can, and he doesn't have any bulk to plug runs. Possible, because I gather the guy is really talented, but I doubt it.

He's gonna be Edmunds replacement next year.

So does that also mean in your view Cook will start over Singletary as if you're not drafting a 3rd rounder to be a backup, you certainly wouldn't draft a 2nd rounder to be a backup. From everything I've read the long term plan may be to replace Milano with Bernard in 2 years. Assuming the sign Edmunds in two more seasons Milano's contract gets pretty big, so if Bernard looks like the real deal, he then takes over as the starter and Milano is released. Maybe if they are playing a run heavy team like Titans or Indy and their #1 QB is out, then maybe they go with three LB's, but that still has nothing to do with Johnson. The only was Johnson moves outside would be if White isn't ready in September and they decide that either Jackson or Elam is no way ready to start, but that's not likely. Or some injuries pile up, but even the a better chance they'd trade or sign a FA CB first. The main reason most teams play 3 LB's in running situations is because they don't want to reply on their nickel CB to make tackles, but Johnson has proved to be strong in that area, so basically the Bills base defense is 5 in the secondary including Johnson as he provides above average support against the run. So even if Johnson were to somehow move outside, very likely you'd still only see 2 LB's on field and 5 back. Maybe in pre-season you may see three LB's on field often, but that means nothing come September.

Absolutely. I cooked up this theory about the 4-3 and Bernard because my impression of McDermott is that he doesn't stand pat. He's always moving on to something to make his team better. I think this team will look different every year. It's what I said about Basham. Last season it looked like they working on, and having success at, a role that fits Basham's strengths. You know they've trying to figure out how to take full advantage of McKenzie. Point is, McDermott's not putting pegs in holes; he's shaping the holes for the pegs he has. And he's reacting as the league changes from year to year. So, I come at it from point of view that the team's changing, and the skill sets of the acquired players tells something about how the team is changing. Miller will change things, and that will affect Oliver. Basham and Rousseau are working their ways into the league, and McDermott's adjusting for them. McDermott's defense is shaped in part by Edmunds. So, when I ask the question, what about Bernard?, I get 4-3. May be wholly off the wall, but McDermott is going to use him for something.