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On 9/28/2018 at 11:27 PM, John from Riverside said:

I would live with top 5 on the secondary.......

 

We need depth and a pass rush to compliment hughes (really glad we have not given up on hughes) Murphy is coming along and looks to be getting better by the week.

 

To me this was the plan.....biuld the D and get the QB this year.....next year hard core push to improve the offense......I always thought that was the plan

We need a bonified, Ted Washington type, run stuff DT and another LB

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/articles.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/index.ssf/2018/05/why_taron_johnsons_college_coach_thinks_buffalo_bills_found_the_next_antoine_win.amp

 

 

I grew up in the defensive backfield and have played every position you can and have coached them all as well

 

on draft day I thought we got a steal and our starting nickel corner in Johnson... how well balanced and physical he is. The technique he uses and his ball skills. His competitiveness is great and he just looks like an NFL corner 

 

His coach has reaffirmed what I thought and he has coached a bunch of good corners. Says he would take him over his own Sean Smith 

 

compares him to our own Buffalo legend in Antoine Winfield ?

 

we can only hope and pray

 

( I posted this in May and it got archived and Hapless said I can just restart the thread with the article... the kid is playing really good ball right now and is really physical for his size... he’s gonna be a good one)

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Him and Tre should be a great duo for a long time in this league. I’m really excited about this rookie class. Edmunds has improved a ton every game, Phillips has been solid, and Johnson has played fast and physical. We just need the most important piece to work out and this could be one of the best drafts in franchise history.

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7 hours ago, billspro said:

Him and Tre should be a great duo for a long time in this league. I’m really excited about this rookie class. Edmunds has improved a ton every game, Phillips has been solid, and Johnson has played fast and physical. We just need the most important piece to work out and this could be one of the best drafts in franchise history.

Johnson is strictly a slot CB, so they still need someone on the outside opposite Tre going forward. Ryan Lewis' play is encouraging, and it would be great if he turns out to be that guy.

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1 hour ago, TPS said:

Johnson is strictly a slot CB, so they still need someone on the outside opposite Tre going forward. Ryan Lewis' play is encouraging, and it would be great if he turns out to be that guy.

 

Johnson doesn't always go in the slot...

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2 hours ago, ShadyBillsFan said:

related conversations 

Taron Johnson and Siran Neal accomplished a franchise first

 

related conversations 

 

 

 

...you could add in Ryan Lewis, 2017 UDFA that we recently grabbed from Pats PS as a pleasant surprise......kid got pressed into service and has been showing up to play......

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He was considered a steal almost everywhere I looked on draft day.  

 

Kid is is a baller. 

 

The secondary is one Corner away from being absolutely set for years to come.  

 

S - Hyde, Poyer, Neal

 

DB - White, Johnson

 

Lewis has flashed and the staff should certainly give him a chance to earn the other starting outside spot moving forward. 

 

 

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7 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

One? Not a fan of Edmunds or Phillips?

I like both of them. Did not like the trade up for Edmunds though.   That high third round pick could have been used on some sort of offensive weapon (Royce Freeman, Antonio Calloway, or—god forbid—a lineman). Too many holes to give up a premium pick for a linebacker.  Maybe he’s still there at 22...

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22 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

 

 

This is also a great example of how to avoid putting your body weight on the QB. The defender hits the QB and then turns his body as they both fall to the ground.

 

This is going to be the technique we see from defenders here on out.

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9 minutes ago, mannc said:

I like both of them. Did not like the trade up for Edmunds though.   That high third round pick could have been used on some sort of offensive weapon (Royce Freeman, Antonio Calloway, or—god forbid—a lineman). Too many holes to give up a premium pick for a linebacker.  Maybe he’s still there at 22...

Ah ok wellll that’s not what you said 

 

“...they found at least one guy who can play.”

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9 minutes ago, mannc said:

I like both of them. Did not like the trade up for Edmunds though.   That high third round pick could have been used on some sort of offensive weapon (Royce Freeman, Antonio Calloway, or—god forbid—a lineman). Too many holes to give up a premium pick for a linebacker.  Maybe he’s still there at 22...

 

I feel your pain regarding the lack of weapons on offence, but my sense of it is that Edmonds may well wind up a steal where he was taken and well worth the trade up.

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13 minutes ago, mannc said:

I like both of them. Did not like the trade up for Edmunds though.   That high third round pick could have been used on some sort of offensive weapon (Royce Freeman, Antonio Calloway, or—god forbid—a lineman). Too many holes to give up a premium pick for a linebacker.  Maybe he’s still there at 22...

 

I think that's an extremely optimistic maybe.

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2 minutes ago, starrymessenger said:

 

I feel your pain regarding the lack of weapons on offence, but my sense of it is that Edmonds may well wind up a steal where he was taken and well worth the trade up.

Could be.  And of course we don’t really know who they would have taken at 22 or with pick 65 if they’d kept it.

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1 minute ago, Philo Beddoe said:

 

I think that's an extremely optimistic maybe.

Especially since the Chargers literally said they were taking him at 17 if he was still there. They struck gold anyway with James but unless they are lying (why would they after the draft?) he certainly would not have been there at 22.

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5 minutes ago, Philo Beddoe said:

 

I think that's an extremely optimistic maybe.

There was definitely a lot of interest in Edmunds, I highly doubt he would've lasted much later in the 1st:

https://billswire.usatoday.com/2018/07/03/buffalo-bills-linebacker-tremaine-edmunds-was-nearly-a-miami-dolphins/

 

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