YoloinOhio Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 (edited) Bills' undrafted rookie Levi Wallace playing lockdown defense https://buffalonews.com/2018/12/06/buffalo-bills-levi-wallace-tredavious-white-nfl-week-14-pro-football-focus-analysis/ Quote Since being inserted into the starting lineup in a Week 10 thrashing of the Jets at MetLife Stadium, Wallace has been targeted just six times in 96 pass-coverage snaps and surrendered three receptions for 40 yards with one pass breakup. One of the catches Wallace allowed was a 29-yard jump-ball snag by Jaguars wideout Donte Moncrief that was followed by a brawl, leading to the ejections of Shaq Lawson and Leonard Fournette. While his relatively small sample size must be accounted for, Wallace's 32 coverage snaps per reception allowed is the best figure among all cornerbacks in the NFL, per Pro Football Focus. Among every pro cornerback with 25 or more coverage snaps, Wallace enters Week 14 with the best yards allowed per coverage snap at 0.42. For context, the man Wallace replaced, Phillip Gaines, was targeted 29 times and allowed 19 receptions for 268 yards with one touchdown, one pass breakup, and three penalties this season. His coverage snaps per reception figure was 9.8 and he surrendered 1.44 yards per coverage snap, which is the 117th-best figure among corners who have played this year. Edited December 7, 2018 by YoloinOhio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 Skydiver wins again 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 I wanted this kid from before the draft. Super cool that he’s playing well. hope he keeps it up and that’s that for corner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Nice UDFA Alabama pickups in Wallace and Foster. 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPS Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 7 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Skydiver wins again I seem to recall BillinNYC touting Wallace way way back... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 If the Bills fielded a whole team of Udfas from Bama, could they beat themselves? ? 2 21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 19 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Skydiver wins again I actually thought about that the other day and the rollercoaster it's been with Sky Diver. Talks up Robert Foster. Plays terribly in camp, Sky Diver is ridiculed. Foster makes the team, Sky Diver gives it back to us. Then Foster is cut, we give it back to Sky. Foster brought back up and now playing well. Where's Sky to gloat now? Reuben Foster gets a DV charge. We give it to Sky Diver and he of course defends. Accuser says she lied and Sky Diver wins. Now Reuben is arrested again and first accuser recants earlier statements. Sky Diver loses now? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackOrton Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: If the Bills fielded a whole team of Udfas from Bama, could they beat themselves? ? All time UDFA Bama boys are favored -28 against the current Buffalo Bills according to Vegas expert oddsmakers. I expect them to cover. Edited December 7, 2018 by BringBackOrton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemhoff Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 22 minutes ago, TPS said: I seem to recall BillinNYC touting Wallace way way back... I’m pretty sure that isn’t accurate. If you have been around here a while, you will know how Bill feels about CB’s 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 38 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said: I actually thought about that the other day and the rollercoaster it's been with Sky Diver. Talks up Robert Foster. Plays terribly in camp, Sky Diver is ridiculed. Foster makes the team, Sky Diver gives it back to us. Then Foster is cut, we give it back to Sky. Foster brought back up and now playing well. Where's Sky to gloat now? Reuben Foster gets a DV charge. We give it to Sky Diver and he of course defends. Accuser says she lied and Sky Diver wins. Now Reuben is arrested again and first accuser recants earlier statements. Sky Diver loses now? Whiplash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ittakestime Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Let's not go overboard. QBs faced: McCown - Was Benched till Darnold injury Bortles - Benched Tannehill - Straight Trash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeF Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 49 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: If the Bills fielded a whole team of Udfas from Bama, could they beat themselves? ? Would they be favored over themselves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 1 minute ago, JoeF said: Would they be favored over themselves? Scout team +7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 45 minutes ago, nemhoff said: I’m pretty sure that isn’t accurate. If you have been around here a while, you will know how Bill feels about CB’s Actually he is happy if not 1st round selection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Wallace has been fantastic. Even if not against the "best" NFL competition, this is an UDFA. At worst he projects as great depth and we draft a guy like Greedy from LSU, at best, he is a shutdown corner and we can continue to go after depth in the later rounds. Great find by FO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da webster guy Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Doc said: Nice UDFA Alabama pickups in Wallace and Foster. And before this season here I am slamming Alabama's players as being overrated and generally failing in the NFL (mostly true) because the system is more of the strength than the individual players. Right now Foster is one of the best deep threats in the league, and if Wallace pans out it might take some pressure off Beane to draft a corner high. Taron and Levi could both be excellent long term pieces here. Would be huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 (edited) This was my UDFA surprise Glad he’s playing well 4 minutes ago, Da webster guy said: And before this season here I am slamming Alabama's players as being overrated and generally failing in the NFL (mostly true) because the system is more of the strength than the individual players. Right now Foster is one of the best deep threats in the league, and if Wallace pans out it might take some pressure off Beane to draft a corner high. Taron and Levi could both be excellent long term pieces here. Would be huge. He needs to catch more deep ball to get that title... he has caught 2 deep ball all year... he has the “potential” to be... Edited December 7, 2018 by Buffalo716 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albany,n.y. Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 The Bills now have 12 rookies on the roster and another on IR. Great job by Beane acquiring young talent through the draft, free agency & great use of the practice squad getting guys on there & then bringing them up after some seasoning. Now maybe only half or a little bit more than half will be long term Bills players, but his record in 1 year already shows how superior he is to all the GMs we've had this century. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnCoke11 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Still puzzling why this kid wasn’t drafted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billspro Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Ittakestime said: Let's not go overboard. QBs faced: McCown - Was Benched till Darnold injury Bortles - Benched Tannehill - Straight Trash It would be nice if he plays well the next 4 games then we can move CB2 down the list of needs. Also it is nice to see a staff actually develop players including PS guys. It’s nice to see players move from PS to the active roster and have success. Interested to see how Love plays. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisplacedBillsFan Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 2 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: If the Bills fielded a whole team of Udfas from Bama, could they beat themselves? ? This is kind of like being your own grandpa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Doesn’t matter he is ours now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 4 hours ago, Limeaid said: Actually he is happy if not 1st round selection. Thank you, and you are correct. I would even want them in the first round if we could block and catch passes. 5 hours ago, nemhoff said: I’m pretty sure that isn’t accurate. If you have been around here a while, you will know how Bill feels about CB’s Actually I did post here several times about Wallace and was thrilled that we added him to the Bills. I mentioned how Calvin Ridley heaped huge praise upon Levi, and he practiced against him every day for quite some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo03 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Say what you all want about Beane and McDermott. They have brought in a lot of great young talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 #2 and #5 with limited pass rush to help. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 SM would be the best secondary coach in the nfl. Please keep him away from the offense though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 On 12/7/2018 at 11:21 AM, Da webster guy said: And before this season here I am slamming Alabama's players as being overrated and generally failing in the NFL (mostly true) because the system is more of the strength than the individual players. Right now Foster is one of the best deep threats in the league, and if Wallace pans out it might take some pressure off Beane to draft a corner high. Taron and Levi could both be excellent long term pieces here. Would be huge. I'm not sure he is there yet. He is really really fast, but his hands are still made of stone. Hopefully he gets over that though. I'm also not ready to pump up Levi because there is barely any data to go off of. Just because they didn't throw his way doesn't mean he is playing lock down. It could just mean that there are holes all over the defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 As long as Levi doesn't have to tackle anyone, he's fine. He shows almost as much desire against the run as Gilmore, and not quite as much as Deion Sanders 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, thebandit27 said: As long as Levi doesn't have to tackle anyone, he's fine. He shows almost as much desire against the run as Gilmore, and not quite as much as Deion Sanders To me its not about his willingness to tackle......I think he does it is that he simply is not strong enough yet. This can be fixed...he needs an offseason of strength training Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 10 minutes ago, John from Riverside said: To me its not about his willingness to tackle......I think he does it is that he simply is not strong enough yet. This can be fixed...he needs an offseason of strength training Maybe he and Edmunds can go to weight room together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Just now, SoCal Deek said: Maybe he and Edmunds can go to weight room together! Strength is really not Edmunds problem.....but yes they SHOULD go together because Edmund could actually pack on more muscule onto that already huge frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Just now, John from Riverside said: Strength is really not Edmunds problem.....but yes they SHOULD go together because Edmund could actually pack on more muscule onto that already huge frame. Dying to find out what you think Edmunds problem is. Lack of heart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said: Dying to find out what you think Edmunds problem is. Lack of heart? He is hesitating and relying on his athletism too much instead of being aggressive. I dont think it is lack of heart so much as just being young and still learning the position....is he still a rookie and in the end....might be a outside linebacker instead of a inside one..... I still think he is going to be a quality NFL player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 32 minutes ago, John from Riverside said: He is hesitating and relying on his athletism too much instead of being aggressive. I dont think it is lack of heart so much as just being young and still learning the position....is he still a rookie and in the end....might be a outside linebacker instead of a inside one..... I still think he is going to be a quality NFL player Well that’s one way to look at it. I think he’s too tall and skinny to play MLB at this level. He looks like a kid being slammed by big waves at beach. Wave after wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) 17 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said: Well that’s one way to look at it. I think he’s too tall and skinny to play MLB at this level. He looks like a kid being slammed by big waves at beach. Wave after wave. He's slowly drifting... drifting away... wave after wave... Wave after wave... Edited December 26, 2018 by matter2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wppete Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I like Wallace, a great signing. I hope he puts on some weight and gets stronger in the offseason. But we still need to add another legit CB to this roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderingsquid Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 On 12/7/2018 at 5:55 PM, Buffalo03 said: Say what you all want about Beane and McDermott. They have brought in a lot of great young talent ...on defense. Jury's still out on offense, let's hope they score like they did with Dawkins and Foster. I think we have about a 66% chance of hitting on Allen too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 1 hour ago, wppete said: I like Wallace, a great signing. I hope he puts on some weight and gets stronger in the offseason. But we still need to add another legit CB to this roster. They have 3 really good ones. More would be nice but I wouldn’t spend a high pick on one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 16 minutes ago, Doc said: They have 3 really good ones. More would be nice but I wouldn’t spend a high pick on one. Who is the 3rd one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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