dave mcbride Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 (edited) Also the 9th overall pick (and a beast on the field)! Edited April 26, 2019 by dave mcbride 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelingOnYouboty Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 John Henderson and Marcus Stroud were so much fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njbuff Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 (edited) Michael Dean Perry is the guy for me that he most compares to. And if Oliver is indeed MDP, then the Bills SB contenders for years to come on his talent alone. Edited April 26, 2019 by njbuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noacls Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 WHOO!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 LOVED his enthusiasm. When you get an ultra-skilled player like Oliver, who is productive, and LOVES the game, you win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimKellyTryouts Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 21 minutes ago, FeelingOnYouboty said: John Henderson and Marcus Stroud were so much fun Those Colts-Jaguars games in the 2000s were among my favorite growing up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wppete Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 He reminds me of this guy. And plays exactly like him! 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerJ Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Others have compared Oliver to Randle too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsVet Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 There's only one legitimate comparison I can make after reading this board about Ed Oliver. He's Bill Brasky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D521646 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 The Randle analogy is more accurate than Donald, IMO, and I'm perfectly ok with that. One of my all time favorite none Bill! Tim- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 6 minutes ago, D521646 said: The Randle analogy is more accurate than Donald, IMO, and I'm perfectly ok with that. One of my all time favorite none Bill! Tim- I'm not talking about on-the-field play. It's more about the overall attitude he seems to have: a bit crazy (in a good way!). Randle was like that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 (edited) Btw, the last 25 seconds of the clip I posted above are genuinely nuts. I recommend watching to the end! Edited April 26, 2019 by dave mcbride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed83HOF Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 1 hour ago, dave mcbride said: I'm not talking about on-the-field play. It's more about the overall attitude he seems to have: a bit crazy (in a good way!). Randle was like that too. We have missed a player like that for quite awhile IMO. We need that juice on this team 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSHMEAB Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 1 minute ago, Reed83HOF said: We have missed a player like that for quite awhile IMO. We need that juice on this team For sure. "Juice" is not antithetical to football character. As a matter of fact, it's a very good thing if properly harnessed. Look at the 90's Bills. They had "characters" out the wazoo! It's really the last time you could say that about a Bills team. As an aside, it was awesome to see a guy so enthused to be drafted by Buffalo. I know a lot of the negative pub is overblown, but Oliver was just brimming with enthusiasm. Very refreshing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Randle was a special person. The kind of energy and enthusiasm he had for the game was huge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Im hoping for Warren Sapp without the drama. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan89 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Sapp, Randle, and Donald are all the comps to Oliver, a smaller but quick and powerful DT for a 4-3 scheme. I would also compare him to Tommy Harris who played for the Bears in the mid to late 00's. Harris was a smaller DT who was a quick penetrating disruptor. Made several Pro-Bowls and an All-Pro team and was a key cog in their 2006 NFC title. Harris probably would have been better in this era than in his own when teams ran the ball much more. If the Bills get some sort of approximation of those kinds of disruptive DT's I think they will be just fine with this Oliver pick. Star and H.Phillips can do the nasty dirty work in the run game while Oliver and Jordan Phillips do the disruptive work. It is also good to have a blue chip young player on the D-line for the future of the team as outside of Shaq (an underperforming player) and H.Phillips (coming off a so so rookie year) there isn't much youth on the D-line. Now with Oliver you have a young player in the mix there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice_32 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 3 hours ago, BillsVet said: There's only one legitimate comparison I can make after reading this board about Ed Oliver. He's Bill Brasky. I agree. Did I ever tell you about the time I went horseback riding with Ed Oliver, but there weren’t any horses around? Well, Ed throws a saddle on my back and rides me around Wyoming for three days. Well, wouldn’t you know it, my stamina increases with each day and I develop tremendous leg muscles. So anyway, Ed decides to enter me in the Breeders’ Cup, right, under the name Turkish Delight. And I’m running in second place, and I’m running and I break my ankle! They’re about to shoot me. Then someone from the crowd yells out, God bless him, ‘Don’t shoot him, he’s a human. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All I Need is Hope Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Randle had 137.5 sacks in his career. I’ll settle for 120 with Oliver ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 Posting this link sent me down memory lane. This is some good stuff ( @BADOLBILZ - check it out): http://www.espn.com/espnmag/story?id=3793636. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 41 minutes ago, dave mcbride said: Posting this link sent me down memory lane. This is some good stuff ( @BADOLBILZ - check it out): http://www.espn.com/espnmag/story?id=3793636. It was an enviable duo for Jax. I remember being pretty psyched about getting Stroud and he flashed his old self initially in Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 2 hours ago, All I Need is Hope said: Randle had 137.5 sacks in his career. I’ll settle for 120 with Oliver ? Its time for a new NFL record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket94 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Thank you...may I have another! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsPride12 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Earlier today I was already picturing Oliver and Jordan Phillips out there together playing at New Era just going absolutely bonkers. It's gonna be fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I remember watching Randle and wondering how a guy that size could push around bigger men and get to the quarterback so quickly. If Oliver is anything like him we have struck gold. I can't wait to see him in action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Oliver seems like a very intelligent kid. He handled the media great and had some thoughtful answers. High intelligence and great physical ability are a wonderful combo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristocrat Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 He reminds me of Gerald McCoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyBills Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Oliver and Jordan Phillips are going to be super fun to watch at DT. I loved the energy Phillips bought on the field! Especially at home, he did a phenomenal job of getting the crowd fired up. Could see them being close friends and getting the crowd going NUTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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