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How good are Edmunds & Milano this season? Cover1 breaks it down.


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7 minutes ago, BillsFan692 said:

Really tho? What round was Matt Milano drafted in?

 

Of course forest gump rules apply.

They don't play the same position. They're not going to stick Milano into Edmunds' role to have him cover large zones and the intermediate middle. Milano and Edmunds have different roles and they work great together. Another poster brought this up, as if the Bills could just swap them. It doesn't work like that.

 

So, if you want to replace Edmunds, that's fine. He seems to be the odd man out, money-wise. Not role-wise. But to find a player with the same intangibles and abilities, you're going to be looking in the mid-first round again, unless he has some serious question marks/injury. Or if you're looking in FA, then you have to overpay.

 

I think it's most likely that the Bills pay the man they drafted and developed, instead of using valuable resources on someone brand new.

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In this analysis, I love the sheer volume of plays that are covered.  The minimal on screen graphics and the voice over were enough for me to follow even though things were not super slow mo or frozen.  This allowed a lot of plays to be covered in a short amount of time. Kudos to cover 1.

 

This video shows the value of Edmunds.  You can argue about how much that value is worth salary cap wise, but there shouldn't really be an argument about whether he has value.  One reason why the Edmunds arguments have been fierce on this board is that one side argues that Edmunds is trash.  The other side, in response, will argue that he is great...and maybe oversells the case some because he is obviously not trash.  This has made the arguments very polarizing.  The coaching staff obviously believes Edmunds has value.  Instead of Trash or Great being the argument, how about Good (but replaceable) or Great being the argument?  Nah.  🤪

 

The other thing I like about this video is that it talked about his reads, pattern matching, fills, etc.  Very little was even mentioned about his length which (IMO) impacts QBs.

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5 hours ago, BillsFan692 said:

Lethal!

Well i dunno he said edmunds is def the 2nd best LB.

 

Usually that means replaceable

 

Milano is but they are even better in tandem.  I keep telling people how huge Edmunds is in coverage and a major reason the Bills are the new "No Fly Zone" for offenses.  Now you see it with a multitude of clips showing his ability to take away deep middle options and force the ball short consistently.

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5 hours ago, LeGOATski said:

Problem is that the Bills would need to trade up in the 1st to find a comparable player to replace him with.

 

We already drafted Spector in the 7th round in case a contract can't be negotiated with Edmunds.

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As much as some Bills fans dis Edmunds, the professionals in the NFL love him.  The role of the MLB in today's game is to eat space, NOT to make a lot of splash plays or to thump RBs.  If the play comes to him, he makes it, but he's the sponge that shrinks the field letting all the other defenders have the advantage over the offensive players.  Edmunds has always had the size and speed, but now he's also had the experience that helps him avoid bad gap choices (which was a problem early in his career).

 

Edmunds is a little banged up and there's a chance he won't play Sunday.  Fortunately this is against the Steelers and not against a high powered offense, so the Bills should win anyway, but if he doesn't play we'll all get a chance to see how the Bills D looks running on regular unleaded instead of super premium.  

 

There's a good chance that the Bills simply can't match the offers that Edmunds will get from other teams.  But if they can figure a way to make that work, they should do whatever it takes to keep him around.

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Edmunds has always been a good player. Very good at times especially with what he’s asked to do in the passing defense.

 

He has taken it to another level this season. Do not let this man go. The Bills have developed him and now have a beast on their hands.

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Best LB tandem in the NFL and Milano is the best LB in the NFL...Bills are just amazing at drafting players on D...seems pretty much everyone they take ends up being a good player no matter where they are picked.

 

PFF also grades him as the highest graded LB so it must be true!

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On 10/7/2022 at 8:16 AM, Magox said:

This thread is going to make some people angry.

 

No one is angry that Edmunds is playing at a more consistent level. I've been waiting 4 years to see him take a step. He hasn't reached the ceiling that his physical abilities promised and probably never will at this point, but he is no longer an outright vulnerability like he has been in the past.

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18 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

No one is angry that Edmunds is playing at a more consistent level. I've been waiting 4 years to see him take a step. He hasn't reached the ceiling that his physical abilities promised and probably never will at this point, but he is no longer an outright vulnerability like he has been in the past.

'It's just incredible how they've managed to field a top 3 defense since installing as captain an outright vulnerability in the middle field'

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