YoloinOhio Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 15 6 31 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 In general, I have very little respect for the Titans and their players, so his performance has been quite the revelation to me, GO DAQUAN!!! Quiz has been decent at OT too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushypeaches Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 I'll buy into that take - the guy has simply been money all year long. The number of runs that even get to the second level is the lowest we've seen since the Ted Washington era. It's amazing how much of an upgrade he's been over frigging overpaid Star. I get it - he's getting lots of help and he's not the only one on the line doing a great job. But the difference that he's making to our defense while relatively under the radar has been amazing 3 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemma Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 78% double team rate is just brutal. He has to be one tough sob just to get out of bed the next day. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNYfan Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Not underrated to me. I was never a Star basher, but DJ is performing at a level or 2 above what Star gave us. I have been digging it and appreciative thereof. 3 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinTheMagician Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Couldn't agree more. The beef in the middle - both Daquan and Jordan Phillips -- makes a huge difference. And Shaq was a sneaky-good signing as he is very stout at end. 2 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollaBills Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Bills D line is championship tier. The depth is insane 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSBill Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 DaQuan was a great signing. Tim Settle, on the other hand, is in the wrong quadrant of this chart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Jones has been stalwart, and that is putting it mildly, an understated acquisition by Beane, Go Bills!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoPoy88 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Unreal stat. What a stud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinTheMagician Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Makes a huge difference that Jones and Phillips are stout against the run AND push the pocket. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 We signed DQJ for two years but for how much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Jones is the most underrated signing in the entire NFL not just the Bills. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 I called that at the beginning of the season that guy in there that frees up our linebackers even when Tremaine Edmunds was not playing in one of the games the linebacker still worked outstanding 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocCityRoller Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Said it in the run game defense thread and I'll repeat it. Most underrated Bill this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Everyone understand why Star was a whipping boy now? 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Round Bust Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) 19 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said: We signed DQJ for two years but for how much? currently ranks 12th on team payroll - $3,583,333 this season - jumps 5M next (2023) season to 8.583,333 - is 31 in two months - dead cap of 1.83M in 2024 season as well...championships cost money nowadays beyond an all-worldly QB... https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/daquan-jones-14523/ ir Edited October 18, 2022 by First Round Bust 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milanos Milano Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 DJ has been phenomenal. I had high hopes for Settle, what happened to him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 30 minutes ago, hondo in seattle said: We signed DQJ for two years but for how much? Quote https://billswire.usatoday.com/2022/03/24/contract-details-for-buffalo-bills-dt-daquan-jones/ According to Spotrac, Jones’ deal carries a low base salary in 2022, $1.75 million, fully guaranteed. However, $5.5M will go to him via signing bonus as well. Then in the second year, Jones’ base salary jumps to $6.75M. Of that, $3.375M is guaranteed, bringing the total guaranteed figure to $10.625M. Combined over the two seasons, Jones essentially has a two-year, $14M contract locked in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wppete Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 What a huge upgrade from Star. Daquan has been a star so far. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Such a great addition. Initially, when I saw the price- I thought we may have overpaid considering he played for less in Carolina last year. It seems I was wrong. Money well spent. A bargain if this level of play persists 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 No argument on DJ. It’s the entire DL though. It’s DJ, Settle, Phillips, Ed, Von, GROOT, boogie, Epenesa, and Shaq. The 8 man rotation makes it impossible in the 3rd quarter to deal with how fresh these guys are coming in, wave after wave. It is one of the main reasons why this secondary has gone to then next level after being one of the top 2-3 in the league for the last five years. We will end up the best defense in the nfl when it’s said and done. Wheres all the knuckleheads who think Beane is avg at best as a GM? Dingbats who don’t understand football. He was well deserved as GM of the year just recently. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) 43 minutes ago, ScottLaw said: A lot of people died on that Star hill 😅 When Star played well, and I know it was a handful of games, it changed the way the defense was able to operate. I don’t hear media guys talk about it much (if ever), but a good 1 tech really is the heart of this D. At least that’s my perception. I could be totally wrong. Edited October 18, 2022 by atlbillsfan1975 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan89 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 The Bills certainly attempted to address every issue the defense had in the off-season. The team needed a “war daddy” pass rusher they went out and got Von Miller. The team needed to be more athletic at the corner position they drafted Elam round one and they needed to be more stout up the middle they brought in Jones, Phillips and Settle. No stone unturned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TampaBillsJunkie Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Great thread and great responses. I am in total agreement. I love this DL top to bottom and Star was my whipping boy because he sucked and had no heart for the game. This DL is hungry and Von is the spoon that feeds them. Daquan has been excellent and everything I wished upon a Star. Our LB's and DB's are much better because of the greatness up front. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideNine Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 2 hours ago, hondo in seattle said: DaQuan was a great signing. Tim Settle, on the other hand, is in the wrong quadrant of this chart. I expected more from Tim as well, but he has not been 100%. He's been playing with nagging injury like Phillips and Oliver. I think they are all quality impact players when healthy. The scary thing for this already very good defense is that they are getting healthier and have a bye week... Welcome back Tre too. DaQuan has been playing outstanding. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobobonators Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, WideNine said: I expected more from Tim as well, but he has not been 100%. He's been playing with nagging injury like Phillips and Oliver. I think they are all quality impact players when healthy. The scary thing for this already very good defense is that they are getting healthier and have a bye week... Welcome back Tre too. DaQuan has been playing outstanding. Couldn’t agree more. Glad we are at the bye hopefully players like Tim and Oliver can get close to 100% 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFBillsfan Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) I mentioned DaQuan in the Chiefs postgame thread. He’s been a stud thus far. Major upgrade over what we hoped Star would be. So excited to see what Settles, Ed and Jordan bring post bye assuming they can get back to 100%. Both Ed and Jordan are disrupters when healthy which makes Miller and Rousseau even more lethal! D looks in great shape for the foreseeable future! Edited October 19, 2022 by TFBillsfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl2526 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 3 hours ago, hemma said: 78% double team rate is just brutal. He has to be one tough sob just to get out of bed the next day. Of course, that 78% double team rate means that most of the time a player is not available to help block at another position, say defensive end, where Von Miller and Greg Rousseau are racking up a healthy number of sacks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman#1 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 3 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: 78% double teams? Holy undynamic duos, Batman! That's extremely impressive. Already knew he was doing a great job, but this just makes it even clearer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) Da'Quan was also 4th in the NFL for DT pass rush win rate at nearly 25% going into the Chiefs game as well... He is doing it all for us. And doing it all at a very high level. Was a huge stud for us while Phillips and Oliver were out multiple games. Edited October 19, 2022 by Big Turk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman#1 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, atlbillsfan1975 said: When Star played well, and I know it was a handful of games, it changed the way the defense was able to operate. I don’t hear media guys talk about it much (if ever), but a good 1 tech really is the heart of this D. At least that’s my perception. I could be totally wrong. Yeah, the first couple of years Star was very good. Not at rushing the passer, and not as good as Daquan but he was doing the job they needed done, space-eating, at a high level. He never rushed the passer the way that Da'Quan can, but he was a really effective at absorbing the blocks and handling double teams. He never attracted doubles at 78%, but he did draw a lot of them and handled them well. He clearly lost something after that, got it back briefly when he lost weight, slowly became a bit less effective again, and then after COVID he was just a shell of himself. He just seemed to lose the motivation that's so absolutely necessary to do that thankless job and then COVID just gutted him. Many on here refused to see how well Lotulelei was doing those first couple of years because they wanted the glory stats and the pass rush. These days it's a lot easier to get guys to come to Buffalo than it was when they signed Star. Edited October 19, 2022 by Thurman#1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman#1 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 3 hours ago, MarlinTheMagician said: Couldn't agree more. The beef in the middle - both Daquan and Jordan Phillips -- makes a huge difference. And Shaq was a sneaky-good signing as he is very stout at end. Yeah, Shaq has been effective at a low price, and Jordan Phillips has been playing much better against the run than he did the first time here. It seems that everyone loves being here and they really are getting the absolute best out of these guys. Settle is the only one who's not reaching or exceeding expectations. That may or may not be due to injury, we'll have to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 4 hours ago, DollaBills said: Bills D line is championship tier. The depth is insane And that should really help us come January and February. You make teams like the Chiefs and Packers one dimensional and our defense will be unstoppable and with Josh at the helms......Go Bills ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da webster guy Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 4 hours ago, DollaBills said: Bills D line is championship tier. The depth is insane :Yeah you can include Bryant in there too, he probably won us that Ravens game with his goal line smash that allowed Milano to stop the TD. just Bryant, Jordan and DaQuan you could start a legit interior Dline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheFunPolice Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) LOVE the DTs here! I hope they keep Jordan Phillips around next year as well! I think Settle and Jones are here for a couple seasons already. Other than week 1, these guys haven't all been healthy. Imagine being able to field all of them at 100%. Almost not fair! Edited October 26, 2022 by TheFunPolice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemma Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 I really hope Beane extends him next year. Guy is extremely important to the D. A lot of tough calls coming up for Beane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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