Greg Rousseau ankle sprain - week to week (Update: practice participant week of 11/27)

[Dr.Sack]

Rousseau ready to go yet? Asking for a friend.

[pennstate10]

  On 11/26/2022 at 4:39 AM, LABILLBACKER said:

great...play him, just don't stay up at night waiting for him to have an impact.....rock on nittany

Expand  

Ahhh, gotta say I agree with you (mostly).

Epenesa has been a bit of a disappointment.  He was really good at Iowa, so I was glad when Bills got him in second round.  He's just a different player now.  At Iowa, he had a tremendous bull rush, but not in NFL.  I dont know if he's lost strength or what.

 

Still probalby Bills 3rd best DE, just not a real difference maker at this time.

[EmotionallyUnstable]

As others have mentioned, I think they’ll keep him out another week backed up to the mini-bye with 10 days off…

 

If he is truly ready to go, the saddle up for THURSDAY because he would be a large addition to an already decimated defense.

 

Edmunds return would be equally, if not more, important this week. Based off what I’ve seen from Klien, it wouldn’t surprise me if they erred on the side of caution and also gave the 10 days off to fully heal.

 

Morse will likely go IMO, as having finished the Browns game, he couldn’t be too banged up. A short week likely played into his absence. 
 

Dawkins falls into the same area as Groot IMO…ankle sprain likely looking at a week off leading to 17 days from injury to his return. 

[HOUSE]

Tape it up, let's go.. 

[Paul Costa]

Groot & Edmonds would be huge to have against Boston’s running game. 

[LABILLBACKER]

  On 11/27/2022 at 12:51 AM, pennstate10 said:

Ahhh, gotta say I agree with you (mostly).

Epenesa has been a bit of a disappointment.  He was really good at Iowa, so I was glad when Bills got him in second round.  He's just a different player now.  At Iowa, he had a tremendous bull rush, but not in NFL.  I dont know if he's lost strength or what.

 

Still probalby Bills 3rd best DE, just not a real difference maker at this time.

Expand  

And another disappointing tidbit I saw today about AJE is he leads the Bills by a wide margin with a 66% missed tackle rate. He and Boogie are both busts forced to play because Von & Groot are hurt.

[DCofNC]

  On 11/27/2022 at 12:51 AM, pennstate10 said:

Ahhh, gotta say I agree with you (mostly).

Epenesa has been a bit of a disappointment.  He was really good at Iowa, so I was glad when Bills got him in second round.  He's just a different player now.  At Iowa, he had a tremendous bull rush, but not in NFL.  I dont know if he's lost strength or what.

 

Still probalby Bills 3rd best DE, just not a real difference maker at this time.

Expand  

The difference is he’s not playing Iowa’s competition.  He bull rushed mid western farmers and beat them.  The Bills got him, made him lose 20lbs and sent him against competition he’s never seen.  He was never fast, never had moves, just pushed guys out of the way that don’t play in the NFL.  It’s the equivalent of a guy who made it as a starter in D2 vs small town high school teams.  Yeah he’s clearly better than the competition, but he’s not the best of the best.  Fact of the matter, there are only 32 men starting at any one position in the NFL and there are hundreds of guys starting at the same position across all the D1 schools, the likelihood a guy that’s not flat out dominant, with elite traits, ever becoming impactful against the very best in the world is negligible. 

  On 11/27/2022 at 1:29 AM, LABILLBACKER said:

And another disappointing tidbit I saw today about AJE is he leads the Bills by a wide margin with a 66% missed tackle rate. He and Boogie are both busts forced to play because Von & Groot are hurt.

Expand  

Oh and just imagine the impact the players the Bills Mafia would have picked by popular vote, vs Beane outsmarting the world and taking those 2.. you would have a starting RB and a ProBowl center/Guard..  but trust the process without question 🫡 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

Rousseau sitting on his pile of cash.

[TailgateChef]

  On 11/27/2022 at 1:47 AM, DCofNC said:

The difference is he’s not playing Iowa’s competition.  He bull rushed mid western farmers and beat them.  The Bills got him, made him lose 20lbs and sent him against competition he’s never seen.  He was never fast, never had moves, just pushed guys out of the way that don’t play in the NFL.

Expand  

Here's Epenesa vs. Rashawn Slater from 2019:

There are only 3 reps (by my count) on this highlight film, but safe to say Slater kept him at bay relatively easily.

[Beck Water]

  On 11/27/2022 at 1:29 AM, LABILLBACKER said:

And another disappointing tidbit I saw today about AJE is he leads the Bills by a wide margin with a 66% missed tackle rate. He and Boogie are both busts forced to play because Von & Groot are hurt.

Expand  

 

Um, with Von and Groot healthy, AJE and Basham have been playing ~37% of the snaps

[John from Riverside]

  On 11/27/2022 at 1:05 AM, HOUSE said:

Tape it up, let's go.. 

Expand  

rub some dirt on it

[LyndonvilleBill]

  On 11/27/2022 at 1:05 AM, HOUSE said:

Tape it up, let's go.. 

Expand  

With all of the ankle injuries this season,  may want to double up on the tape.😉

[nucci]

  On 11/27/2022 at 6:21 AM, John from Riverside said:

rub some dirt on it

Expand  

Put some Windex on it

[hemma]

He’s very tall.  Have they considered having him run on his knees?

[Big Turk]

  On 11/27/2022 at 1:29 AM, LABILLBACKER said:

And another disappointing tidbit I saw today about AJE is he leads the Bills by a wide margin with a 66% missed tackle rate. He and Boogie are both busts forced to play because Von & Groot are hurt.

Expand  

 

That's mostly due to lack of attempts rather than tons of misses...also seems to be a little magical numbers going on in that since they are counting pressures as missed tackles which is suspect at best.

Edited November 27, 2022 by Big Turk

[Codyny13]

  On 11/27/2022 at 2:06 PM, Big Turk said:

 

That's mostly due to lack of attempts rather than tons of misses...also seems to be a little magical numbers going on in that since they are counting pressures as missed tackles which is suspect at best.

Expand  

For sure, numbers always get skewed, hence why there’s always a minimum attempts to qualify for percentages, which this doesn’t take into acct. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

  On 11/27/2022 at 1:50 AM, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Rousseau sitting on his pile of cash.

Expand  

[Airseven]

  On 11/27/2022 at 12:51 AM, pennstate10 said:

Ahhh, gotta say I agree with you (mostly).

Epenesa has been a bit of a disappointment.  He was really good at Iowa, so I was glad when Bills got him in second round.  He's just a different player now.  At Iowa, he had a tremendous bull rush, but not in NFL.  I dont know if he's lost strength or what.

 

Still probalby Bills 3rd best DE, just not a real difference maker at this time.

Expand  

Epenesa is a bust. He’s too small for the NFL and lacks the athleticism to compensate.

[NewEra]

  On 11/27/2022 at 3:35 AM, Beck Water said:

 

Um, with Von and Groot healthy, AJE and Basham have been playing ~37% of the snaps

Expand  

Doesn’t have much to do with AJ being bad.  
 

He’s our 3rd DE - 37% of the snaps will be going up with von out and maybe Rousseau bother week or 2.  He’ll be on the field for several important plays.  He’s smack talk relevant imo.

[Beck Water]

  On 11/27/2022 at 8:11 PM, NewEra said:

Doesn’t have much to do with AJ being bad.  
 

He’s our 3rd DE - 37% of the snaps will be going up with von out and maybe Rousseau bother week or 2.  He’ll be on the field for several important plays.  He’s smack talk relevant imo.

Expand  

 

The statement was that AJ and Boogie were being “Forced to Play” because Von and Groot were hurt.

 

That’s not what’s happening.

 

PS and FWIW Groot practiced today, AJ did not.  So “Von and Rousseau out, AJ gets more snaps” doesn’t look like what’s happening either

 

Edited November 27, 2022 by Beck Water