Shaq Thompson

[mjt328]

11 minutes ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:

I do think we need to tap the breaks a little.

 

Bernard is a good player, and a real good pass defender LB who also has had success as a blitzer. His contract is crazy team friendly, he's pretty cheap this year and next year IIRC, and the cheap years is where he gets the bulk of his guaranteed money. 
 

I'd make the argument he should be next year's WLB, MLB should still be up in the air. I'm not so sure Thompson, who has missed a significant amount of time this year as well and will be 32, is the answer. 

Most of us are worried about this season more than the future, and Thompson is the better option at MLB.

 

I agree that next year we should look at moving Bernard outside to replace Milano.  Probably his best fit all along.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

42 minutes ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:

You all do know Bernard played through an ankle right? Perhaps even a high ankle sprain? 
 

Do the last 2 years just not count?

I hope you are right. But my main concern with Bernard is he just seems lost in zone coverage suddenly. That doesn’t seem to be due to inability to move.  Just no feel. 

 

[BillsFanForever19]

1 hour ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I hope you are right. But my main concern with Bernard is he just seems lost in zone coverage suddenly. That doesn’t seem to be due to inability to move.  Just no feel. 

 

That's not a thing that's happened suddenly. He was terrible at it last year too. 

 

Said it a million times and I'll say it a million times more, it made zero sense to me that they'd rush to do an early extension on him. I saw a stark drop off between 2023 and 2024. 

 

Of the big 5 we had to re-sign, he was easily the 5th most important to me. I wouldn't have signed all 5 and I wouldn't have re-signed him (Benford, Shakir, Cook were the guys I said i'd have re-signed). 

 

The absolute most I'd have done is revisited the idea of signing him after seeing how he was in 2025. And he's been worse this year (when he's on the field). I don't know what happened in 2023, but that was clearly a mirage.

 

I couldn't wrap my head around rushing to get his extension done and it's downright enraging to me now.