Update: Dorian Strong to IR

[Allen2Moulds]

52 minutes ago, BigDingus said:

 

Rousseau is one of the most overrated guys on the D. Reminds me of Edmunds, with his one upside being that he's still young. 

I think the Rosseau and Edmunds comp is right on.

Edited 5 hours ago by Allen2Moulds

[BillsFanForever19]

6 hours ago, BigDingus said:

 

Rousseau is one of the most overrated guys on the D. Reminds me of Edmunds, with his one upside being that he's still young. 

 

Said it all off-season, I would not have extended Greg Rousseau and Terrel Bernard. At least not until I saw how their 2025 went.

 

With Bernard, he regressed in 2024 and he's started to show a penchant for getting dinged up. So far this year, it's felt like more of the same. He makes a big play every once in a while, like the Baltimore game. But the only true consistency is that the pass game and run defense beyond the line of scrimmage is terrible.

 

With Rousseau, if he's so valuable, why have we spent every off-season saying "we need a premier Edge Rusher"? If we want one of them, we have to pay Parsons/Garrett money and that's unlikely to happen while you're paying Rosseau 20m a year on the other side.

 

I feel as though Beane follows the "Draft, Develop, Retain" mantra too much, to a detriment. We are consistently in a spot every off-season where we're begging for game changers but cannot afford to get them bc we're up against the Cap - retaining too many decent players at the cost of being able to get great players. 

 

People were advocating for going all out this off-season on additions, even if it meant we wouldn't re-sign any of them. I knew that wouldn't happen and that we needed to retain 2-3. But even I didn't think we'd sign *all 5*.

Edited just now by BillsFanForever19